Copenhagen

Imaging and B2C Collection  23-24th March 2022

23rd March Imaging Workshop

Location:  Tør Lab (4th floor - room 12-4-68)  Centre for Textile Research, SAXO Institute   

University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Plads, 2300 Copenhagen S 
Participants in the Imaging Parchment Workshop

9.00am Arrivals and set up Dino-Lites 

9.30am Welcome: Eva Andersson Strand (Director of Centre for Textile Research)

9.35am Introduction: Jane Malcolm-Davies 

Personal aims for research with Dino-Lites (5 minutes each) 

Laura, Élodie, Signe, Tuuli, Annelise, Eva, Ida, Jiří 

Discussion 

10.30am Refreshment break (15 mins) 

10.45am Using Dino-Lites for textile research: Charlotte Rimstad (National Museum of Denmark, Fashioning the Viking Age)

Getting started (how to set up and hold a Dino-Lite) 

Calibrating the Dino-Lite 

Examining useful characteristics in textiles and fibres 

Taking measurements (including automatic export to Excel) 

Taking photos, naming and filing them 

11.30am Exercise: Investigating 18th century textiles from Copenhagen 12noon Lunch (see food outlet information below) 

1pm Set up example materials 

Show and tell: Demonstration, practice, discussion 

Leather - Tuuli, Élodie 

Parchment - Laura, Jiří, Élodie 

Bones – Annelise 

Fibres - Signe, Eva, Ida 

Knitted fabric - Jane 

2.30pm Refreshment break (20 mins) 

3.30pm Group discussion: Tips and techniques 

How to measure specific characteristics in textiles and parchment 

Problems and pitfalls – identifying sources of error 

Discussion of limitations 

4pm End of Dino-Lite workshop

4.05pm  B2C team:    Review of the day and briefing for visit to Royal Library conservation studio 


4.30pm    Close


24th March B2C Parchment Collection Workshop

Location: The Royal Library, Dept. of Preservation

Lergravsvej 55, 2300 København, Denmark

Examination of B2C parchment collection

9:00 - 10:30 


Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:00 


Presentations

11:00 Tuuli

11:10 Laura

11:20 Sam

11:30 Jiri

11:40 Elodie

11:40 Jane

11:50 Annelise

12:00 Simon 

12:10 Sarah

12:20 Matthew  T


Lunch  12:30  -  13:30

13:30 - 13:50 Sam Extraction

13:50 - 15:00 Imaging Discussion


Coffee Break 15:00 - 15:3


Discussion of future directions

15:30  - 17:00 

Task allocation

17:00 - 17:30 

18:00  Dinner 

Tonys Havnegade