UKIC Stone and Wall Paintings Section

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Introduction
The Stone and Wall Paintings Section represent about 200 hundred stone and wall painting conservators. The Section was formed as a specialist group within UKIC in 1998. Previously the sections operated separately from the early 1980's. The Section exists to represent conservators working in the stone & wall paintings disciplines. Regular meetings events and conferences are held for its members. The Section welcomes anyone with a serious interest in conservation.

The aims of the section are:

• To promote communication between the various groups involved and to encourage dialogue between conservators, architects, art historians, archaeologists, surveyors, scientists and others with a specialist interest in either stone or wall paintings.

• Be a forum for the exchange of information on techniques in practice and under development and scientific research through regular meetings and publications including Conservation News.

• To set and maintain standards of stone and wall painting conservation.

• To be a representative voice in the stone and wall painting conservation, in training and in lobbying government.

The section regularly hold meetings and publish articles of interest in Conservation News to educate, update and inform members in the development of stone and wall painting conservation.

The following events are planned for 98/99:

Alabaster Day 28th November
Site visit to Fauld mine in Staffordshire combined with a visit to Tutbury Church which has a very early alabaster carving and Victorian reredos.
Contact Steve Sedwell 0181 580 5537

Wall Paintings Case Study Day 30th January 1999, V&A Museum, London
See Grapevine for further details or contact Madeleine Katkov 01865 768 417.

Regional Visit 10th April 1999
Site visiting and around Hereford and Gloucester
See Grapevine for further details.

Documentation Conference, November 1999
See Grapevine for details.
 

Former publications include:
Architectural Ceramics: their history, manufacture and conservation. James & James, London. 1996.

The Analysis of Pigments and Plasters - its relevance to current wall painting and stone conservation practice. UKIC, London. 1998.

Monuments & the Millennium. James & James, London. (Forthcoming 1999).
 

Anyone interested in submitting an article for the Stone & Wall Paintings Section should submit it to the editor, Catherine Woolfitt, at [email protected], Telephone: 01483 203221.