ICON - Key Persons
Adela is one of the Events Coordinators in the ICON EPN team. Through her freelance practice, Adela Hawley - Collections Management, she offers services in conservation, curation, collections management, and heritage consultancy, with a particular emphasis on digital innovation and improving accessibility in the cultural sector.
Adela has contributed to a wide range of heritage projects both in the UK and internationally, working with institutions such as Qatar Museums, Manchester Museum, the Museum of Science and Technology in Serbia, The Box in Plymouth, and ProMare. Her work has included preventive conservation, collections management, exhibition design, and the digitisation of maritime artefacts using 3D scanning technology to enhance public access.
She holds an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies and a BA (Hons) in Conservation of Cultural Heritage. You can connect with Adela online through her Linktree: linktr.ee/adelahawley.
Adela is interested in blending traditional conservation methods with modern technologies, striving to enhance the sustainability and accessibility of cultural heritage for future generations.
Adelheid completed a minor in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the University of Amsterdam in 2015, followed by a Graduate Diploma and MA in Conservation of Ceramics and Related Materials at West Dean College, graduated in 2017. She was the ICON stained glass intern at Barley Studio in 2022 and an intern in advanced glass conservation at the Corning Museum of Glass in 2018, for which she was awarded the Zibby Garnett Travel Fellowship.
Job Titles:
- Web Editor, Icon Metals Group
Alexandra Taylor is a paintings conservator at Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL). She has worked internationally at the National Galleries of Scotland, Saltmarsh Paintings Conservation, and the Phoebus Foundation. Her interests lie in the treatment of Old Masters and the fundamental aspects of painting analysis and research. A Board Member of Restauratoren Nederland, she is passionate about increasing public awareness and promoting professional outreach in this field. She also serves on IIC committees and edits News in Conservation and The Picture Restorer.
Her interests lie in the treatment of Old Masters and the fundamental aspects of paintings analysis, research, and the valorisation of results.
Alexandra is a committee member for IIC and secretary for the Icon UK Paintings Group, as well as an assistant editor for "News in Conservation" and the BAPCR's "Picture Restorer". She is passionate about increasing public awareness and promoting professional outreach in this field.
Alice is the 2023-4 Icon Bute Intern in Collections Care and Historic Interiors with the National Trust for Scotland. She holds a degree in History of Art; and trained in Object Conservation at Cardiff University, completing an MSc in Conservation Practice in 2022.
She has experience volunteering with organisations including the National Trust, the Museum of Welsh Cricket and the National Army Museum and is currently learning about the care of collections in the unique environments of historic buildings.
Job Titles:
- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
Alice Tate-Harte has been a Fine Art conservator at English Heritage for 14 years and cares for paintings, frames and gilded furniture in historic interiors. She trained at the Courtauld Institute in Easel Paintings Conservation and has an art history background. She volunteers for local sustainability groups where she lives in South East London.
Alice Watkins is a Sculpture and Installation Art Conservator at Tate, where she works across Loans, International Programme and Tate St Ives. She holds an MSc and Professional Doctorate (PDRes) in Contemporary Art Conservation from the University of Amsterdam.
Her master's thesis focused on the ethics of replacing components in technological artworks. Additionally, she conducted research into the use of photogrammetry for documenting large outdoor sculpture. Her current focus areas are in kinetic, optical and light-based artworks.
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- Events Officer ( 2024 - 2027 ), Director / Principal Conservator, Textile Conservation Ltd
Alison is a textile conservator who has worked in private practice for nearly 25 years. Since 2005 she has been the owner of Textile Conservation Ltd based in Bristol. Alison is very familiar with the challenges, positive and negative, of working as a freelancer and small business owner. She plans to bring the knowledge and insights gained over the years to developing events and activities for the group that both celebrate and support independent practitioners and practices.
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- Chartered Accountant
- Trustee ( Co - Opted ), Member of Finance Committee
Amber Law (ACA) is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of King's College London with experience of working across multiple public sector organisations. Following the completion of her accountancy training, she has led financial management and planning initiatives across a range of public sector programmes and services. Beyond her professional career, Amber has a keen interest in cultural heritage and supporting the conservation profession.
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- Marketing and Membership Manager
Amy is Icon's Marketing and Membership Manager and leads the membership team to develop and implement effective marketing and promotion of Icon's membership.
A historian by training, she is a heritage sector professional with over ten years' experience from a variety of organisations, including National Museums Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland, Historic Royal Palaces, Chelsea Physic Garden and National Army Museum.
Qualified objects conservator with a demonstrated history working in museums, non-profit organizations & private companies in UK & Greece. Upon completion of my undergraduate degree in Greece in 2015 I moved to the UK to continue my postgraduate studies at Cardiff University and currently pursuing a second MSc degree in Conservation of Cultural Heritage by University of West Attica.
Have been working as a freelance conservator since 2017 collaborating with institutions such as the National Trust, the Wiltshire & Swindon History Center, & the Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery and currently I am part of the Cliveden Conservation Team for almost 3 years working on decorative plaster & stone conservation. Passions of mine are sustainability and decorative surfaces as well as 3D documentation.
Events Co-ordinator (2021-2025) , Textile Conservator, Zenzie Tinker Conservation Ltd. (2015 - present)
Ania Golebiowska is a textile conservator based in Brighton. She moved to the UK in 2015 to join Zenzie Tinker Conservation studio after graduating from MA Textile Conservation degree at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
At the ZTC studio she has been part of large team of textile and paper conservators working for private and institutional clients on a wide range of projects including the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey or ‘Inspired by Knole' HLF founded National Trust project at Knole House.
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- Professor of Heritage Science
- Trustee, Scotland Seat
Anita is Professor of Heritage Science in History of Art and the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research at the University of Glasgow. Previously she worked for National Museums Scotland in the Department of Conservation and Analytical Research where her interests grew in dyes and synthetic plastics and fibres and connections between their material history and ageing behaviour. Anita has served as a committee member for the Scotland Group and the Heritage Science Group and has been an Icon Mentor.
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- Communications, Events Team
Anna is the Conservation Officer for Culture Perth & Kinross since 2019, and is currently working on the new Perth Museum, due to open Spring 2024.
Anna has a professional doctorate in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specialising in Historic Interiors, from the University of Amsterdam. She has since held various roles within the National Trust for Scotland, from Icon intern to Regional Conservator, as well as working as a freelance conservator. Anna manages the blog for ISG.
Annie is one of Icon's Membership Officers, focusing on events and groups. She handles the day to day of membership operations and is a key point of contact for any membership enquiries via phone or email. She will also be supporting the Find a Conservator service, ensuring the upkeep of the database.
Since graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in History of Art, Annie has gained experience working in institutions such as The Design Museum, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, and most recently, Tate, as the Membership Engagement and Loyalty Assistant.
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- Editor, Icon Care of Collections Group
I'm very excited for the opportunity to join the CCG Committee as Editor. I feel I can offer an eye for detail and organisation in the coordination of papers, abstracts, and events with the committee.
I am an emerging preventive conservator and recently completed a year-long Icon internship with the National Trust for Scotland. I am currently working as a freelance conservator and would relish an opportunity to become more involved in Icon and offer my skills to help support the work of the CCG committee. I have previously worked in arts administration and collection management roles, which often involved the coordination of diaries for events and meetings and often required me to communicate with a range of stakeholders across arts organisations. I have experience drafting reports and policies and proof reading documents.
I am passionate about preventive conservation and collections care and feel this opportunity will allow me to increase my engagement with professional colleagues in the course of my Editor duties as well as learn from committee colleagues.
Ayaka is a conservator from the Archives Conservation Lab at the National Archives of Singapore and holds a BA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage from University of Lincoln, UK. Alongside conservation works, Ayaka also drives efforts curating training for library and archives staff in collection care, conservation consultations and outreach engagement. This is her first experience being part of a committee, and is grateful to be given this opportunity to meet, learn and work alongside others in the BPG community. Outside of conservation, she is a full-time dog mum who also enjoys crocheting and sewing.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer, Icon Historic Interiors Group
Ayaka is an Architect, accredited with Specialist Conservation Architect (SCA) and Architect Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC), and specialises in the repair and conservation of historic and listed buildings. She is currently working for Donald Insall Associates as an Associate.
She understands the intricacy of working in historic buildings and has experience of managing the logistics and expectations of end users and stakeholders, from project initiation to post-completion. Ayaka joined the committee in 2018.
Brian Castriota is Lecturer in Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media at University College London, Time-Based Media Conservator at the National Galleries Scotland, and Freelance Conservator for Time-Based Media and Contemporary Art at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He completed graduate-level training in conservation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 2014, and earned a Ph.D. in History of Art from the University of Glasgow in 2019 as part of the Marie Skłowdoska-Curie ITN New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art (NACCA).
Camella is our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Camella is currently training at English Heritage as a Preventive Conservator. She completed an MA in Principles of Conservation from the UCL Institute of Archaeology, where she was elected student officer for UCL's disabled students as well as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion representative. Her research focused on exploring decolonial routes to contemporary conservation. Camella also worked as a Collections Manager on a large-scale store move of UCL's Ethnographic Collections. Prior to her MA, Camella undertook a 1-year traineeship at The British Museum as a Community Partnerships officer. She was involved in delivering workshops, outreach and public events. Additionally, she assisted in the curation of ‘Desire, love, identity: LGBTQ histories' exhibition and gallery trail. She received training from curators and conservators to manage the preventive conservation and audit of the department's handling collection, which includes over 600 objects. Working collaboratively with other teams, she provided objects from the collection to be featured in exhibitions. After her traineeship Camella continued at The British Museum working with the Africa, Oceania and Americas Department on collection care and access. She also started a project with the aim of digitising and documenting Caribbean collections. Her work involved research to update the biographies of these objects and preventive conservation. Camella has worked in various collection care positions at the Science Museum Group, Natural History Museum and at the Royal Geographic Society with Wiley Digital Archives, where she independently managed the recant and documentation of collections and archives. Camella is a strong advocate for equality, she believes cultural heritage should be accessible to all. Show more
Carla Flack is a conservator of Contemporary Art focussing on sculpture and installation art. In 2008 she received an MA from the University of Lincoln (United Kingdom) in the Conservation of Historic Objects. Subsequently she has worked privately and for various institutions in the UK including the Science Museum (London) and Historic Royal Palaces (London). She has worked for the Sculpture and Installation Conservation department at Tate (London) since 2012 where she has worked across all areas but especially for the loans out programme. She is a founding member of the ICON: Modern Materials Network in the UK.
Carlotta recently completed her MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York, for which she was also awarded an Anna Plowden Trust bursary in 2019. Previously to this, she has also achieved an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from the University of Leeds.
In February 2021 she became Editorial & Technical Assistant for the online magazine Vidimus, and since May 2021 she has been working as a Graduate Conservator for Recclesia Stained Glass in Manchester.
After originally studying Archaeology, I went on to become an Objects conservator and graduated from UCL's MA and MSc in 2013. I have always had a particular interest in decorative surfaces because of their complexity, and because they often involve both organic and inorganic materials and require complex decision making.
After graduation I worked, among others, for Cambridge Museums and the National Trust, where I was the Objects and Decorative Surfaces conservator at the then brand new Knole Conservation Studio. I am now Sculpture conservator at the V&A.
I am very interested in engagement and training and have worked at UCL in research projects as well as supervising and training MSc students in their practical work. I still lecture there on the conservation of painted and decorative surfaces.
Carola is our Communications Officer and facilitates contact within ICON. She completed a Post Graduate diploma and MA in Conservation of Metals at West Dean College, in 2022. Her undergraduate degree was in 3-Dimentional Glass Craftsmanship and Design. She is currently a Project Conservator based at the Historic England conservation labs in Portsmouth, working collaboratively with MSDS Marine, conserving objects recovered from the Rooswijk shipwreck. Carola's focus is archaeological objects recovered from both terrestrial and marine sites.
Carola entered conservation from a career in the creative arts, having trained as a theatrical prop-maker at Glyndebourne Opera House, then working as a freelance prop maker for events, focusing on metalwork, scenic prop making and sculpture.
Catherine Campos is a second-year MSc student in Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media at University College London (UCL) and a Gabo Trust Scholarship recipient. Passionate about the complexities of preserving contemporary materials and sculpture, Catherine recently completed a placement at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, where they contributed to conservation treatments, research, and preventive care for modern and contemporary artworks.
Catherine Campos is an emerging contemporary art conservator who recently completed an MSc in Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media at UCL, where she was awarded the Gabo Trust Scholarship for her commitment to the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture. She gained experience at the National Galleries of Scotland as a Contemporary Art Conservation Intern, and has previously worked in curatorial, teaching, and collections roles in the Philippines. Her dissertation focused on the degradation and conservation of cigarettes in contemporary sculpture, with further writing on the subject forthcoming.
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- General Committee Member, Icon Heritage Science Group
Charles has two degrees in archaeology, both from UCL, and a Masters in Human Rights from the University of London. He worked for 11 years as an archaeologist in the UK and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and since 2012 has worked in the NGO sector on inclusive education and heritage programmes in the MENA region.
Since 2018, Charles has also worked with the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund to assess projects aiming to protect and conserve tangible and intangible cultural heritage in MENA countries. He has strong interests in the use of cultural heritage for inclusive and ethical development, and the vital role of conservation within this process.
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- Social Media Officer, Icon Historic Interiors Group
After a short stint as a freelance project conservator Charlotte joined Hirst Conservation as an architectural paint researcher, she has been a committee member since 2015 and manages web content.
They say there's no fool like an old fool so as a member of the first UKIC Stained Glass Section Committee I definitely qualify as the latter. As a former chair and treasurer of the group I hope my experience can be put to good use and that my foolishness will provide much needed humorous relief. May the force be with you all.
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- Chairman, Icon Historic Interiors Group
Christine trained as a paintings conservator at Winterthur Museum, University of Delaware before embarking on an internship at the Tate Gallery, London.
She joined the National Trust in 1990 as a paintings conservation advisor responsible for managing and organising the conservation of the Trusts' collection of paintings and also advising on historic interiors with regard to paint analysis and conservation of painted surfaces.
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- Trustee, Member of Professional Standards Development Committee
Claire is an accredited preventive conservator. After her training at Cardiff University, Claire worked for the National Trust and then English Heritage. Since setting up Spencer & Fry in 2015 Claire has worked with a range of museums, heritage organisations and historic houses in all aspects of preventive conservation, however her particular areas of interest are emergency planning and the management of film crews in historic locations. Claire is an assessor and mentor for the Institute of Conservation accreditation scheme and since 2016 has served on the Fabric Advisory Committee for Leicester Cathedral.
I work for the Hampshire Cultural Trust in Winchester, which has been home since 2007. This is my second stint on the Archaeology Group Committee, having previously served from 2008-2016.
In a former life I gained a BA (Hons) in ceramics and worked as a studio potter and a violin teacher in Devon, before completing the MA Conservation of Historic Objects at the University of Lincoln in 2007. I became accredited in 2011 and have since completed an MA in Regional and Local History and Archaeology, graduating with distinction in 2015. My interests are archaeological, ceramic and natural science conservation and I enjoy combining all these and more through work.
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- Treasurer ( Term Ends April 2026 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Clara Malinka is a freelance conservator working in London, UK.
She graduated with her MA in Conservation Studies (Books and Library Materials) from West Dean College in 2023. Prior to emerging into conservation, she was a printmaker and visual artist. In her spare time, she likes to learn endagered crafts, such as copperplate engraving and pigment making, with hopes to soon learn to make traditional mould and deckle frames. She looks forward to volunteering with the Icon BPG and offering her skills and expertise.
Clara is the Head of Applied Conservation at Historic Environment Scotland (HES). She received her BA in Sculpture Conservation from the Escuela Superior de Conservacion y Restauracion de Bienes Culturales in Madrid, Spain. She also holds an MSc in International Heritage Visualisation from Glasgow School of Art. She has worked in local museums, the private sector, and as a freelance conservator prior to founding Spectrum Heritage, where she was Director from 2016 until joining HES in 2020. She has a keen interest in the crossover between traditional conservation and technology.
Clara can be contacted at chair@iconscotland.org
Clare trained first at Gateshead Technical College's course on the Conservation of Easel Paintings, now run by Northumbria University before then studying in Zurich, Stuttgart and Rome.
She set up and ran the conservation departments at Coventry Museums. Coming to London, she set up her own conservation business and was a technical conservation consultant to Sotheby's Impressionist department for 30 years.
Her doctorate is from the Royal College of Art, and it is on Picasso's Decorative Metalwork. She has undertaken post-graduate research into Picasso's bronze casting during WWII and is a member of the Picasso Bronze Project along with staff at the Musée National Picasso, Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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- General Committee Member, Icon Heritage Science Group
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- ACR Is Castle and Collections Manager at Hillsborough Castle for Historic Royal Palaces
- Chairman, Icon Northern Ireland
- Trustee, Northern Ireland Seat
David Orr ACR is Castle and Collections Manager at Hillsborough Castle for Historic Royal Palaces.
As an accredited conservator he has overseen the collections at the castle for over 8 years with building up experience that ranges from collections management, salvage to supervising on site treatment projects. David graduated from West Dean College, setting up a business in metalwork conservation in Northern Ireland, he gained his experience from restoring, maintaining, and operating steam locomotives from a young age.
David is a keen advocate for conservation, being engaged and challenged on completing projects that will help to protect collections but also highlight conservation as a discipline.
Davina is the EPN Secretary and is currently the Conservation and Collections Care Officer at Raby Castle, County Durham. Davina graduated from Durham University with a MA Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects in 2023. Prior to entering the field of conservation, Davina served in multiple roles across senior leadership teams in secondary schools whilst teaching Classics and English to students from Year 7 to A-Level. Davina is particularly interested in the balance between preservation and use of collections as well as the conservation of cellulosic, protein-based and modern synthetic polymers.
Deborah has gained conservation experience from working at National Museums Scotland, National Museums Liverpool, Birmingham Museums Trust and now at Tate.
She has a wide breadth of experience of collections and material types, with a keen interest in modern materials and their use and constructs with contemporary art. She currently manages the Sculpture and Installations Conservation team where her focus is on the Hepworth studio, garden and summer house, managing hazardous materials within collections and kinetic works.
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- Trustee, Chair of Professional Standards Development Committee
Diana (McCormack) Davis is an accredited large objects conservator. She trained at Durham University after a career in archaeology, and subsequently worked for English Heritage, the Science Museum, National Museums Scotland, the Antarctic Heritage Trust (NZ) and National Museum of the Royal Navy. She is currently Head of Conservation for the Natural History Museum, leading the team that is responsible for the conservation and care of all the museum's collections. Diana has also been chair of PSD since December 2022.
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- Member of the Conservation Higher Education Institutions Group
Dr Emily Williams directs the MA in Conservation of Museum and Archaeological Objects at Durham University.
She previously taught at the University of Mary Washington and The College of William and Mary. She chaired the American Institute of Conservation's Education and Training Committee for 4 years and is currently the Coordinator of ICOM-CC's Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Working group.
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- Editor, Journal of the Institute of Conservation
Dr Jonathan Kemp has over 30 years experience as a conservator with a focus on stone and allied materials. He was a lecturer in stone conservation at the City & Guilds of London Art School and a Senior Conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and is currently Head of Program at the Grimwade Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Materials at The University of Melbourne. He has been a new media artist for over 20 years and has made many conference presentations and creative outputs, as well as scholarly publications in conservation theory and ethics, new media art, and various technical studies.
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- Secretary, Icon Heritage Science Group / Associate Professor of Heritage Science, University College London
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- Treasurer, Icon Heritage Science Group / Lead Conservation Scientist at the British Museum
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- Chairman, Icon Metals Group
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- Editor, Icon Heritage Science Group
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- Chairman, Conservation Higher Education Institutions Group
Dr Renata F Peters has worked in conservation projects in South and North America, Europe and Africa.
She is a Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, Coordinator for the UCL MA Principles of Conservation, Vice-chair of the Directory Board of the International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) and Conservation Lead of the Olduvai Geochronology Archaeology Project in Tanzania.
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- Community Engagement Officer
Athanasios Velios is Reader in Documentation at the University of the Arts London, working on conservation documentation. He trained as a conservator in Greece (Technological Educational Institute of Athens) and completed his PhD in London (Royal College of Arts, 2002) on computer applications to conservation.
He worked on the St. Catherine's Monastery condition survey project, designing the project databases and documentation forms, and he developed the framework for the Language of Bindings Thesaurus. He was the webmaster for the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (2008-2017), where he redeveloped the Institute's website. He established the Documentation Network of the Institute of Conservation (Icon) in the UK. He worked as Data Architect for the Oxford Linked Open Data pilot (OXLOD, 2018). He has been contributing to the CIDOC-CRM SIG since 2014 and, alongside Kristen St. John, he co-led the Linked Conservation Data project: an AHRC-funded project to enable integration of conservation records.
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- Co - Chair, Icon Heritage Science Group
- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
Dr. Helen Wilson (MChem) ACR is a heritage scientist/preventive conservator at The National Archives and secretary for the Icon Heritage Science Group, with a PhD in heritage science from the University of Manchester and The British Museum (AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme).
Recent projects include assessing the risk of climate change to The National Archives' collection, creation of an environmental sustainability action plan for the Collection Care Department and research into more sustainable collection care practices.
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- Co - Chair
- Director
- Professor
Dr. Pip Laurenson ACR is a Professor of Conservation and Director of the MSc in the Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media, at UCL East. Pip has 30 years of experience in the conservation of contemporary art, establishing and leading Tate's pioneering Time-based Media Conservation section from 1996 until 2010 before going on to be Head of Collection Care Research from 2010 to 2022. Pip is committed to interdisciplinary research that serves and responds to the challenges facing the conservation of contemporary collections in the 21st Century. With Jill Sterrett, Pip instigated Matters in Media Art a collaborative project between Tate, SFMOMA and MoMA with the New Art Trust in 2005. From 2018-2022 she led the Mellon Foundation funded project Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum. She is also a member of the Steering Committee for INCCA, the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art.
Duncan is a conservator of ceramics and glass working from his studio in Suffolk and on a freelance basis in London and other locations.
Duncan trained at West Dean College, where he obtained a Graduate Diploma and an MA in Conservation of Ceramics & Related Materials. He works regularly with other conservators, as well as with private and institutional clients and heritage organisations including the National Trust.
Before becoming a conservator, Duncan had a career as a barrister specialising in commercial law.
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- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
I am pursuing a PhD at the University of Cumbria researching Conservation Strategies at Historic Sites in Cumbria. I am dedicated to promoting sustainable conservation practice in and outside of the lab.
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- Membership Officer ( Communications and Marketing )
Eleanor is Icon's Membership Officer (Communications and Marketing). She supports the Marketing and Membership Manager with Icon's communications and marketing efforts to promote Icon membership. She will also be supporting in the processing of membership applications, managing renewals, and addressing membership queries.
Eleanor has a BSc in Business Marketing Management from Lancaster University and has a background in digital marketing, communications, and events.
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- Communications - Blog Content Creator
Elena has been a stone conservator at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) since April 2024. She received her MA in Ceramics and Related Materials Conservation from West Dean College, along with a BA in Illustration and Visual Media from University of the Arts London. She has worked mainly in the museum sector as a decorative objects conservator, including the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, the Novium Museum, and Bakewell Old House Museum.
Elena works on the blog for ISG.
Elina works as a Stone Conservator for Historic Environment Scotland, as part of a team that deals with the conservation of carved stone across 328 sites. She holds an MA in Principles of Conservation (UCL), an MSc in Conservation of Architectural Heritage (Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid), and a BA in History.
Elina has worked as an archaeologist and conservator for various archaeological projects. In 2016 she moved to Scotland and since then she has been dedicated to the conservation of stone monuments, both in the private and public sectors.
Elina has been organising and coordinating events as part of the Icon Scotland Committee since 2021. For any events-related queries, you can email her at events@iconscotland.org.
I developed an interest in gilded and decorative surfaces during my post-graduate diploma in Conservation Studies at City & Guilds.
I have since been fortunate to work within this specialism in a number of settings, including the Painted Hall in Greenwich, Knole Conservation Studio, the National Portrait Gallery, and private practice. I am currently working as a Frame Conservator at the Guildhall Art Gallery, while continuing to treat objects for private clients.
I joined the committee in 2019 in order to become more involved in the wider conservation community, and to meet more people in my field.
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- Nigel Williams Prize Coordinator
Elizabeth is currently working as a Collection Care Conservator at The Royal Household.
Since completing a BSc in Politics and International Relations from the University of Bath in 2018, Elizabeth worked in Public Policy in London before attending West Dean College in 2021 to study the Graduate Diploma in Conservation in Ceramics. Elizabeth completed her MA in Conservation in Ceramics and Related Materials at West Dean College (2022-23). During this time, she worked with TO Conservation and also completed a work placement at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. Prior to her current role at The Royal Household, Elizabeth worked at Plowden & Smith as a freelance ceramics conservator.
I have been a member of the Committee for 2 and half years as treasurer.
At the time I joined the committee, I was working for The Granary Conservation Studio working on wood and furniture objects. Since then I have changed tack somewhat and now I'm a textiles conservator working for Janie Lightfoot Textiles LLP. I now work on a wide variety of textiles.
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- Trustee, Emerging Professional Seat
Emma is an emerging professional, due to complete the Cultural Heritage Conservator Apprenticeship programme in 2025. First graduating from Durham University with a BA in History in 2016, Emma found conservation by happenstance soon after. She is an MA student with the University of Lincoln and is employed as an Apprentice Conservator and Conservation Technician at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool. She is also undertaking the Associateship of the Museums Association, with a particular interest in conservation within a museum context. Emma is passionate about developing additional and varied pathways into the conservation profession.
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- Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Emma Chaplin is a highly experienced and respected museum and heritage professional, currently working as a consultant specialising in business planning and development, collections management and governance review.
She led the Association of Independent Museums from 2018-21 as part of a 30 year career including senior management and curatorial roles in independent and local authority museums.
She is a Fellow of the Museums Association and also acts as an assessor for the scheme.
"I am honoured and delighted to be the Chair of Icon and I am very happy to be working with Board, staff and membership to champion the expertise and knowledge of our members and to deliver on our strategic goals."
Emma is Icon's Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for the development and delivery of Icon's strategic ambitions. She manages the staff team and works closely with the Board of Trustees, Board Committees, and volunteers drawn from the membership.
Emma is an experienced heritage sector leader and fundraising professional and joined Icon from Historic England where she was Head of Partnerships & Development. Emma has a track record of successful delivery in previous roles as Chief Executive of Didcot Railway Centre, Director of Development at the Jewish Museum London, and Head of Fundraising for The Postal Museum.
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- Conference Co - Chair ( Term Ends 2027 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Emma is currently working at Tate as paper conservator for acquisitions. She usually works on the remote, but beautiful Isle of Man as paper conservator for Manx National Heritage.
Emma graduated from Northumbria University with the MA in Conservation of Fine Art, works of art on paper in 2008 and has since worked as a paper conservator in London, Singapore and Qatar. She volunteers for Icon as a CPD reviewer and mentor and is excited to now be part of the BPG committee. She is looking forward to bringing us together for the conference in whichever form it takes.
Erinn is a textile conservator, and part of the team at the V&A. She completed a 12-month graduate internship at Textile Conservation Ltd. in Bristol before taking up her current position. She received an MPhil in Textile Conservation from the University of Glasgow in 2022, and holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Visual Culture from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. She looks forward to engaging with the broad community of people who are passionate about the conservation of textiles, and hopes to build on the programme of engaging events that the committee organises to benefit Textile Group members.
Francesca Whymark ACR is an accredited book conservator and works at the British Library in London. She has a BA in History of Art & Architecture and Italian from Trinity College Dublin (2006) and studied Book Conservation at Camberwell College of Arts, gaining a Foundation Degree (2010) and Masters (2011), before joining the British Library in 2011.
She has a particular interest in book conservation terminology and documentation. She worked as a research assistant during the early stages of the Language of Bindings project and was a founding member of the Icon Documentation Network. She has served on the Book & Paper group Events & Training sub-committee and was managing editor for the Adapt & Evolve conference postprints. She was a member of the organising committee for the inaugural IIC Student & Emerging Conservators conference. She is currently representing Conservation and Collection Care within a major infrastructure project at the British Library, which aims to unify the Library's collection metadata assets on a single, sustainable, standards-based infrastructure offering improved options for access, collaboration and open reuse.
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- Frederick Bearman Grant Administrator ( Term Ends April 2025 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
- Research Grant
Lauren Moon-Schott is a rare book conservator with a certificate in bookbinding from North Bennet Street School, Boston Mass., US, and an MA in conservation of books and library materials from West Dean College, Sussex, UK.
She works as a conservator at Durham University, UK, and was previously employed in the Boston Public Library's Special Collections Department. She uses her experience in conserving publicly available rare materials as the foundation for her research in people-centric conservation decision-making. She is thrilled to volunteer as the Frederick Bearman Research Grant administrator to help make research funds more readily available to her conservation community.
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- Member of the Icon Metals Group
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- Member of the Icon Metals Group
Gordon is a graduate and post graduate alumni of Glasgow School of Art . After graduating, he painted and exhibited work for a couple of years, before working extensively in community arts projects for around ten years. More recently working as a signwriter, window display artist and illustrator.
Gordon is currently employed as an Historic Environment Scotland-Stained Glass Craft Fellow. Working with Rob Macinnes-Stained Glass in Glasgow, I have been involved with new commissions, and the conservation and restoration of historical glass.
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- Member of the Icon Metals Group
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- Chairman Cadeirydd, Icon Cymru
Gwenllian Thomas studied Care of Collections at Cardiff University before working for the National Trust in London for 10 years in collections care. She moved onto a role as Collections Care Conservator for the Science Museum, before moving to Scotland in 2017. There she worked as the sole conservator for City of Edinburgh Council's Museums and Galleries, alongside volunteering her time as secretary and later chair of the Icon Scotland group. In 2024, she moved back home to South Wales to join Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales as Senior Preventive Conservator.
Astudiodd Gwenllian Thomas Gofal Casgliadau ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, cyn symud i Lundain i weithio i'r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol am 10 mlynedd mewn swyddi gofal casgliadau. Aeth ymlaen i weithio i'r Amgueddfa Wyddoniaeth fel Cadwraethydd Gofal Casgliadau, cyn symud i'r Alban yn 2017. Yno, hi oedd yr unig cadwraethydd yn gweithio ar draws Amgueddfeydd ag Orielau Cyngor Dinas Caeredin; yn ogystal, gwirfolodd Gwenllian fel ysgrifennydd ac yn hwyrach cadeirydd grwp Icon yr Alban. Yn 2024 symudodd nôl i Dde Cymru i fod yn Uwch Gadwraethydd Ataliol gydag Amgueddfa Cymru.
Hana is a self-employed objects conservator and collections care consultant based in Orkney. She holds an MA in Conservation of Archaeological & Museum Objects from Durham University, an MA in Material & Visual Culture (UCL) and a BA in Archaeology, Anthropology & Art History (UEA). She has previously worked at University of Cambridge Museums, Science Museum Group, The National Museum of the Royal Navy, and the National Trust as part of the salvage team following the devastating fire at Clandon Park.
Hana moved to Orkney in 2022 and enjoys working with a wide range of collections. She values her role within the Icon Scotland Group as a means to engage with conservation news and events across Scotland.
Hana can be contacted at admin@iconscotland.org
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Accreditation and Skills Manager
Heather Doyle is Icon's Accreditation and Skills Manager and leads on supporting Pathway Members, as well as Mentors and Assessors involved in the training and accreditation process.
An experienced education manager and trainer, Heather has spent almost a decade overseeing work-based learning programmes in the Higher Education sector before joining Icon.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Icon Historic Interiors Group
Heather worked at The Carpet Conservation Workshop, Salisbury (1988-1996) undertaking conservation of historic carpets for historic houses, Royal collection and private clients before opening The Tetley Workshop, Devon in 1996.
The Tetley Workshop specialises in all aspects of the conservation of historic carpets in historic houses and private collections; including a Royal Warrant Holder to HM The Queen for Conservation of Carpets.
After a number of years as chair of the Group, I am sharing the communications role, mainly dealing with the website. I am also involved with the update to First Aid for Finds. In March 2019, I retired from the Museum of London (now London Museum) from the post of conservation manager of archaeology, objects and paper. I started at the Museum in 1980 as an archaeological conservator conserving finds from the numerous excavations, many of them waterlogged sites. I led the archaeological conservation team until 2001 and then took on the wider management role.
My areas of interest included involvement of volunteers in conservation, archaeological archive standards and display case materials. I am a Fellow of IIC and before retirement I was an assessor for PACR and an Honorary Research Fellow, University College London. Through these roles and my years at the Museum, I feel privileged to have been involved in the training of archaeological conservators from many conservation programmes.
Job Titles:
- Events Coordinator, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Ioannis is the Photography Conservator at Tate Gallery, UK. He holds an MA in Conservation from Camberwell College of Arts and completed an Advanced Icon Internship in Photography Conservation at the National Galleries of Scotland. Passionate about sharing knowledge, he regularly leads workshops and lectures on the care of photographic materials and promotes photographic conservation in the UK and abroad.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Officer ( 2024 - 2027 ) Textile Conservator, Rossi Conservation
Isabella is a freelance textile conservator based in eastern Scotland. In 2020, she completed her MPhil in Textile Conservation from the University of Glasgow.
She has worked with institutions such as the V&A Dundee, National Museums Scotland, Glasgow School of Art, Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and Yale University Art Gallery. She also writes about textile conservation and history for the public and is a regular contributor to magazines such as PieceWork, Spin Off, and PLY. Her research interests are the conservation of costume and hidden modern materials in textiles.
Isabella is a textile conservator with her own studio, Rossi Conservation in Scotland. Her interests are costume, hidden modern materials, and sharing conservation knowledge with textile artists. She looks forward to promoting the amazing work that private practitioners do to preserve cultural heritage!
Isobel Finlay is an early career conservator and recent graduate of UCL's MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media. She has 7 years of experience working in contemporary art galleries and museums in the UK and Germany, beginning her career in collection care as an Art Handling Technician at Tate.
She is passionate about the conservation of contemporary art and has worked with a wide range of materials and mediums, including sculpture, video, and software-based art. Her master's thesis focused on developing conservation strategies for knitted polyamide-based installations displayed under tension.
Job Titles:
- Vice - Chair and Publications
Isobel trained as a wall painting conservator at the Courtauld of Institute of Art, and she also has a PhD in heritage science. She has spent most of her career as a preventive conservator and conservation manager, working for National Museums Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland and the National Library of Scotland, before taking up her current post as Head of Conservation at National Galleries Scotland in 2019. She is an accredited conservator and has a PhD in heritage science. As well as her role as Vice Chair of the Icon Scotland committee, Isobel is a member of the B/560 committee working on conservation standards, and the chair of the Technical Committee for the International Institute of Conservation.
Job Titles:
- Business and Projects Officer
Isobelle is Icon's Business and Projects Officer. She supports the Chief Executive Officer and Policy and Programmes Director on finance and governance processes and work connected with Icon's sector research and policy publications.
Isobelle has both an MA and BA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute where she specialised in postwar British art. She has a background in events, communications and business within contemporary architecture.
My name is Iulia and I have recently started my role as a Skills Administrator for Icon. I support our members with their accreditation program, ensuring they have the guidance and resources needed throughout their development journey.
I'm a Business Management graduate with a strong interest for meaningful work and community impact. My extensive volunteering experiences with organisations like Romanian Red Cross, as well as initiatives in South Africa and China, sparked a long-standing interest in working within the non-profit sector. I'm now excited to bring that experience into my role at Icon, supporting both our members and the wider team, helping create a learning environment where everyone can grow and thrive!
Jade graduated from Northumbria University with an MA in Conservation of Fine Art, specialising in Easel Painting, having previously gained a BA in Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. After working on a variety of studio-based and on-site conservation projects over the past 12 months, she is looking forward to taking up a conservation technician position in Scotland this summer.
Jade decided to volunteer her time to Icon Scotland after organising and chairing the Gerry Hedley Symposium 2022, which made her want to continue to help planning exciting events for anyone interested in art conservation and cultural heritage. Feel free to add Jade on LinkedIn or send her an email at jade-hill@hotmail.co.uk with any suggestions!
James is the group chair for ICON EPN. He is currently completing his PhD at the Royal Danish Academy: institute for Conservation, researching the treatment of waterlogged organic archaeological material. He has previously interned at the Western Australian Shipwreck Museum, primarily working with maritime archaeological objects and was a Western Heritage Conservation and Heritage Science Intern at the Mary Rose. His work at the Mary Rose included helping to conserve and analyse the Mary Rose using various analysis methods and data sets.
James studied at Durham University, completing his masters in the Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects in the summer of 2022. His placement year was spent at Bevaringscenter Fyn, Denmark, where he worked on honing his abilities as an object conservator.
His undergraduate degree was in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh where his experiences on excavation first got him interested in the field of conservation.
While James has worked with and researched waterlogged wood heavily, on which he has presented and published papers, he enjoys treating a wide variety of archaeological materials and learning about the wide variety of different fields of conservation.
Trustee (Co-opted), Member of Finance Committee
James Murphy is a Chartered Marketer with 20 years' experience in the not-for-profit sector. As Head of Digital and then Director of Global Communications at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), James led major transformation and content programmes that helped to reach new audiences and attract new members, whilst elevating digital competence across the organisation. In 2018, James set up Chalcroft Digital which advises charities and membership organisations on developing organisational and communications strategies, adopting good digital governance, digital community developments and culture change initiatives. He holds a Master's degree in History of Art from UCL.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Conservation Higher Education Institutions Group
- Professor of Conservation and the Secretary General of the International Institute for Conservation
Jane Henderson is Professor of Conservation and the Secretary General of the International Institute for Conservation.
Jane serves on the editorial panel of the Journal of the Institute for Conservation, is a co-opted member on the trustee board of the Welsh Federation of Museum and Art Galleries and is a visiting Researcher of the Scientific Conservation Institute in Beijing. Jane serves on the European standards body CEN TC 346 WG11 and on the BSI standard group B/560 concerned with the conservation of Tangible Cultural heritage.
Jane McCree is a paintings conservator and joined the Tate Conservation Department as Head of Paintings & Frames Conservation in 2016.
She initially studied History of Art & Architecture (BA - UEA) and Art Museum Studies (MA - Courtauld Institute of Art), later obtaining a PGDip in the Conservation of Easel Paintings from the Courtauld Institute of Art. She has held a research placement at MoMA, NYC and internships at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge and Victoria & Albert Museum.
Prior to joining Tate, she was Head of Conservation at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin and lead conservator on major conservation projects for a wide range of national institutions. She has also worked internationally for museums and in private practice conserving a wide range of paintings with diverse issues. She has undertaken structural treatments on large scale paintings and specialises in the conservation of modern and contemporary paintings.
At Tate she leads a large team of paintings and frames conservators to deliver Tate's programme of exhibitions & displays, loans, acquisitions, across six sites. She has developed conservation strategy for collection care, champions practice-based research for the department and is a strong advocate for access and engagement with conservation research at Tate and beyond. She has supported a wide range of research projects including multiple treatment based and technical art history research projects, the Getty-Greenwich Lining Canvas Project and NanoRestart. She is currently leading on a research project with a focus on Conserving Contemporary Canvas.
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Icon Care of Collections Group
An Accredited Conservator, Jane graduated in Archaeological Conservation from Cardiff University in 1992. After a spell as a self-employed object conservator, including working on geological specimens, she moved into Collection Care.
In 2002, she became the conservator on the project to relocate Birmingham's science and industry collection of 40,000 objects ranging from pen nibs to drop hammers. In 2003, she became a Conservator (Preventive) at Birmingham Museum Trust and is now Conservation Team Leader. In this post, she is responsible for collection care across Birmingham's 9 sites. She began a programme of training and advice on collection care for museums in the West Midlands under the Renaissance in the Regions Scheme and training is still one of the more enjoyable parts of the job. The best bit of the job is IPM and Jane is never happier than when she is staring at insects down a microscope.
Jannicke Langfeldt is Conservation Manager (objects) at the Museum of London, previously she was managing the Conservation Section at the Science Museum, London for 14 years. Jannicke is a founding member of the Modern Materials Network of Icon and has a long standing interest in modern materials in heritage contexts. She is in equal measures excited and worried about the long term stability of modern materials in the Museum and Natural Environment
Job Titles:
- Events Co - Ordinator ( 2024 - 2027 )
Jenny van Enckevort graduated from the RCA/V&A Conservation course with an MA in Textile Conservation in 2009. She then went on to a few short contacts before moving to the National Museum of Wales. In 2014 she joined the People's History Museum as a Textile Conservator undertaking work for the museum and private clients focusing primarily on the treatment of large painted trade union and political banners, she now manages the studio. She gained accredited status in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer, Icon Metals Group
I studied art and chemistry before beginning their conservation journey and am a recent graduate of the MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums at University College London. I am excited to be a part of the Archaeology Group and look forward to assisting in organising group events in the new year.
Jess graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2020 with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. She is currently in the second year at the University of Glasgow on the MPhil Textile Conservation programme. Jess spent the summer at Zenzie Tinker Conservation Ltd on a student summer placement working with the team on a range of client objects. She also volunteers at The Burrell Collection providing free guided tours for visitors. Show more
Joanne is the Treasurer for Icon EPN. Since graduating in 2021 from the MA Conservation of Fine Art: Works on Paper course at Northumbria University, she is currently working as a Conservator (Collections Care) at Durham University, primarily undertaking a collection storage audit alongside other collection care responsibilities.
Prior to this current role, Joanne has worked at The University of Edinburgh as a Conservation Intern, and volunteered for several years across National Trust sites, Seven Stories: The National Centre for Children's Books, The Bowes Museum, and The Whitworth.
Across her experiences, Joanne has been inspired working with other conservators, and as part of the ICON EPN team she wants to help encourage this supportive and active community.
Joanne Hackett ACR graduated with an MS from the Winterthur/University of Delaware programme in Art Conservation in 1998. After graduation she worked as a textile conservator at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and then at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In 2006 she returned to the UK to become a Senior Textile Conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, becoming Head of Textile and Fashion Conservation there in 2015. She joined the University of Glasgow as Lecturer in Textile Conservation in 2021. She is a fellow of AIC and IIC and continues to be actively involved in conservation networks in the US and UK.
Job Titles:
- Web Editor, Icon Metals Group
Job Titles:
- Researcher, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Jordan is currently Associate Conservator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Jordan holds an MA in the conservation of works of art on paper and a BA in fine art photography from Northumbria University, England, and her love for photography, specifically analogue photography, is what lead her to pursue a career in photograph conservation. Her conservation training includes internships at the Amsterdam City Archives, The Netherlands, The Center for Research Collections, Edinburgh, and an Icon internship in Photograph Conservation hosted by The National Archives and Tate Gallery, London. Jordan's research interests are focused on the preservation of modern and contemporary photographic materials, particularly conservation issues related to fine art inkjet prints, and she enjoys participating in outreach and educational activities.
Job Titles:
- Secretary and Emerging Professionals Liaison, Icon Care of Collections Group
Karen graduated with a degree in Conservation and Restoration from London Metropolitan University in 2010.
From 2007-2010 she gained experience in the profession as a Conservation Intern for the Natural History Museum, London working with the Palaeontology and Zoology departments. In 2010, she was employed as a Project Conservator for Historic Royal Palaces where she contributed to the delivery of several exhibitions including a full refurbishment of Kensington Palace.
Since 2012 she has been employed at the British Library working on various projects and has now been appointed as the Collection Care Monitoring Conservator. All aspects of collection care are of great personal interest to Karen although Preventive Conservation is her particular passion. Karen has actively sought to gain as wide a variety of experience as possible; pest management, emergency planning, environmental monitoring and providing training are some of her favourites. She is an Associate member of Icon working toward accreditation.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer
- Member of the Conservation Higher Education Institutions Group
- Senior Teaching Fellow
Karen Thompson is a senior lecturer, senior teaching fellow, and programme convenor for the MPhil in Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow. She has previously worked as a conservator both in the private and museum sectors both in the UK and internationally.
Job Titles:
- Editor, Iconnect Magazine
Karen is the editor of Iconnect Magazine.
After gaining more than 23 years of experience working as an Editor, Communications Manager and then Senior Management Team member for a professional association for therapists, Karen took the plunge and went freelance in 2021. Over the years, she has written articles for a wide range of trade and consumer publications, ranging from health magazines (International Therapist, Natural Health, Health & Wellbeing, Women's Health) to Coast Magazine and The Guardian.
Please contact Karen if you have any queries about contributing to Iconnect Magazine.
Job Titles:
- Publications Officer ( Term Ends 2027 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Katarina holds a BA in History of Art from the University of Manchester and is currently pursuing an MA in Conservation of Easel Painting at Northumbria University.
Alongside their academic studies, they work as a freelance writer and editor for magazines and websites, with experience spanning art history, conservation, archaeology, content creation, curation, and more. Katarina is also an active committee member of ICON's Paintings Group, working as a secretary and temporary social media manager.
Katarina holds a BA in History of Art from the University of Manchester and is currently pursuing an MA in Conservation of Easel Painting at Northumbria University. Alongside their academic studies, they work as a freelance writer and editor for magazines and websites, with experience spanning art history, conservation, archaeology, content creation, curation, and more. Katarina is also an active committee member of ICON's Book & Paper group, working as a publications officer.
I graduated from the UCL Institute of Archaeology with an MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums in 2021, and an MA in Principles of Conservation in 2019. I currently work as a freelance conservator for archaeology and museum collections in the Southwest, and have a strong interest in archaeological inorganics, ceramics analysis, and the archaeology of Devon and Cornwall. I am also involved in research and training as a pottery specialist, leading a project funded by Historic England to build a fabric type series for medieval and post-medieval archaeological pottery in Devon and Cornwall. I am a keen advocate and representative for diversity, equity, and inclusion in all my work and hope to bring this with me to the role of Events Officer for the Archaeology Group.
Kate is a student member on the social media committee of the Emerging Professional Network. She is currently in her final year of her undergraduate degree at the University of Lincoln studying Conservation of Cultural heritage. She completed her second year work placement at the Lincoln archives working with archival and archaeology materials. Her main interests lie in historical costume, social history and archaeology.
Katie graduated from Durham University with an MA in Conservation of Historic Objects in 2004. She moved to her current role as Preventive Conservator at the National Museums of Scotland in 2006, where she works as part of the team that looks after the diverse collections held by NMS.
Katie loves being involved in the Scottish conservation community.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Icon Metals Group
Job Titles:
- Illustration Consultant, Icon Care of Collections Group
Throughout Kayleigh's career she has gained experience working on exhibitions and loans, but also digitisation projects, preventative conservation, and providing training. She worked for the Science Museum Group in London before relocating to the South West, working for the National Trust at Stourhead House. She took a break from conservation working with a bioplastics manufacturer in the 3D Printing Sector, helping provide an insight into 3D Design, Printing and the understanding of plastics. This knowledge was utilised upon her return to conservation during object treatments on medical and social history collections, as an Object Conservator for the National Collections Centre.
She joined the Conservation and Museums Advisory Service in Chippenham in 2019 as an Object Conservator. In her current role she utilises her experience whilst carrying out object treatments, and sharing her knowledge with individuals, organisations and museums across Wiltshire. Kayleigh feels passionate about finding sustainable solutions to manage Conservation practices and making Conservation accessible to all.
Secretary (2024-2027), Director/Textile Conservator, The Landi Company Ltd.
Kelly trained at the University of Lincoln, and has been working in private practice as a Textile Conservator since 2019. In 2021 Kelly became a Director of the Landi Company, a textile conservation studio based at Burghley House in Stamford, working to build upon the foundations of the company that Sheila Landi established. She has a keen interest in tapestry conservation and enjoys sharing conservation knowledge with the general public. Kelly is looking forward to connecting with other professional within private practice, sharing ideas and supporting fellow private practitioners.
Job Titles:
- Joint Vice Chair
- Preventive Conservation Team Leader
- Treasurer and Accreditation Representative, Icon Care of Collections Group
Kerren is an accredited conservator who graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 1998 after completing a BA in Paper Conservation. She went on to complete a PGDip in Museum Studies with University of Leicester in 2002 and is currently undertaking a Diploma in Art & Law with the Institute of Art & Law.
She has worked at Historic Royal Palaces since 1998 in various conservation roles across all HRP's 6 sites. Roles which have included managing full refurbishment and storage projects, Salvage team, exhibition design projects and Event and Filming risk management projects.
Kerren is currently Preventive Conservation Team leader and is responsible for the delivery of all aspects of Preventive Conservation for Hampton Court Palace and Kew Palace sites. She has wide experience across all aspects of Preventive Conservation but has particular interest in teaching and mentoring, lighting and showcase design, event risk management and insect pest management.
Kerren is currently joint vice chair on the Icon Accreditation Committee where she represents Preventive Conservation.
Job Titles:
- Joint Social Media Officer
Kiani is set to complete her Master's degree in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York in 2025. Prior to pursuing her MA, she apprenticed under her grandfather at his Hawai'i-based glass studio, Joe Dwight's Stained and Hot Glass Creations. Additionally, Kiani undertook two professional placements in stained glass conservation in Belgium, one at Atelier Mestdagh and another under the guidance of Aletta Rambaut.
Originally from Hamburg in Germany, Kim Thüsing gained an MA in History of Art and English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. She then studied at the Textile Conservation Centre, graduating in the year 2000. She has worked at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio, followed by a contract working for the Clíodna Devitt private textile conservation studio in Dublin. Following this, she worked on a project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the British Museum, conserving Chinese textiles belonging to the Stein collection. Since 2005 she is Senior Conservator Textiles at Amgueddfa Cymru: National Museum Wales in Cardiff.
Laura Chaillie is an objects conservator with the Museum of London, where she supports both the remedial conservation for, and planning of, the new West Smithfield site. Her research interests include the characterisation and interventive care of deteriorating plastics and the preservation of electronic musical instruments.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Coordinator, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Lauren is a freelance photograph conservator in Munich and previously worked at the V&A and HRP, helping to preserve their photographic collections.
Job Titles:
- Frederick Bearman Grant Administrator ( Term Ends April 2025 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Lauren Moon-Schott is a rare book conservator with a certificate in bookbinding from North Bennet Street School, Boston Mass., US, and an MA in conservation of books and library materials from West Dean College, Sussex, UK.
She works as a conservator at Durham University, UK, and was previously employed in the Boston Public Library's Special Collections Department. She uses her experience in conserving publicly available rare materials as the foundation for her research in people-centric conservation decision-making. She is thrilled to volunteer as the Frederick Bearman Research Grant administrator to help make research funds more readily available to her conservation community.
Prior to her career in conservation, Lauren graduated with distinction from the University of Kent in Comparative Literature. While working front of house at National Museums Liverpool, she volunteered with the textile conservation department at the People's History Museum, Manchester to explore textile conservation as a career, as well as interned at The Scottish Conservation Studio and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Having recently completed an MPhil in Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow, she is currently working at the People's History Museum as an Early-Career Textile Conservator and is invested in broadening her experience and skillset that will enhance her capabilities as a conservator. Her general interests include embroidery, lacemaking.
Leah is a Senior Lecturer and researcher within the University of Lincoln's Department of Conservation (part of the Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage), with an undergraduate degree in English, and postgraduate training as a conservator. Her PhD research delves into the relationship between conservation and material culture studies, investigating the eighteenth-century tapestry interiors at Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, as instances of ‘material self-fashioning'; a strategy that used objects to embody the elite masculinity of the Hall's owner, Sir John Hussey Delaval. In her teaching, she takes pleasure in engaging students with topics such as public engagement in conservation, the sociocultural narratives of objects, and research into or practical work with textiles, while also fostering their professional growth through practical experiences such as work placements and other experiential learning opportunities.
Since working for the University, she has actively engaged in securing and managing grants for various initiatives. Her efforts have been recognised through research awards from bodies such as the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, Pasold Fund, and the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. She has also successfully garnered support for student-centred projects such as the ‘Lydia Lawrence Bonnet' project, which was showcased at the Textile Group Symposium 2024.
Lesley is the Edinburgh & East Regional Conservator at The National Trust for Scotland, supporting preventive conservation regimes and training in collection care practices at regional properties. She studied at Lincoln in object conservation and decorative finishes before working throughout England and Wales for local authority museums, area museum services and as a freelance conservator; returning to Scotland in 2006.
Lesley is an Accredited conservator in object conservation and gilding with extensive experience of the heritage sector; having worked for museum services, museums, charitable trusts, self-employed and more recently at Museums Galleries Scotland. Currently a Regional Conservator for the National Trust for Scotland Lesley leads on the preventive care of property interiors and collection care for the historic houses in the portfolio of the Edinburgh & East region.
Job Titles:
- Events Assistant, Icon Care of Collections Group
Job Titles:
- Emerging Professionals Officer
I completed my MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University in 2024. My student placement was in archaeology, social history and natural history at the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museums Wales in Cardiff where I am now a Senior Conservator for Archaeology. I have also partnered with various projects and institutions as a conservator on archaeological campaigns in Portugal and Italy. My areas of interest are archaeological and metal conservation and scientific analysis.
Job Titles:
- Secretary, Icon Historic Interiors Group
Lisa came over from her native Canada in the 1980's to finish her studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture and the Architectural Association. After several years working at Westminster City Council as a conservation officer Lisa went back to specialise in architectural paint research as part of the Royal College of Art/Victoria & Albert Museum conservation training programme.
Lisa has been involved in the Historic Interiors Group since its inception.
Lizzie completed a BA in Art History followed by an MA in the Conservation of Easel Paintings before undertaking an internship at the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limberg (SRAL) in Maastricht, Netherlands.
For the past 15 years she has worked as a freelance painting conservator for numerous museums, galleries, auction houses and private collections, both in the UK and abroad, including the V&A (London), The Asiatic Society (Calcutta) and the Orientalist Museum (Doha).
Job Titles:
- Social Media Officer ( 2024 - 2027 )
Lois currently works as a textile conservator for the National Trust. She completed her MPhil in Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow in the summer of 2023. Prior to moving into conservation, she studied product design at the University of Dundee where her practice focused on textiles, sustainability, and communication. A significant part of her degree experience was focused on outreach, organising and publicising events, including exhibitions and charity events. Throughout her time at the University of Dundee she was heavily involved in representing the student community, culminating in being elected Chair of the Student Representative Council in her final year, where she adapted the format and structure to support students during the upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Icon Sustainability Group
A grandmother of conservation working in the sector for 27 years. A great - grandmother of environmentalism with 51 years of experience.
Lorraine Maule is a Senior Paintings Conservator at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and has over 25 years professional experience as a conservator in civic and national collections. In this time, she has expanded her role to promote the study of and interest in contemporary art conservation. She is a founding member of the NGS Installation, Media and Performance Working Group. She is a consultant in the acquisition process of contemporary and performance pieces; has considerable experience in working with living artists and has devised a project to develop artist's interview methodologies at NGS. She is the Conservation lead in the NGS contemporary exhibition programme and is the lead conservator for Artist Rooms (AR) collection, jointly owned with Tate. Lorraine is also involved in many professional forums. Selected presentations: Co-organiser of International Conference: Sustaining Art, People, Practice Planet in Contemporary Art Conservation, 2022; The display of Contemporary and Ephemeral art at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2018; Off the Peg or Tailor Made: Conservation and the ‘fit' for collecting Performance Art, 2017; Collecting Contemporary Art Part 2: Visit to the National Galleries storage facility - in focus Clare Barclay, 2016, Dirty Linen: Public Display, Conservation and Handling. Blood Sweat and Tears: Bodily Fluids in Contemporary Art, 2009
Job Titles:
- Student Representative and Social Media Coordinator
Lotte is in her second year studying Ceramics Conservation at West Dean College.
Alongside her studies, she works at a private restoration studio in Deptford, specialising in frame restoration and gilding. Her practice focuses on sustainability, material innovation and public engagement. Lotte was recently awarded a QEST Scholarship in recognition of her commitment to the field.
Louise is an experienced HR Director, having worked in a number of City firms across insurance, banking, asset management and strategic communications, as well as interim roles in higher education and publishing. Her experience includes leading on the people strategy for M&A, scale-up, international expansion and IPO. Other specialisms include leadership development, DE&I, RemCo, regulatory change and complex employee relations. She holds an MA in Human Resources and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. She was previously a Visiting Lecturer in Employment Law for the CIPD's Employee Relations, Law & Practice course.
With a keen interest in art history, she is currently studying art law and works as an independent HR Consultant.
Job Titles:
- Secretary ( 2024 - 2027 ), the Landi Company
Louise graduated from the University of Lincoln with an MA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in 2021, whilst working for The Landi Company, which she joined in 2018. Prior to moving into textile conservation, she worked as a textile designer for homeware retailers in Australia and Spain. Louise holds a BA in English & Philosophy and a BA in Textiles from the University of Leeds and Loughborough University respectively, as well as an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art. She recently took over directorship of The Landi Company in partnership with Melinda Hey and Kelly Grimshaw, and together they are working to build upon the foundations of the company that Sheila Landi established.
After graduating from UCL, with an MA and an MSc in conservation in 2010, I worked as an object conservator at the Imperial War Museum and MOLA. Currently, I'm an archaeological conservator at the London Museum. I specialise in the conservation of Roman objects, waterlogged organics and the display of archaeological objects in non-museum environments. I'm interested in sustainability, H&S and disruptive conservation practices. I represent the AG on wider archaeological groups such as the Archaeological Archives Forum and the 21 st- Century Challenges for Archaeology Program.
Web Editor (2024-2027), Glaze Conservation Ltd., Wiltshire
Mandy is a freelance Objects Conservator specialising in Ceramics at Glaze Conservation Ltd, based in north Wiltshire. She graduated from Cardiff University's MSc Conservation Practice in 2020, and worked in Historic England's Archive Conservation team for two years, before setting up her own private practice in April 2024.
Job Titles:
- Trustee, Member of Finance Committee
Maria Jordan ACR has specialised in textile conservation and collections care in historic houses. Following a career in finance, she gained her PGDipTexCon at the Courtauld Institute of Art, joining Historic Royal Palaces in 2000. After 16 years, she moved to the National Trust to take up the post of Studio Manager for the NT Textile Conservation Studio and subsequently was appointed the National Conservator for Textiles. She was accredited in 2007, has chaired the Icon Textile Group and is an Accreditation Assessor. She has published widely and champions training and education through advocacy, internships and accreditation.
Maria Sanchez Carvajal obtained a degree in Fine Arts, followed by a Master's degree in Paintings Conservation and Restoration from the University of Granada. Her working experience has taken place mostly in Spain, and later here in the UK working on various cultural heritage projects, both privately and within the public sector, including canvas, mural paintings, and many altarpieces. She has worked as a freelance for the National Trust at the Knole Conservation Studio on frames and decorative surfaces since the beginning of 2018, as well as privately and for other institutions, spent the summer 2019 conserving mural paintings in Amsterdam and since 2022 has become full time National Trust member of staff as decorative surfaces conservator.
Mark Ross - Managing Director
Mark is Managing Director at a strategic communications and public affairs consultancy for companies in the built environment sector. He has 20 years' experience of the UK political and media environment, delivering campaigns, stakeholder engagement strategies and community consultation programmes. Before moving into consultancy, Mark worked in local government and on political campaigns, and led the public affairs team at the retail sector's main trade association.
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Marta is a conservator of photographic materials and contemporary fine art. Marta holds a conservation and managerial position at the M+ Museum for contemporary visual arts in Hong Kong. She obtained a PhD under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project "New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art" (NACCA), titled Assessing Reproduction as a Photograph Conservation Strategy. Marta has a key interest in outreach and advocacy for conservation and actively engages in the development of international networks and publications.
Job Titles:
- Secretary ( Term Ends 2027 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Mathilde graduated from Camberwell College (MA Conservation - Fine Art on Paper) in 2018 and is currently Senior Conservator (Paper and Photographs) at the V&A.
Having participated in many BPG events and talks since 2016 and benefitting from bursaries at early-career stages, Mathilde is now keen to give back and help carry on the work of the group. Outside of conservation, Mathilde is into baking and trying out new recipes, going to small gigs and plays, as well as yoga and local history walks.
Matthew is a third-generation clockmaker who began his working life in his family retail business. Following formalised training in horology at West Dean College, University of Sussex, he transferred to the museums and heritage sector, primarily as a conservator, with curatorial and public engagement interests. During the past 25 years he has worked across a range of environments including international, national, regional and local museums and heritage organisations, teaching, self-employment, and the creation of freely accessible digital content. In 2022, his ‘Open Clock Club' YouTube livestreams and Facebook group were shortlisted for an International Institute of Conservation ‘Keck Award'.
"It is a great honour to be an elected Trustee of Icon. I have benefitted from my own membership of the Institute in many ways, including the opportunity to offer free-to-attend ‘public understanding of conservation' events with the Icon Dynamic Objects Group. As a Trustee, I aim to support the continuing development of Icon's teaching and learning responsibilities, both for earlier career conservators and for the general public. My experiences of, and enthusiasm for, public engagement, advocacy and sharing, particularly through digital media, will, I hope, be a useful contribution to this development."
Job Titles:
- Social Media Officer and Acting Treasurer
I am an objects conservator with experience in archaeological fieldwork and collections in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. I graduated from the MA in Principles of Conservation in 2021 and the MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums at University College London in 2023, and am currently a Conservator of Ceramics, Glass and Metals at the British Museum. I am looking forward to supporting the Archaeology Group as an Emerging Professional and contributing to the hard work of the committee in relation to event planning and social media.
Job Titles:
- Steering Committee Member for the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
Meagen Smith is a Library and Archive Conservator for Lambeth Palace Library.
She develops and delivers book and paper conservation and preservation projects for the Library. Her typical day includes environmental monitoring, preparing exhibitions and loans, along with book and archive bench conservation.
She came to conservation about 10 years ago by retraining through a Book and Paper MA at Camberwell College in London. Before joining Lambeth Palace Library, she worked at The London Library and the Parliamentary Archives. She freelanced and worked as a project conservator at The National Archives, Royal Institution, Birmingham Museum's Trust and University College London Special Collections.
Meagen is a steering committee member for the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA) in a technology advisory role. Most importantly, Meagen's cake specialisation is carrot cake, a very important expectation in libraries and archives.
Job Titles:
- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
Megan Robotham is a Textile Conservator at Soteria Conservation in London.
With a first-class honours degree in Fashion Design and Textiles and a background in Haute Couture, she has influenced how leading companies approach textile use and waste. Now focused on conservation, Megan applies her design expertise to preserving historic textiles and promoting a more sustainable future.
Job Titles:
- Events Assistant Cynorthwy - Ydd Digwyddiadau, Icon Cymru
Melangell started her conservation life as a textile conservator with a MA from the Textile Conservation Centre (University of Southampton). She has had experience working as a conservator in museums, nationally and internationally and is also freelance. She has worked as an educator in museums, secondary education and on the Textiles Conservation Masters programme she studied on. She currently works as a National Trust Regional Conservator in Wales and Project Conservator for Kedleston Hall Museum (South Asian Collection) Project.
In all her work she aims to encourage collaborative and culturally sensitive collections conservation and care. She is researching and exploring practice in open and collaborative dialogues around approaches to ethics of care and conservation in collections today.
She has only recently returned to work in Wales, where she was born and grew up in a small family textiles and clothing business, and is excited to be here at this juncture, when ICON Wales is at its inception. She wants to play her part in developing the group and bringing people together; to support the wellbeing of members in Wales and to help create a supportive space for sharing of practice. Diolch pawb!
Mae gan Melangell MA Cadwraeth Tecstiliau o'r Ganolfan Cadwraeth Tecstiliau. Aeth ymlaen i ddatblygu ei gyrfa fel cadwraethwr mewn amgueddfeydd ym Mhrydain a thramor, yn ogystal a gweithio ar ei liwt ei hun. Mae hefyd wedi gweithio fel addysgwr mewn amgueddfeydd, ysgolion a'i chyn-brifysgol. Ar hyn o bryd mae Melangell yn gweithio fel Cadwraethwr Rhanbarthol dros Gymru i'r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol a fel Cadwraethwr Prosiect yn Neuadd Kedleston (Prosiect Casgliad De Asia).
Job Titles:
- Deputy Chair, Conservation Higher Education Institutions Group
Dr Melina Smirniou is a Senior Lecturer at the School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln, and Programme Leader of the MA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
She has co-directed and founded Conservators Without Borders, which she also served as a member of the Board of Trustees. She is Managing Editor of the Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, and an Assistant Coordinator of the ICOM-CC Art Technological Source Research Working Group.
Vice-Chair (2024-2027) Director/Textile Conservator, The Landi Company Ltd.
Melinda is a textile conservator working in private practice. She previously studied for a BA in fine art embroidery at MMU before working in the furniture sector and re-training in conservation at the University of Lincoln. She has been a director of the Landi Company, based at Burghley House, since 2021. Over the last 3 years, she has been the Emerging Professionals Rep for the Icon Textile Committee, a role she has enjoyed. She is looking forward to working with conservators from a range of sectors, supporting and meeting other conservators in private practice.
Job Titles:
- Digital Content Officer
- Team Manager for Orkney Islands Council
Meredith works as the Heritage Team Manager for Orkney Islands Council, where she oversees the maintenance and conservation of St Magnus Cathedral. She holds an MA in the Conservation of Historic Objects from the University of Lincoln and has spent her career working in architectural conservation. She has a particular interest in traditional skills and the functionality of natural materials used in historic dwellings, as well as how technology can support and enhance conservation practice.
Meredith joined the committee in 2024 and is keen to help connect ICON Scotland via digital platforms.
Michelle is a paintings conservator who graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2019. Before this, she was a professional artist and lecturer in Fine Art for 10 years. Michelle works predominantly with private studios, working on a range of projects within the private and heritage sector. In 2020 she set up her own studio, Rheeston Paintings Conservation, which is based in Cornwall and has undertaken a range of projects including for the National Trust, Westminster Palace and the Church of England.
Job Titles:
- Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Member of Finance Committee
Michelle Stoddart brings 15 years of experience in leadership, conservation, collection care, policy development and stakeholder management. She has worked in conservation and collection care teams in the private and public sector, nationally and internationally. Michelle was Chair of the Icon Book and Paper Group between 2016-2018 and has been a guest lecturer at West Dean since 2019, lecturing on conservation legislation, ethics, and communication. She has a Masters in Museum Studies and a Masters in the Conservation of Cultural Materials. Michelle is currently Head of Conservation and Collections Care for the Science Museum Group.
Moira began her studies in Edinburgh College of Art before training in stained glass conservation in Scotland. In 2001 she decided to start her own business, Rainbow Glass Studio Ltd alongside her husband Stephen. Each year the company has grown and have completed many large-scale conservation projects in historic listed buildings.
Moira has built up her knowledge and deontology to preserve Scottish works of art for future generations to come. She is now involved in both stained glass conservation and contemporary design.
Job Titles:
- Joint Social Media Officer
Molly is a graduate of the University of the Arts London, where she studied Graphic Design and Creative Computing. Over the past two years, she has worked in stained glass studios across London, developing her practical skills and deepening her understanding of the craft. She is now set to begin her MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair, Icon Heritage Science Group Head of Audiences at the National Archives
Nicola Shreeve originally trained at the London College of Furniture and has over 25 years' experience as a self-employed furniture and picture frames restorer/conservator undertaking projects for private individuals and several significant historic houses.
A longstanding ambition to work as a specialist conservator in the museum and heritage sector led Nicola to study for a BA(Hons) Conservation of Wood, Stone, and Decorative Surfaces at City and Guilds of London Art School. For her MA, she undertook the technical investigation into, and conservation of, the post-Reformation polychrome alabaster monument to Sir Richard Pecksall (d.1571) in the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey.
Nicola is now the Remedial Conservator for Furniture for the National Trust, based at the Royal Oak Foundation conservation studio at Knole, Kent.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Nicole trained as a Book Conservator at West Dean College. She has worked as a Project Conservator at The National Archives and Edinburgh University as well as completing an Internship at The National library of Ireland. Most recently she has worked as a Conservator at Birmingham University before setting up independently.
Job Titles:
- Nigel Williams Prize Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Policy and Programmes Director
Patrick is Icon's Policy and Programmes Director where he is responsible for managing the development of Icon's membership, specialist groups, policy and research, professional accreditation and broader activities to support the continued development of a highly skilled professional conservation workforce which is valued, recognised, and rewarded.
Prior to joining Icon in 2015, Patrick worked across a variety of roles in both the public and private sectors focused on the development, delivery and evaluation of vocational training programmes, community development activities and urban regeneration projects across the UK and Europe.
Job Titles:
- Events Assistant, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Paula graduated as a photograph conservator holding a Master of science in Conservation and Restoration in Cultural Heritage and an Advanced Professional Programme certification from the University of Amsterdam in 2024. Currently, she is working at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the team responsible for the digitalisation of the Royal Photographic Society.
Philippa Räder ACR is a book conservator at Dragon Press Bindery Ltd near Carmarthen. She is also a director of Cyswllt-Cadwraeth Cymru CIC. After graduating in English from Cambridge University, Philippa was bench-trained in the book and paper conservation department of the Getty Research Institute in California. She subsequently held positions at the Huntington Library in California, The National Archives in Kew, and the Royal Collection Trust, based in Windsor Castle, where she was head of library and archives conservation until leaving to work privately in late 2019. She is particularly interested in teaching and mentoring students and emerging professionals.
Rachel is currently the Collections Manager for the Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle.
Rachel gained her MA in Conservation at the University of Lincoln in 2008, and since then has had positions as a Conservator at National Museums Liverpool, Manchester Museum and Imperial War Museum, as well as roles with the National Trust and English Heritage. She has also worked privately as a Ceramics Conservator.
Rachel was previously on the committee for the Ceramics and Glass Group from 2010 to 2017. She's excited to be rejoining and looks forward to supporting the group in delivering high-quality events for its members.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Officer ( Term Ends 2027 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
Rebecca graduated from Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (Italy) with a MA's degree in book, paper and photography conservation in November 2023.
Since then, she's been an active part of the Conservation community by presenting at international congresses her graduation project and by writing and publishing articles related to her research. She's currently completing her internship at the National Library of Ireland as part of the Heritage Council of Ireland Conservation Internship programme, where she focuses on collection care and book conservation. She enjoys being active in the community and happily volunteered for the Social Media Officer vacancy with ICON. Outside of conservation, Rebecca is into bookbindings and fiber arts, as well as medieval arts, medieval fairs and sports, and overall cultural events.
After initially training in conservation in Italy, I graduated from UCL with an MA in Principles of Conservation in 2019 and an MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums in 2021. I previously worked as a freelance conservator specialising in archaeological materials. I am currently the Senior Metals Conservator for Historic Environment Scotland.
In addition to my work in the UK, I also undertake conservation fieldwork internationally, most recently at sites in Egypt, Greece, and the US. Before training as a conservator, I worked as a jeweller and gemmologist. I am interested in the different forms conservation training can take, and in increasing access and diversity in our field.
Rhian Thoms holds a BA in Ceramics from Cardiff school of art and design and an MSc in Care of Collections from Cardiff University. Rhian is currently working for Tiger Bay and the World heritage charity in Cardiff. This is her first committee position and she is looking forward to networking with other conservators in Wales. Rhian is also a practicing artist, her latest work being in stained glass.
Rhiannon studied conservation and restoration for her bachelor's degree, before specialising in the conservation of paintings, undertaking an MA in the conservation of fine art at the University of Northumbria.
She then worked as senior paintings conservator in the private sector for 14 years, before becoming a Senior Research Fellow in History & Heritage at the University of Lincoln in 2018
I completed a BA in Conservation/Restoration at Antwerp University in 2018, specialising in ceramics, and an MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University In 2020. After this I worked at Dorset Museum, supporting their on-site gallery redevelopment project, before moving to the London Museum (formerly Museum of London) to work with their archaeological collection. I now work for both London Museum and MOLA , where I treat freshly excavated archaeological material from sites in and around London. Besides my current work, my interests include glass and ceramics conservation and museum outreach projects. Before joining the Archaeology Group committee, I was a member of Icon's Emerging Professionals Network committee, where I helped organise various webinars and online panel sessions.
Rob is a self-employed preventive conservator based near Edinburgh and working across the UK for heritage organisations large and small. He studied conservation at Bournemouth University and University College London and has worked in the private and public sectors.
Job Titles:
- Principal at Serpentino Studio
Roberto, a principal at Serpentino Studio since 1988, is a Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass, a member of the Corpus Vitrearum USA, a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and Chair of the American Glass Guild Education Committee.
Robin is a final year MA student in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management at the University of York, after completing a BSc in Philosophy and Physics at the University of Leeds. He is grateful to be both an Anna Plowden and Zibby Garnett scholar. His research interests include material culture and Victorian/Edwardian stained glass; his final dissertation will look at the relationship between glassmaking and stained glass in the Arts and Crafts period.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Icon Historic Interiors Group
Sandra trained as an objects conservator at DeMontfort University and has been working for the National Trust since 2002 as a regional conservator, currently based in York. Advising on preventive conservation, commissioning remedial treatment of objects and promoting the balance of access and conservation in historic houses.
Treasurer (2024-2027), Director, Manley Restoration 1891
Having graduated from the Basque Country and Northumbria University in paper and paintings conservation, Sandra gained positions with the Iberdrola Fellowship, Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao with a short placement at El Prado. Sandra has also worked on a diverse range of world class art and artifacts at the Museum National Trust, and Tate, with whom she continues to collaborate closely. Since November 2023, she runs Manley Restoration, a conservation studio founded in 1891. Outside of conservation life, Sandra's interests include music (Sandra plays the bassoon) and the discovery of new places.
Job Titles:
- Head of Conservation at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Sarah Graham is Head of Conservation at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and an accredited book and paper conservator. She graduated from Lincoln University and was an intern at the National Archives of Ireland and Glasgow University. Sarah went on to be a project conservator at Glasgow before moving to The London Archives to work on their Anglo-Jewish collections. She returned to Ireland in 2018 and was book conservator at Maynooth University before taking up her current role at PRONI.
Job Titles:
- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
Sarah Potter is an object and preventive conservator at the Whitworth, University of Manchester.
With over 16 years experience working within the heritage field; starting out as an archaeologist and moving onto sculpture conservation. Her experience has been based upon her MSc in Conservation Practice (with distinction) from Cardiff University and Sarah champions sustainability in her approach.
Saskia Huning is an artist and specialist decorator. She works on the restoration and recreation of decorative schemes and murals, both modern and historic.
Saskia joined the family business, Huning Decorations twenty-three years ago. Since then she has developed a great interest in traditional paints and different methods of applying paint.
Much of her work involves recreating parts of or whole historic schemes from many different periods, using both modern and traditional techniques. Saskia often works alongside conservators in her work.
Job Titles:
- Lead Events Coordinator ( Term Ends 2027 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
- Second Supervisor of General Chemistry & Paper Conservator at the Historical Research Center
Shaikha Alkharsan, A second supervisor of general chemistry & paper conservator at the Historical Research Center in Kuwait ( CRSK ), After studying applied chemistry, she has been involved in many workshops and training programs to learn the theories & practices of paper conservation since 2008. She published several articles related to the historical documents in the Arabic language. She's keen on volunteer work to gain more experience and to learn new skills.
Job Titles:
- Secretary, Icon Metals Group
Sian is an Objects Conservator at the Museumssenteret i Hordaland (MUHO), providing conservation services for institutions across Western Norway.
Sian studied Fine Art at Middlesex University before getting her Post Graduate Diploma in Conservation Studies from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2013. After working for private firms in London, she moved to Chicago and joined The Conservation Center, a private practice that served US and global clients. In 2021, she joined MUHO outside of Bergen, Norway, where she continues to expand her conservation experience with a particular interest in glass and ceramics.
Silvia is graduated in paintings and furniture conservation at the University of Turin, Italy, with a thesis on Asian lacquer. After an internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art working on a Coromandel lacquer screen she was awarded an internship at the Rijksmuseum to gain further experience in lacquer conservation, where she later worked as a Junior Furniture Conservator. After freelancing in Italy, she is now a Paintings Conservation Fellow at The National Gallery of London.
Job Titles:
- Co - Events Co - Ordinator, Icon Care of Collections Group
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Sophie is a Conservator who first studied an MA in Egyptology and Near East at UCL where she learned archaeobotany before pursuing an MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Objects at Durham University. She then volunteered as a Conservator at Durham Castle and is currently employed by York Archaeology where she treated and assessed museum artefacts and archaeological objects from terrestrial and maritime sites. She recently participated in the Sutton Hoo Bromeswell's bucket project, and worked for diverse exhibitions such as the Gloucester and the Hull Minster's Revival - Back to Life exhibition.
Events Officer (2024-2027), Freelance Textile Conservator, Leeds
Sophie has been working as a conservator since 2012, completing a masters in the conservation of historic objects at the University of Lincoln. She has worked in both museums and historic houses as an employed conservator during much of the last 12 years, including for Historic Royal Palaces, Doddington hall, Rotherham Borough council and the Bowes Museum. Since the start of 2023 she has been working as a freelance textile conservator based in Leeds. Sophie is still finding her way in the private practice world and was keen to become part of the committee to help others in finding their feet and be part of bringing private practitioners together to collaborate and support each other.
Job Titles:
- Education Outreach Officer ( 2024 - 2027 ), Fine Art Restoration Company, Carlisle
Sophie McAloone is an easel painting conservator and the Conservation Manager at Fine Art Restoration Company, which is a commercial conservation studio based in Cumbria and London. She works on a range of paintings from 16th century pieces on wooden panels up to contemporary mixed media artworks.
Job Titles:
- Communications Officer, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Stephanie is a freelance conservator specialising in photographic materials. She completed her conservation training at Camberwell College of Arts before undertaking an Icon internship in the conservation of photographic materials at the National Library of Scotland. She has since worked as a conservator at the Glamorgan Archives in Cardiff and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Icon Metals Group
- Social Media Officer Swyddog Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol, Icon Cymru
Sue Renault ACR graduated from Cardiff with a BSc Hons in Archaeological Conservation in 1989. She volunteered for a short period at St Fagans before undertaking a short contract at Newport Museum & Art Gallery. A two year contract working for Amgueddfa Cymru as a social history conservator followed, again based at St Fagans National Museum of History. After being made permanent, Sue continued to carry out treatments on objects whilst also gradually increasing her management responsibility. By the time Sue took early retirement in March 2024, she was responsible for practical social history and applied art conservation, Amgueddfa Cymru COSHH Officer and managed the conservation at St Fagans, along with the conservation of the Industry and Archaeology collections. Within Icon, Sue has volunteered as both an Accreditation Mentor and Assessor. She has also served in different roles on the Icon Metals Committee since 2013.
Job Titles:
- Student and Emerging Conservator Officer Swyddog Myfyrwyr a Chadwraethwyr Gyrfa Cynnar, Icon Cymru
Susan is a 2nd-year MSc Conservation Practice student at Cardiff University. Her academic background is in Anthropology and she has previously worked in the publishing, literary, and non-profit sectors before discovering her passion for conservation.
Vanessa Applebaum is Conservation Operations Manager at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and founding member of Icon's Modern Materials Network. Her research interests include the preservation of modern materials, particularly bioplastics, additive manufacturing, and the public understanding of the field of conservation.
Job Titles:
- Secretary, Icon Photographic Materials Group
Vanessa is a conservator at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. Where she developed a keen interest in photographic processes and materiality, their complexity and diversity, that keeps on fascinating her today. Vanessa is passionate about increasing awareness to the conservation of photographs practice by creating and delivering specialist training, giving talks and writing blogs. Outside the conservation world, Vanessa loves sewing, crocheting and knitting.
Vivienne has worked with Iona Art Glass, contributed to research projects with Rainbow Glass and collaborated with Linda Cannon Stained Glass. She also serves as a trustee on the SSGT (Scottish Stained Glass Trust).
She is currently undertaking a PhD at Heriot-Watt University. Vivienne's research explores the cultural significance of Scotland's stained glass heritage and the challenges it faces today.
Vivienne has been a QEST scholar. She holds a first-class MA in Stained Glass Conservation and Heritage Management from the University of York, with her thesis winning the Nicolas Barker Prize. She also holds a first class BA in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art, which founded a strong interest in creating contemporary stained glass.
Job Titles:
- Chairman ( Term Ends July 2025 ), Icon Book and Paper Group
William works at the Smithsonian Institution Archives in Washington DC, caring for records documenting the history of the institution.
Prior to receiving his MA in Conservation Studies from West Dean College (2013), he worked as a general collections technician at the Library of Congress. In his spare time, he can be found reading speculative fiction and biographies, testing out a new recipe, or daydreaming of international travel. William is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve the Book and Paper Group and help facilitate the numerous benefits the group provides to its membership.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Social Media Officer
Wing Cheung is an Assistant Painting Conservator at M+ Museum in Hong Kong. She holds a Master's degree in Cultural Material Conservation from the University of Melbourne, along with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry.
Her master's thesis focused on aerosol spray painting techniques, including their history and analysis. Currently, she supports research, preventative measures, treatment, and handling of paintings created with non-traditional materials and large formats.
Job Titles:
- Group Member, Icon Sustainability Group
Yadin Larochette is a textile conservator by training and has worked in business for the last decade. She currently serves the arts and cultural heritage sector in various capacities as an independent consultant. As co-chair of the American Institute for Conservation's Sustainability Committee and as a new member of Icon's Sustainability Group, she's keen to help individuals and institutions shift towards more sustainable practices.
Zachary Green, of Jersey City, began working in stained glass in 2001 and soon founded his own studio, the Princeton Stained Glass Company, where he focused on new works and restoration, concentrating on traditional glass painting techniques. In 2019 he became the owner of The Gil Studio, Inc in NYC which currently operates from its Union City, NJ facilities and continues its tradition of excellence in the conservation of historic windows and the design and fabrication of new works.