Self-Employment:
December 2010
Stone Cleaning : the Holburne Museum, Bath (Holburne Museum Trust)
October/November 2010
Stone repairs and conservation to the Dovecote, Bruton (National Trust)
Cleaning, sheltercoating and repair: Bristol Cenotaph (Bristol City Council)
Grafitti removal from the Westbury White Horse (Niall Phillips)
September/ October 2010
Stone repair to the Temple of Apollo, Stourhead, (National Trust)
Stone and render repair to Stourton House (National Trust)
Summer 2010
Working at the World Heritage Site of Butrint Albania as lead conservator with responsibilities for:
ø three teams of masons/conservators consolidating medieval walls and late antique buildings
ø updating the Condition Survey (password:rufina username:junia )
the surveying, photograpy, analysis and website design in the condition survey are all my work.
ø organising work for 2011
May 2010
Stone Cleaning to Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol (Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust)
Stone Cleaning to the Holburne Museum, Bath
Masonry repairs and conservation to the Officers Mess, Larkill (MOD)
November/December 2009/January 2010
Stone Cleaning: the Holburne Museum, Bath
February to November 2009
Principal sub contractor for the stone cleaning of the Chapterhouse, Westminster Abbey. Main Contractor Nimbus Conservation Ltd
Architects: Beale and Stowe. Client: (English Heritage)
Jan 2009
Making moulds of newly carved ornamental stone urns (Nimbus Conservation)
October to December 2008
Ornamental plaster repairs, remodelling and repainting the drawing room at Ammerdown House, Ammerdown Park. (Right Hon Andrew Joliffe)
September 2008
Stone repairs to non-conformist chapel, Arnos Vale, Bristol
Stone repairs to Bristol Grammar School
Stone repairs to Anglican Chapel, Arnos Vale, Bristol
Paint sectional analysis at Ammerdown House.
August 2007
Stone repairs to non-conformist chapel, Arnos Vale, Bristol
Grafitti removal, Bristol cathedral
June/July 2007
Conservation consultant to the Butrint Foundation at the World Heritage site of Butrint, Albania
January to May 2008
Gilding and painting to metal railings of Victoria Park, Bath
Repairs and remodelling to stone obelisk, Cotham, Bristol
Conservation to painted eyes, portico, Blenheim Palace
Statuary conservation, Blenheim Palace
Cleaning and rewaxing bronze statue of King William of Orange, Queen’s Square, Bristol
Rebuild gatepier Alderley preparatory School
October 2007
Employed by UNESCO teaching on the ‘Regional course on archeological conservation in Southeast Europe 2007- Diagnosis and conservation’
September-December 2007
Conservation consultant to the Butrint Foundation at the World Heritage site of Butrint, Albania
August 2007
Laycock, Wiltshire UK
Repair and rebuilding of collapsed table tomb, St.Cyriac’s church, Laycock
June/July 2007
Conservation consultant to the Butrint Foundation in the World Heritage site of Butrint, Albania.
Responsibilities:
Programming of 2007 season’s conservation activity and preparation for the 2008 season.
Training of Albanian technicians.
Organising volunteer scheme whereby stonemasons and conservators from the UK work alongside the Albanian Trainees.
Organising an extensive programme of vegetation management.
Overseeing the future presentation of recent excavations.
Frome. UK
Workshop based repair and conservation of 4 lifesize sandstone statues of classical figures dating from the late 18th century. Cleaning, consolidation, removal of inappropriate cementitious repair, remodelling and sheltercoating.
Corsham. UK
Repairs to the plaster work of the plunge pool building, Corsham Court
Conservation consultant to the Butrint Foundation in the World Heritage site of Butrint, Albania.
Responsibilities:
Updating of the 2001 Monument Condition Survey of standing remains both within Butrint and outside, on the Vrina Plain and Diaporit
Producing a Vegetation Management Plan and introducing it into the park schedule
Producing a schedule of work for the 2007 conservation season
I changed the format of the existing survey so that is now completely html based and serves as both an updateable survey and an archive, with links to archeological and conservation reports.
August 2006-March 2007.
Undertaking a range of conservation projects including:
Repair and conservation of the Gothic Cottage: Stourhead (NT)
Repairs to façade stonework and interior plasterwork, Langham House,
Rode, Somerset.
Conservation at Chepstow Castle(CADW)
Conservation of a range of civic statuary within Bristol. (BCC)
Conservation and remodelling repair to the Cenotaph, Bristol (BCC)
Conservation work to Bristol Cathedral. (Seymour and Bainbridge,
Architects)
Conservation consultant to the Butrint Foundation in the World Heritage site of Butrint, Albania.
Responsibilities:
Working alongside and training Balkan volunteers in the conservation of
The Roman Villa and Bath House at Diaporit, Butrint.
Co-Curated the exhibition ‘The Work of Nek Chand’ which took place at The Bhavan Centre, London.
1993 – June 2006
This is a consistent period of self employment. Significant work includes major projects such as:
The conservation of the Abbey Gatehouse, Bristol, a significant building of Norman origin.
The production of a new freehand modelled stucco ceiling for Drake’s
Chamber, Buckland Abbey. I was awarded the 1999 RICS Conservation Award for this project.
Conservation work to Malmesbury Town Walls and Abbey.
Conservation work to the Corn Exchange and Guildhall, Bristol.
Plaster and stucco conservation the Norwich Assembly Rooms.
Co-sculpting with Evie Body and John Davies the statue ‘The Spirit of the
Fields’ for J. Sainsbury’s, Street.
Conservation of the Norman Tympanum. St Nicholas’ Church, Gloucester.
Surveying and writing specification for the conservation of the west front
Of St. Mary’s Church, Beaminster, Dorset.
The Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Bristol Old Vic Theatre
The Art Garden, Bristol
The Picton Street Gallery, Bristol
Fishworks, Bristol
And won entrance to the Gloucester Open ‘Eyepoppers’ exhibition for two years running.
Group Exhibitions:
Artists with Allotments, The Create Centre, Bristol.
1987-1993
Ian Constantinides. St. Blaise Ltd. Then based in Westhill Barn, Evershot, Dorset
I joined St Blaise after leaving Weymouth College, beginning employment there as a conservation trainee. During the six years I was with St. Blaise I progressed to the role of Conservation Contract manager for the company. I was responsible for the organisation and management of the following significant work:
Reconstruction of the ornamental plaster after the destructive fire at Prior Park College, Bath.
Major restoration and conservation at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire
Reconstruction of the ornamental plaster after the destructive fire at Uppark House, Sussex
Multiple seasons of conservation at Corfe castle, Dorset.
Conservation of Roman baths, Bath,
Conservation of Harmondsworth Tythe barn
Within St Blaise in the later years I was responsible for pricing, tendering, report writing and management of many conservation projects. Whilst working for St. Blaise I attended the following courses and conferences:
Materials for Conservation: UCL Summer School
Pigment Analysis using the Polarising Microscope
Stone Cleaning: Conference in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Plaster and fresco conservation:Conference in Liverpool
1986-1987
Student
PG Diploma Course in the Conservation of Architectural Stonework (achieved Credit) This was the first year of this excellent course which sought to combine the stonemason’s with the conservator’s skills. Taught by Tony Steele and Geoffrey Teychenne and including, Geology, Stonemasonry to City and Guilds level, Letter Cutting and Conservation Science and Chemistry
1977-1986
Community Artist.
At Chats Palace my prime responsibility was as printmaker and facilitator, running a community based silkscreen and offset lithographic printing workshop. This extended to the provision of darkroom facilities and photography workshops. Secondary responsibilities were for drama and music workshops all held within a disused Victorian library Building. Chat’s Palace was held up as an example of exemplary Community Arts practise, famous for it’s annual community pantomime by the then GLC.
1976-1977
Inter Action Community Arts Centre, Kentish Town, London
Community Artist, working under the tuition of Ed Berman
1974-1976
Rumbek High School for Boys, Bahr el Ghazal Province, South Sudan
Teacher of English
1971-1974
University of Leeds, English Literature, graduated BAHons(2i)
1964- 1971
Duke of Yorks Royal Military School for Boys, Dover
3 ‘A’ levels 11 ‘O’ levels.
Overseas work:
2006-2007 onwards
Consultant conservator to the Butrint Foundation
Chandigarh, North India. Conservation of the Rock Garden, a massive Outsider Art folly created by Padnamshri Nek Chand.
Los Encuentros, Nicaragua
School building in war torn Nicaragua as part of an International Brigade of volunteers.
1974-1976
Teaching English at Rumbek High School for Boys, Sudan
Interests:
Politics, Art: Visual and sound art, Archeology, Photography
Music, Computers, Camping, Gardening