The course has been created specifically for people who have responsibility for large bronzes. You may not have a background in metals conservation, but you would like to feel more confident about the subject. Undertake the units in your own time at your own pace and gain a CPD certificate. Bonus material includes the e-book of, Bronze Behaving Badly, and a course-only blog and Facebook group with posts about practical conservation issues where you can ask questions.
This course brings together the foundations of the subject mixed in with many years of experience.
This bronze conservation course is for you if:
Director, Antique Bronze
Lucy Branch is one of Antique Bronze’s Directors. She specialises in the conservation and restoration of bronze sculpture and architectural features.
Her undergraduate studies were at UCL where she studied History of Art with Material Studies. Later in her career, she undertook a mid-career Masters in Conservation with The Royal College of Art and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is accredited by The Institute of Conservation and is an assessor for the Icon Accreditation scheme on behalf of Icon. She has also been an Icon CPD reader for several years.
Projects
She has led the conservation on some of Britain’s best known public contemporary sculpture including
Lucy teaches our online course, Bronze Behaving Badly and consults on conservation projects for local councils and architects.
Alongside her role in the company, she writes academic articles on metal conservation including work for Oxford University Press and Routledge. She hosts, The Sculpture Vulture Podcast, and also writes best-selling thriller-fiction set in the art world www.lucybranch.com
Read more about Lucy in, Restoration Comedy, a diary feature for World of Interiors Magazine.