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Student Conservator Award 2004 - Shortlist

	Erica Kotze Camberwell College of Arts, MA Paper Conservation Project: Conservation of a Samut Thai Khao from the Oriental collection of the Wellcome Trust. Description: Construction of a support structure, documentation and cleaning of a large Thai medical manuscript in concertina format.

	Christina Margariti Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton, MA Textile Conservation Project: Use of chelating agents in textile conservation. Description: An investigation of the efficiency and effects of three chelating agents on the removal of copper and iron staining from artificially-soiled cellulosic textiles.

	Renata Peters Institute of Archaeology UCL and the Horniman Museum, MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums Project: Conservation of a model for lost-wax casting. Description: An exercise in collaboration: conserving significance and use of a lost-wax casting model for a Benin brass plaque in the Education Handling Collection at the Horniman Museum.

	Nanke Schellmann Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum Conservation, MA Furniture Conservation Project: Aqueous cleaning of photo-degraded Oriental lacquer. Description: A preliminary investigation of the effect of different pH and ionic concentrations during aqueous cleaning on the gloss and colour of photo-degraded Oriental lacquer.