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Experience
Private Practice Consultant
Jan. 2024-Present
Boston, MA
DOCUMENTATION: Photographed before-and-after treatments; wrote estimates and invoices
HANDWORK: Designed and constructed cloth clamshell boxes and custom bindings for self-published works and reprints; repaired bindings from private collections in cloth, leather, and paper
Von Clemm and Driscoll Fellow
Sept. 2023-August 2024
Boston Anthenaeum, Boston, MA
DOCUMENTATION: Wrote condition, proposed-treatment, and after-treatment reports; photographed before-and-after treatment
HANDWORK: Designed and constructed protective enclosures, such as four flaps, cloth clamshell boxes, trays and boxes for bookplate die cuts, woodblocks, and etched plates; used chemical treatments to stabilize deteriorating leather bindings; repaired bindings from special and circulation collection in cloth, leather, paper, and parchment; and cleaned soiled surfaces
DISPLAY: Exhibit installation
WEBISITE: https://bostonathenaeum.org/
Frances Loeb Library Conservation Lab Intern
June 2024
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
HANDWORK: Provided housing; examined collection and returned loan items for treatment options; applied preventative conservation methods; and prepared framing and packing of loans
Library Conservation/Preservation Intern
Summer 2022
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
HANDWORK: Treated general, special and Hood Art Museum collections; built custom enclosures; reinforced covers of paperbacks; sewed musical scores into pamphlet binders; rebacked cloth and paper bindings; reattached covers with folded-back endsheets; tipped on loose pages and reinforced loose joints; cleaned surfaces; and color-matched bookcloth and decorative papers
DOCUMENTATION: Wrote treatment reports; photographed before-and-after treatment
WEBSITE: https://www.dartmouth.edu/library/preservation/conservation/index.html
Art Handler
November 2020-June 2021
Christie’s, New York, NY
HANDWORK: Processed fine art media and artifacts; framed and/or unframed high-value art
DISPLAY: Installed artwork for photography and gallery installations
MANAGEMENT: Maintained organization and cleanliness of warehouse; physically checked inventory; tracked and traced missing property
Customer Service/Paper Specialist
June 2019-March 2020
TALAS, Brooklyn, NY
HANDWORK: Customized archival boxes; handled custom cuts; created sample books
MANGAGEMENT: Inventoried, managed and packaged all papers, fabrics and leathers
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: Assisted customers in appropriate bookbinding, archival and conservation product choices
WEBSITE: https://www.talasonline.com/
Paper and Book Conservation Intern
February 2019-June 2019
NYC Municipal Archives, New York, NY
Repaired damaged books from UC Berkeley Libraries circulating collection in production bindery. Hired to remove backlog.
HANDWORK: Removed old covers; mended text blocks; replaced and rebound endpapers; sewed magazines together for serials
Library Bookbinder
February 2018-May 2018
UC Bindery Services, Richmond, CA
Repaired damaged books from UC Berkeley Libraries circulating collection in production bindery. Hired to remove backlog
HANDWORK: Removed old covers; mended text blocks; replaced and rebound endpapers; sewed magazines together for serials
WEBSITE: https://bindery.berkeley.edu/
Conservation Intern/Administrator/Technician
February 2017-December 2017
Bernacki & Associates, Inc., Chicago, IL
Hands-on experience conserving a variety of wood, metal and ceramic objects.
HANDWORK: Identified materials, recognized types of damage, tested media, and applied appropriate cleaning and consolidation techniques; handled art with either extreme or mild damage
DOCUMENTATION: Photographed and registered art
COLLECTIONS management: Prepared and packaged art for its return post-treatment
WEBSITE: www.bernackiconservation.com
Paper Arts Conservation Intern
Summer 2016
Zukor Art Conservation, Oakland, CA
Documented and conserved a variety of paper arts, including watercolor, Japanese woodblock, and lithographic prints.
HANDWORK: Identified materials; recognized types of damage; tested media; applied dry cleaning or washing and flattening techniques; mended or lined paper
WEBSITE: www.zukorartconservation.com
Education
Bookbinding
2021-2023. North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
Certificate in Bookbinding. Awarded Pell Grant and Student Achievement Scholarship. www.nbss.edu
Art and Materials Conservation
2012–2017. Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. in Art and Materials Conservation. Awarded Achievement Award Scholarship for 2012-2016. https://www.colum.edu/
Art Conservation
2015–2016. Lorenzo de’Medici Institute in Florence, Italy
Earned Certificate in Art Conservation in May 2016. https://ldminstitute.com/
SKILLS
CONSERVATION: Custom enclosures; Photographic & written documentation; Conservation treatments for books, paper, frescoes, oil paintings and wooden objects
ART & DESIGN: Custom boxmaking and cradles; fine bookbinding, papermaking, Adobe’s Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
Relevant & CONTINUING CourseWork
NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL: Prepared Tissue Workshop with Christopher Sokolowski; Clamshell and 4-flap enclosures, Tissue, Leather and Cloth Reback and Scale Boarding binding
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO: General Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I, Chemistry of Art and Color, Chemistry of Photography, Chemistry of Artifact
LORENZO DE MEDICI INSTITUTE: Theory of Art Conservation, Furniture, Wood Objects, and Gilding Conservation, Fresco Painting Restoration I and II and Painting and Polychrome Sculpture Conservation I and II
CONTINUING EDUCATION Emergency Response & Disaster Salvage Workshop, Conservation of Clothbound Books, Paperback Book Repair and Bookbinding Core I and Paper Conservation I , Bookbinding Core I, Scaleboard Binding