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 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
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 - 15:30
Discussion of future directions
15:30 - 17:00
Task allocation
17:00 - 17:30