![]() Using japanese tissue Tina is repairing each individual piece in a non invasive way, ensuring that any work done can be reversed at a later date, if required. When I caught up with her she was working on a enchanting volume of 19th Century chinese watercolours from our Reeve's collection, that had become weakened and fragile. Previous to this she worked at a facinating variety of other organisations such as The National Trust, All Souls College, Oxford and Regent's Park College, Oxford. Tina joins us from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) where she worked on various short projects covering a period of three years. Konstantina (Tina) Konstantinidou joined us as Paper Conservator on 5th August and has well and truly hit the ground running.Īs well as getting to grips with all the projects that are in the pipeline for her, she has been working hard to become familar with some of the collections that she will be working with and meeting her colleagues in the Library & Archives team. I would never be bored with those.Īnthracothorax nigricollis, black-throated mango Plate 184 from John James Audubon's Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. You can have one luxury with you on the island what would it be?Ī pencil and endless paper. I don't think I could ever get bored of them. You can take one item from the L&A collections with you, what would it be and why?Īudubon's The Birds of America. You are rescued, but can only take one back with you. Tobacco- because what else are you gonna put in your pipe whilst contemplating your existence?īamboo- nature's gift to human ingenuity. ![]() Humming birds- they are probably the best animal. You are marooned on a desert island and are allowed to take 8 flora and fauna with you. Our version of a British institution with a natural history twist - what would you pick?Įdd Bagenal: Internet Archive Digitisation Technician
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