The online conservation magazine e-conservation has published a very good article about the CSI: lab in issue 12 for December 2009. The article has been written by French conservation intern Virginie Ternisien who spent four weeks as an intern with Dana Goodburn-Brown in the summer, and revisited to see the progress of the lab soon … Continue reading csi: on e-conservation
csi: in icon news
The professional body for conservation in the UK, ICON (Institute of Conservation), has a two page report in the December issue of ICON news. It explains all about what the CSI: lab is setting out to achieve. This is a really important article as it allows a lot of people in the conservation profession to find out about the lab … Continue reading csi: in icon news
New X-ray Machine
After eventually getting the first airport x-ray machine into the lab (only to find out it didn't work!) we have now taken delivery of a new one. This has been kindly donated by Rapiscan for the duration of the CSI: project. This is the first time an airport x-ray machine has been used for looking at … Continue reading New X-ray Machine
Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental
Not really news if you have ever worked with these machines, but the air abrasive machines are temperamental. This is an appeal; if you can spare some time to help sort the current air abrasive machines or possibly lend the CSI: lab a set up for the duration of the project - the conservators would be … Continue reading Air-abrasives faulty/temperamental
CSI: On kent tv
Thanks to Amanda Fisher from Kent TV for producing this brilliant report for CSI:Sittingbourne. You can see Dana explaining the project and Sylvia talking about the objects that are being worked on. Click here to see the video.