Camille Breeze and students at the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI.

Beloit College Center for Collections Care
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Introduction to Textile Preservation
Camille Myers Breeze
July 22–25, 2019

Beloit College Center for Collections Care, WI
Introduction to Textile Preservation will provide essential skills needed for all collections-care specialists to handle, assess, maintain, and safely house historic clothing and textiles. Beginning with the basic chemical building blocks of textile fibers, students will learn how fabrics’ microscopic characteristics impact the preservation, treatment, and interpretation of textile objects. Environmental and practical considerations for the care and display of textiles will be presented along with case studies in successful and problematic conservation solutions. Working with study collection pieces from Beloit College, students will learn hands-on skills such as condition reporting, surface cleaning, custom storage mounts, packing, and photography. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, a downloadable camera/phone, and a small, clean textile if they desire. Sewing skills are not required.

Textile Stabilization and Display
Morgan Blei Carbone
July 26–28. 2019

Beloit College Center for Collections Care, WI
This class is an introduction to stabilizing textile artifacts and safely displaying them. Using the textiles selected and assessed in the Introduction to Textile Preservation course, participants will learn different hand-stitched repairs and when to employ them. They will then stabilize these textiles from the Logan Museum collection before planning a temporary exhibit. Textile display techniques will be taught, including passive, pinned, stitched, Velcro, and magnetic hanging systems. Sewing skills are preferred but not required.

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