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MS212a: Care of Textiles (NEW)
              Nov 3 - Nov 28, 2008
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $425     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Ann Coppinger

Description:
Caring for textiles demands an understanding of why they deteriorate. Care of Textiles teaches students to identify fibers and finishes, write condition reports and understand the agents of deterioration that cause the most harm to various fabrics, both in storage and on exhibit. Topics include preparing textiles for transport, mannequins, three-dimensional supports and framing as well.

Course Outline:

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.

Please sign up at http://www.museumclasses.org and pay at http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble with either, please contact Helen Alten at helen@collectioncare.org


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.




MS212a: Care of Textiles (NEW)
              Nov 3 - Nov 28, 2008
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $425     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Ann Coppinger






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