Course
Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Textiles and Their Structures
3. Textile Documentation and Condition Report Writing
4. Textiles and Their Environment
5. Handling of Textiles
6. Treating Textiles
7. Care of Textiles in Storage
8. Care of Textiles on Exhibit
9. Conclusion
Text Book:
Preserving Textiles: A Guide for the Nonspecialist by Harold
Mailand and Dorothy Stites Alig. Available for purchase from
Northern States Conservation Center at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html.
Logistics:
Participants in Care of Textiles work at their own pace through
sections and interact through online chats. Instructor Ann
Coppinger is available at scheduled times for email support.
Care of Textiles includes online literature, slide lectures and
student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited to
20 participants.
Care of Textiles 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 [log in to unmask]
Student Comments for MS212:
Care of Textiles:
Course was great & worth the time. I liked how the materials
tied in together; the lectures were brief, yet to the point, the
powerpoint slides showed images relating to the lectures.
It more than met my expectations. I never realized there was so
much involved in textiles. Wow, what a lot of information! Thank
you for all the time and effort that goes into providing the
services of the Northern States Conservation Center. Your
classes, materials, website, publications, etc. are awesome and
a real help. I appreciate all that goes into this.
I enjoyed the weekly chats. I found them to be very helpful. I
also liked how the course was meant to be a good refresher.
Lastly, I enjoyed the fact that all classmates could post
comments/suggestions on the forum for all to see. I enjoyed the
class and the chats. Ann was very helpful in answering any
questions I posed during those chats. Thanks!
Good course and I highly recommend it.
The Instructor:
Ann Coppinger runs the conservation department
and teaches conservation at the Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York. She has a master's in museum studies specializing
in costume and textile conservation from FIT. She is a former
NEA master apprentice at the Textile Conservation Workshop. Ms.
Coppinger previously worked for 22 years in fashion in New York
City. She has degrees in both fashion design and pattern making
from FIT.