Icon Ceramics and Glass Group - Annual Conference “Ceramics Unpacked”

Our annual conference and AGM will be held on Friday 25th September at The October Gallery in London.

Join us as emerging and established professionals share the innovative projects, fresh perspectives, and exciting conservation developments from the past year, offering insight into the latest advances and future direction of the field. The conference will be in the Theatre Room, please note this room is located on the second floor and is accessible only by one flight of stairs. Lunch and refreshments throughout the day will be provided.

Join us the day before on Thursday for exclusive tours of the British Museum and the Petrie Museum. The tours will be free but with limited capacity, so book early to secure your spot! This will be followed in the evening by a lovely dinner at The Lamb, after which there will be a talk from artist Enrique Perezalba Red. Booking links to both the tours and the dinner will be posted shortly, please stay tuned!

Talks:

Nicole Arends - Cleaning around Conservation: considering previous binds when treating a Chamberlain Worcester Ice Pail

Ruthie Rolfsmeyer - A layered story: the technical investigation and treatment of a 18th century painted Italian terracotta

Kirsten Amundsen - Conserving Vitrolite tiles

Monica Yen and Natasha Lawson - The Tangara boy and his mask: a collaborative project between conservation and collections management to reunite the detached and displaced fragments

Ros Hodges - Potters fingerprints and much more inside Una and the Lion, a large early Chelsea figure with a romantic story

Lucie Howitt - Work on a Roman mosaic

Amanda Sutherland - The conservation of a de Havilland Mosquito fighter aircraft windscreen from WWII

Rachel Sharples and Bussy Wells - Caring for a ceramics collection that's still in use.