GRADUATE COURSEWORK

INDEPENDENT STUDY (FALL 2021)
As part of an independent study in the fall semester of the 2021-2022 school year, I constructed a half-scale replica of an eighteenth-century candle box in Winterthur's collection. The mahogany box has dovetail joints and a sliding lid, and was made using traditional
​hand tools. It was given a ​linseed oil and beeswax finish.
Completed candle box.
INDEPENDENT STUDY (SPRING 2022)
As part of an independent study in the spring semester of the 2021-2022 school year, I scanned the over sixty extant pieces of an eleven-foot zinc statue with an Artec Eva 3D scanner. I then pieced together the virtual fragments using the program Blender.
Scanning the statue's bust.
Assembled fragment models.
RESEARCH PROJECT
I am preparing a research project on subcritical cracking—that is, slow growing cracks that occur at stresses far below those required to cause brittle failure—in limestone under ambient environmental conditions. The study will be carried out during the spring semester of the 2021/2022 school year.
Samples of the three varieties of limestone to be studied: oolitic limestone, micrite, and travertine (identified left to right). 
SEMINARS
Seminars taught by WUDPAC professors or visiting experts in a wide range of topics are part of the second-year curriculum. Selected seminars:
  • Stain Reduction of Ceramics​; taught by Lauren Fair, Objects Conservator and Affiliated Assistant Professor, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library​
  • Basketry Conservation; taught by Lara Kaplan, Objects Conservator and Affiliated Assistant Professor, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library​
  • B-72 Fills for Glass; taught by Victoria Schussler, Project Objects Conservator, Brooklyn Museum​​
  • Epoxy Assembly and In-Situ Fills for Glass; taught by Lauren Fair, Objects Conservator and Affiliated Assistant Professor, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library​​
  • Epoxy Colorfills for Porcelain; taught by John Kovasckitz, private practice conservator​
  • Adhesive Mending and Scratch Filling in Plastics; taught by Caitlin Richeson, Assistant Conservator, Whryta Contemporary Art Conservation
  • Mount-Making; taught by Adam Jenkins, Owner, Adam Jenkins Conservation Services, LLC
B-72 fills toned with Orasol dyes.
Pouring in-situ epoxy fill.
Brass mount made for a finial.
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