MS 225: Care of Baskets
Instructor: Sherry Doyal
Dates: Sept 30 - Nov 8, 2013
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Baskets are an important part of nearly every world culture. Caring for 
baskets requires an understanding of why and how they deteriorate. Care 
of Baskets provides a simplified explanation of the chemistry and 
structure of basketry materials. Starting with an overview of the 
history and function of baskets and how they are made, Care of Baskets 
will cover guidelines for handling, labeling, exhibiting and storing 
baskets, including condition assessments and an introduction to 
integrated pest management. An overview of treatments used on baskets 
and how appropriate they are for the long-term preservation of the 
basket will help students make care decisions when consulting with 
conservators.

Logistics:
Participants in Care of Baskets 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 Baskets runs six weeks. To learn more about the course, go to 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please 
contact Helen Alten at [log in to unmask]

The Instructor:
Sherry Doyal is head of the organic artefacts conservation section at 
the British Museum. She now specializes in conservation of botanic 
materials. Sherry has previous experience of private practice 
conservation serving regional historic houses, scientific botany 
collections (herbaria) and small museums. Her employment history also 
includes large museums (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and Victoria and 
Albert Museum, London). Sherry received a conservation and restoration 
studies certificate with distinction from Lincoln College of Art in 1980 
and a post graduate certificate in upholstery conservation from the 
Textile Conservation Centre, Hampton Court Palace in 1984. Sherry 
received a further and adult education teachers’ certificate from Exeter 
College in 1998 and a diploma in design and craft (constructed textiles) 
in the context of basketry from City Literacy College, London in 2008. 
In her spare time she is a maker and exhibitor of contemporary basketry 
works.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft
Sales and Technology Manager
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org

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