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Subj: [icom-cc-ethno] Feather  Conservation Workshop - April 16-17 2008, Pitt 
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Dear Listserv Participants: 
Due to a great demand, the ICON Ethnography Group Committee are organising  
another two-day Workshop on the Conservation of Feathers on 16th  & 17th April 
2008. This time the workshop will be held at the  Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 
UK. Included below are the advert  and draft programme. If you have any 
queries please do not hesitate to  contact: 
Cordelia Rogerson, Modern Materials Specialist Conservator,  The British 
Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1  2DB, UK, Tel 020 7412 7847, EMAIL:  
<_Cordelia.Rogerson at Corde_ (mailto:Cordelia.Rogerson at bl.uk) > 
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Feather Conservation - a two Day  Workshop 
Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th April  2008 
Due to considerable demand the ICON Ethnography Group  is organising another 
two-day workshop to study the conservation of feathers.  This workshop will be 
held at the Due   <ST1>   , , <ST1, ,  and led by  Allyson Rae. Allyson has 
extensive experience in the conservation of artefacts  incorporating feathers. 
Now a freelance conservator, she was, until recently,  Head of Organic 
Artefacts Conservation at the  and le   .  
Encompassing both theoretical and practical sessions,  the workshop will 
cover the structure and nature of feathers, their causes of  deterioration and 
principles and practice for non-interventive and basic  interventive options 
(soil removal, reshaping, repair techniques).   Participants have the opportunity 
to bring feathered objects to the  workshop for discussion. Participants need 
to bring a few personal tools for  practical sessions, to be advised on  
registration. 
The cost of the 2 day workshop is £200, includes  materials, handouts, tea 
and coffee but not lunches. Payment must be made  prior to the course. 12 places 
are available. A limited number of student  places are available at the 
reduced cost of £150. Please send proof of status  with your registration form. 
Registration forms can be downloaded from the ICON website 
_http://www.icon.http://_ (http://www.icon.org.uk/) ,  HERE:
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(http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/registration_form_feathers_workshop_april_2008.doc)  
Completed registration forms should be sent to Charlotte Cowin at  
_membership at icon.member_ (mailto:membership at icon.org.uk)   
The high demand means that places can only be allocated  to those with 
completed registration forms. 

THE CONSERVATION  OF FEATHERS 
AN INTRODUCTORY  WORKSHOP 

ALLYSON RAE 
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DRAFT  PROGRAMME 

DAY 1 

Registration ; Coffee  
Welcome  
Introductions  
Goals of  workshop 
Outline  for the day 
Participants go round : 
Name, 
Organisation, 
Experience  with feathers, 
Hopes from  workshop, 
Specific  problem areas. 
Nature  of feathers  
Types and  functions; 
Structure; 
Chemical  composition; 
Growth; 
Colouring; 
Maintenance,  preen oils. 
Coffee  
Getting  to know feathers : 
Practical 
Questions / Discussion 
Microscopic examination  : 
Type  variations. 
Structure. 
Phases of  growth. 
Feathers in  artefacts. 
Nature  of feather artefacts. 
Questions / Discussion 
Use of  feathers in artefacts: 
Variety of  uses. 
Composite  constructions.   
Lunch 
Causes  of deterioration.  
Illustrated discussion : 
Insect pests;  dust; light; physical damage; RH/Temp; chemical. 
Tea  
Approaches to  conservation: 
Issues  and ethics 
Illustrated discussion  
Conservation options :  
An  introduction to basics 
Basic  non-intervention 
Basic  intervention  
More  intrusive treatments   
Re-cap. 
Questions. 
Outline  for Day 2. 

Day 2 

Arrive  and coffee 
Welcome 
Outline  of day 
Reminder  re non-intervention.   
Removal  of soiling; re-shaping; drying.  
Principles : 
Desired  outcome. 
Nature of  soiling. 
Risks to  objects. 
Choices of  cleaning agents. 
Risks to  artefacts. 
Risks to  people.  
Demonstration : 
Wet / solvent  cleaning and drying on contour feather and semi-plume. 
Coffee 
Practical :  
Cleaning, re-shaping,  drying.  
Participants each wet and solvent clean  contour + semi-plume feathers; 
re-shape contour; dry  all. 
Questions. 
Other  techniques in brief.   
Brief  introduction to other cleaning techniques. 
Lunch  
Repair.  
Principles : 
Cultural  issues. 
Identifying  problems. 
Risks to  objects. 
Risks to  people. 
Qualities of  adhesives. 
Qualities of  repair materials. 
Demonstration : 
Use of split  quill with Mowilith 50. 
Practical :  
Repairs.  
Participants repair the contour feather they  re-shaped previously -crack and 
total break. 
Tea  
Questions. 
Other  repair techniques. 
Other  Conservation Matters.  
Brief  reference to other repair techniques. 
Consolidation; 
Replacement of preen oils; 
Dyeing; 
Feathered  skins. 
Re-cap. 
Final  discussion.   

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