By Annabel Dobbyn Photograph by Sarah Goolishian When I tell strangers that I work in a textile conservation studio, I know exactly what will happen. A blank look eclipses their face. The whites of their eyes blow open and then they narrow. They unhinge their jaws and ask: what? It is a bit thrilling, possessing […]
Our Threads and Needles, Scissors and Pins, Stitched and Snipped Through A Brilliant Year of Textile Conservation and Restoration
2022 is a Wrap. Here’s to 2023, and to you—our wonderful textilian friends! 2022 was peppered with covid, but in between we conserved, surveyed, examined, dressed, and prepped over 200 textiles thanks to our dynamic team of Julia, Kaitlyn, Katherine, Emilee, and Peyton. 3 wedding veils, 12 samplers, 2 Folk Art dolls from the 1960s, […]
