Work Experience

 

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

August 2021 - Present

Objects Conservator

 

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

  • Coordination and execution of the cleaning of the third floor galleries in preparation for the opening of the Core Project.

  • Training and direction of technicians

  • Coordination of lift training, ordering, and material distribution

Feb 2021- May 2021

Project Conservator

 

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelpha, PA

  • Minimally intrusive upholstery

  • Veneerwork repair and replacement

  • Carving of lost elements

Sept 2017 - Feb 2021

Assistant Conservator of Furniture and Woodwork

 

Sept 2016 - August 2017

Mellon Fellow in Conservation

Historic New England, Haverhill, MA

  • Conservation of furniture and objects within the collection including structural repairs, cleaning, and replacing lost material.

  • Leather, wood, glass, reverse painted glass, metals

  • Research and conservation of the Wightman Couch - sampling, cross section analysis, reversible gilding, cleaning of metal mounts, inpainting damaged grain painting

  • Onsite maintenance of the properties, closing and opening, conservation cleaning, in situ treatments

  • Training of guides in Preventive Care and Handling

  • Preventive conservation including training IPM champions, setup and analysis of pest tracking spreadsheet, and setup and training for light monitoring data loggers in the exhibition space at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Ma.

 

Sept 2015 - Aug 2016

Kress Fellow in Conservation

Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, De

  • Conservation of Chinese export lacquerware within the collection, including consolidation, varnish reduction, fills, and rehousing.

  • Conservation documentation including x-radiography, UV examination, and analysis with the Scientific Research and Analytical Laboratory

  • Participation in and support for the Exotic Surfaces: Chinese Export Lacquer Sumposium and Workshop hosted at Winterthur

  • Analysis of four years of light levels before and after installation of new storm window system in the museum including an extensive report of the findings.

  • Active member of the Preventive Conservation Team.

  • Supervisor for two undergraduate interns in rehousing and basic stabilization of multi-object collections within the library and archives

  • Organization of a Preventive Conservation table for the monthly Conservation Clinic providing materail information and advice for caring for private collection objects. 

 

March - June 2015

Furniture Conservation Intern

The Wallace Collection, London, UK

  • Conservation of two gilt brass mount tables involving cleaning and replication of lost elements.

  • Detailed research and analysis of the metal elements as well as damage mapping and comparative drawings of frieze elements

  • Assist with Public Tours during the winding of the clocks and general maintenance within the collection

  • Assist with Science Day – teaching high school students about the damage caused by light in collections

 

September 2014 - February 2015

Organic Conservation Intern

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK

  • Conservation of organic material: clock case veneers, ship models, ethnographic basketry, and navigational instruments

  • Condition assessment of objects within the collection

  • Conservation in Action days: cleaning of objects on open display

 

June - August 2014

Sherman Fairchild Intern in Conservation

The Frick Collection, New York, NY

  • Treated 9 gilded drawing frames – cleaning, filling, and inpainting losses – for a travelling exhibition to the Mauritshuis

  • RTI of gilt brass mounts for the Gouthière table in the collection

  • pXRF of both the gilt brass mounts on the Gouthière table as well as standard calibration with Arlen Heginbotham.

  • Digitization of conservation records into TMS database

 

Chedworth Roman Villa, the Cotswolds, UK

  • Coordinate the yearly clean of the mosaics at the villa

  • Supervise teams of conservation students for wet and dry cleaning

  • Public outreach to visitors to raise awareness of conservation

April 2014

Project Coordinator

 

January - March 2014

Conservation Intern

 

UCL Pathology Collections, London, UK

  • Document 34 anatomical models

  • Wet clean and reassemble several objects made of papier-mâché, plaster, and wax

 

January - June 2013

Conservation Intern

 

Natural History Museum, London, UK

  • Rehousing human remains and fossils

  • Removal of masking tape from bones

 

July 2011 - July 2012

Furniture Conservation Intern

Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, De

  • Write examination, condition, and treatment reports for various objects

  • Assist survey of Chinese export lacquered objects in the collection

  • Conservation of collection objects – replacement elements from organic and synthetic materials, support for weakened areas, wet and dry cleaning, and inpainting

 

June 2010 - August 2012

Project Coordinator

 

Peirce-Phelps, Inc., Phildalphia, Pa

  • Contact companies about opening accounts

  • Train new hires on air conditioning system combinations and order entry

 

June - August 2009

Silver Survey Intern

 

 

 

Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE

  • Survey 1400+ objects in the collection assessing condition of the Agateen cellulose nitrate lacquer as a supplement for a grant application.

  • Write Condition and Treatment reports

  • Removed old coatings, polished, and lacquered selected collection objects.

 

February - May 2009

Russian Icon Intern

 

University of Delaware, Newark, De

  • Consolidation of paint layers

  • Write Condition and Treatment reports

  • Surface cleaning and rehousing

 

2007 - 2010

Woodworker

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Stowe Fine Woodwork, Newtown, Pa

  • Build custom furniture utilizing woodworking tools such as chisels, band saw, table saw, routers, jointer, and planer

  • Applied both water and oil based stains (Minwax and Mohawk)

  • Worked with a variety of types of wood such as mahogany, cherry, poplar, bobinga, oak, ash, lacewood, maple, and walnut

  • Practiced different joinery techniques such as mortise and tenon, biscuit, and dovetails

  • Veneer application to both curved and flat panels using a vacuum press

 

Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, De

  • Write Condition and Treatment reports

  • Surface cleaning, filling losses, inpainting

September - December 2007

Paintings Conservation Intern