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The Textile Group remains one of the largest Icon groups with an active Committee which meets regularly to organise an annual programme of events, training and visits. It welcomes suggestions for future activities and offers from institutions willing to host a workshop.
The Icon website provides a forum for discussion, where shorter reports, information on training and workshop notes can be posted. Please contact
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if you'd like to post anything on these pages.
BBC2's 'Priceless Antiques Roadshow' series of twenty half hour episodes celebrates over thirty years of treasured moments and antiques. It gives a flavour of what makes the experts tick and what has shaped their interests.
The National Trust’s Textile Conservation Studio will feature on Monday 22nd February at 18.30 where they will introduce Penny Britten, furniture expert on the show, to some basic tapestry conservation techniques!
The series began on Monday 1st February and will run between Monday and Friday throughout the month.
We are looking for members to join the Textile Group Committee and currently we have 4 positions vacant, including treasurer, a student representative and two other committee members.
Register your interest with
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by forwarding a completed nomination form before Monday 8th February. A postal ballot will be sent out to all members allowing them to vote the lucky 4 in and the results will be announced at the Icon conference in Cardiff on 26th March.
We are really looking forward to hearing from you!!
Mindful of the growing concern over the use if plastic, an eco-friendly alternative to traditional sample bags was recently sought, in the hope that a better option could be adopted by the conservation practice.
Swap reels of thread with other textile conservators to increase your stock of colours and not have expensive boxes of unused threads in the store cupboard.
A list of Textile Group publications. Please note the only post prints we have for sale is the 2006 Forum 'Tapestry Conservation: maintaining the woven picture'. All other post prints are sold out. We are developing digital versions of past postprints that will be available for sale in the coming months.
Read the abstracts of the MA Textile Conservation students who graduated from the Textile Conservation Centre and the Royal College of Art (RCA)/ V&A programme.
The Textile Group are currently looking for members to act as Textile Group Regional Reps. We'd love to hear from people that can let us know of upcoming exhibitions and events, potential visits for Textile Group members, and be a general contact for the committee about your area. Ultimately the role can very much be what you make of it, and all approaches are welcome. For more information please contact
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, Textile Group Chair
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