Conservators Profile:

Elizabeth Fagg-Shuttlewood B.A. (Hons) ACR Book and Paper Conservation 

 

Elizabeth is an Professional Accredited Conservator -Restorer. She trained to be a Conservator at Camberwell Collage of Arts graduating, with Honors, with a Bachelor of Arts in Book and Paper Conservation in 1994.  Elizabeth has extensive conservation experience, working as a freelance Library and Archive conservator  for major Libraries archives and Museums; including The National Archives, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Wellcome Collection,  The London Metropolitan Archives, Leeds castle, Chatham Dockyard Trust, The Fleur De Lis Museum and The Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light railway; as well as many local history societies and private collections. Elizabeth is an accredited conservator, with The Institute of Conservation.

Elizabeth is the author of a peer reviewed conservation article, featured on the Book and Paper Gathering (see below for link)

What is an accredited conservator (ACR)?

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The Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers (PACR) is a professional qualification, administered by The Institute of Conservation (Icon).  An accredited conservator is responsible for their continuing professional development to keep abreast with developments in their field in order to remain at the top of their profession.  Our practice as accredited conservators demonstrate the high degree of competence, sound judgement and an in-depth knowledge of the principles that underpin conservation practice.

 

Disaster recovery

In 2010 Elizabeth managed the rescue of a water-damaged 17/18 century library collection; consisting of 100 water-damaged books with severe mould. This involved washing thousands of pages and stain removal of mould and water marks. Covers were rescued and repaired wherever possible, or replaced with new covers.

 

 

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Published articles by Elizabeth Fagg-Shuttlewood:

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The conservation of the Ridham Dock and Tramway Contract Drawings. c.1913

 

The original 1913 architectural plans of the viaducts of the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Railway had been discovered thrown in a skip and was rescued, however substantial damage had occurred.

 

The book was vast, each page was over one meter in length.  The paper throughout was very brittle and broke upon handling due to the paper being very acidic and it also had substantial tears and losses.

 

 Read all about the conservation work here: A gargantuan challenge: washing and buffering enormous pages — on a shoestring | The Book & Paper Gathering (thebookandpapergathering.org)