Founder of Carving and Conservation at the Art School honoured with new plaque 30 November 2021 A memorial plaque celebrating the life and work of William Wheeler – founder of the Art School’s Restoration Department, the precursor to the current Historic Carving and Conservation Departments – was unveiled at the Art School recently. The plaque was commissioned by William’s son, John Wheeler (a past Master of the Carpenters’ Company) and was […] Students and alumni in Grinling Gibbons 300 celebrations 7 July 2021 Shortlisted student Arielle Francis (BA (Hons) Historic Carving: Woodcarving & Gilding), with Alex Elinson (GradDip Arts: Carving) 2021 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of the renowned 18th century Master Carver Grinling Gibbons. A series of events, exhibitions and competitions is being held by the Grinling Gibbons Society as part of the tercentenary celebrations, […] New book charting Ralph Beyer’s influential work 15 February 2021 John Neilson, an accomplished letter carver and visiting tutor on the Historic Carving courses at the Art School, has written a new, beautifully illustrated book about the influential letter carver, Ralph Beyer, who also taught Lettering at the Art School from 1983-1994. The Inscriptions of Ralph Beyer by John Neilson, is the first major publication that […] Top Conservation position for recent graduate 12 February 2021 We were delighted to hear from 2020 BA Conservation: Stone, Wood & Decorative Surfaces graduate Katie Smith, that she has recently accepted a role with International Conservation Services (ICS) in Melbourne, Australia. Katie returned home to Australia following her successful graduation from the Conservation course, through which she was supported by an Endeavour Award from […] Award success for Orbis Conservation! 23 September 2020 Congratulations to Orbis Conservation, who were presented with the Restoration/Conservation Project of the Year Award at the Museums + Heritage Awards online ceremony last night! Orbis Conservation, which is founded and run by alumni from the Art School’s renowned Conservation Department, won the award with Plymouth City Council, for their work on the figurehead collection for […] Pages: 12345678Last PageLoad More
