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> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:45:02 -0700
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Care of Leather online class starts Monday
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> MS224: Care of Leather and Skin Materials
> Dates: Apr 12 through May 7, 2010
> Price: $475
> Instructor: Helen Alten
>
> Description:
> Prior to the invention of plastics, skin materials were the
> flexible covering used for most objects - from bellows to
> books, carriages to desktops. Furs and skins are in almost
> every museum's collection, be it Natural History, History
> or Art. Caring for leather and skin materials demands an
> understanding of how and why they deteriorate. Care of
> Leather and Skin Materials offers a simplified explanation
> of the origin, chemistry and structure of leathers and
> skins. Students learn to identify leathers and surface
> finishes, determine their extent of deterioration, write
> condition reports, and understand the agents of
> deterioration that are harmful to leather and skins both in
> storage and on exhibit. Topics include preparing hide and
> skin materials for storage and exhibit, the use of archival
> materials and which ones might harm skin proteins,
> housekeeping techniques for large objects or books on open
> display, and three-dimensional supports for leather and
> skin to keep them from distorting. Integrated pest
> management and historical treatments will be covered, with
> a unit on hazardous materials applied to older skins and
> leather that might prove a danger to staff.
>
> Course Outline:
> 1. Introduction
> 2. History and function of skin materials
> 3. The biology and chemistry of skin and its treatment
> 4. Documentation and Condition Report Writing
> 5. Leather and the Environment
> 6. Handling leather and skin materials
> 7. Treating leather and skin materials
> 8. Care of Leather in Storage
> 9. Care of Leather on Exhibit
> 10. Conclusion
>
> Logistics:
> Participants in Care of Leather and Skin work through
> sections on their own. Materials and resources include
> online literature, slide lectures and dialog between
> students and the instructor through online forums.
>
> Care of Leather and Skin runs four weeks. To reserve a spot
> in the course, please pay at
> http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
> trouble please contact Helen Alten at
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> The Instructor:
> Helen Alten, is the Director of Northern States
> Conservation Center and its chief Objects Conservator. For
> nearly 30 years she has been involved in objects
> conservation, starting as a pre-program intern at the
> Oriental Institute in Chicago and the University Museum of
> the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a degree in
> Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science from the
> Institute of Archaeology at the University of London in
> England. She has built and run conservation laboratories in
> Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska and Minnesota. She has a
> broad understanding of three-dimensional materials and
> their deterioration, wrote and edited the quarterly
> Collections Caretaker, maintains the popular
> www.collectioncare.org web site, and lectures throughout
> the United States on collection care topics,. Helen Alten
> has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and staff
> trainer. She began working with people from small, rural,
> and tribal museums while as the state conservator for
> Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation
> treatments and operates a conservation center in
> Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.
>
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