Smart Seal Cards - the right thing for the environment!
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
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For over thirty years, I have been a strong advocate for keeping a greeting card pristine in a glass-clear, polypropylene bag. The bag serves many purposes: it stops the envelope drifting from the card, it keeps mucky fingers from besmirching the product, it helps to keep shop displays neat and tidy. As a customer, I relish the ritual of peeling open a meticulously-wrapped greeting card.
MoreChrist Displaying his Wounds, attributed to Giacomo Galli
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Latest News, Art Conservation
One of the Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards for 2012/13 was awarded to Perth Museum & Art Gallery to conserve ‘Christ Displaying his Wounds’, attributed to Giacomo Galli - a rare and beautiful example of art styled after the work of Caravaggio.
MoreArt Conservation & Scholarships - Portrait of Bishop Mews
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
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This early 18th century portrait is housed within The Bishop’s Palace, Wells. This particular portrait is the oldest and most significant painting within the Ship’s Palace collection. It plays a crucial role in helping to interpret 800 years of social, political and religious history and bringing the Palace alive for over 40,000 visitors every year.
MoreWoodmansterne Art Conservation Award enables Walter Ralegh’s coded desire for Elizabeth 1 to be revealed
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Latest News, Art Conservation
A painting, belonging to The National Portrait Gallery, was one of the major works chosen by our panel of judges at the last round of the Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards. A donation of £10,000 was pledged which has enabled the process of painstaking conservation, removing centuries of over paint, to reveal the coded message incorporated into the work by the unknown English artist.
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