Gerry Alabone is Senior Conservator (furniture & frames) with the National Trust, based at their new national conservation studio, Knole. After studying painting at Bath Academy of Art, he was employed in the framemaking trade and public galleries before studying conservation at London Guildhall University. He was Lead Frames Conservator at the City of London’s Guildhall Art Gallery, Head of Frames Conservation at Tate, and Joint Chair of the ICON Gilding & Decorative Surfaces Group. Gerry is also currently Lead Lecturer of wood conservation at the City & Guilds of London Art School. His research concentrates on how we understand, manage and communicate the assistance that frames give to paintings within their settings. Dana Melchar is a Senior Furniture Conservator at the Victoria & Albert Museum and tutor on BA (Hons) Conservation Studies at City & Guilds of London Art School. She graduated with a Masters of Science in Art Conservation, with a specialisation in furniture, from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and trained as a cabinet and furniture maker at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, Massachusetts. At the V&A, she works on many different types of furniture and 3-D organic objects carrying out both preventive and interventive conservation treatments as well as object-based research. Table discussion on the Status of Craft in Japan and the UK
Gerry Alabone is Senior Conservator (furniture & frames) with the National Trust, based at their new national conservation studio, Knole. After studying painting at Bath Academy of Art, he was employed in the framemaking trade and public galleries before studying conservation at London Guildhall University. He was Lead Frames Conservator at the City of London’s Guildhall Art Gallery, Head of Frames Conservation at Tate, and Joint Chair of the ICON Gilding & Decorative Surfaces Group. Gerry is also currently Lead Lecturer of wood conservation at the City & Guilds of London Art School. His research concentrates on how we understand, manage and communicate the assistance that frames give to paintings within their settings. Dana Melchar is a Senior Furniture Conservator at the Victoria & Albert Museum and tutor on BA (Hons) Conservation Studies at City & Guilds of London Art School. She graduated with a Masters of Science in Art Conservation, with a specialisation in furniture, from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and trained as a cabinet and furniture maker at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, Massachusetts. At the V&A, she works on many different types of furniture and 3-D organic objects carrying out both preventive and interventive conservation treatments as well as object-based research. Table discussion on the Status of Craft in Japan and the UK
ed_Post-Project-report-for-WEBSITE.docx