Training
- 1994-2006
- Freelance Sculpture Conservator, Ireland, UK and France
- Conservation of stone, bronze, plaster, timber and terracotta sculpture.
- 1999
- Building Conservation Masterclass, Diploma
- West Dean College, West Sussex.
- 1993
- Chemical Science for Museum Conservators, Diploma
- Hammersmith and West London College.
- 1990-1994
- Sculpture Conservator
- Plowden & Smith Ltd, Wandsworth, London;
- cleaning, consolidating and repairing marble statuary, Medieval and 20th-century stone, plaster and terracotta sculpture, church monuments, European and Eastern Antiquities.
- 1987-1990
- Antique Restorer, Ceramics and marble
- Mohammadi Studios, Park Royal, London.
- 1983-1986
- BA (Hons) – Related Arts
- Chichester University, West Sussex. Tutor: Alan Saunders.
Conservation Background: Sample projects
- 2006
- UCC Ogham Stone Conservation Programme | Removal, conservation and redisplay of 35 Early Christian ogham stones.
- 2005
- O’Connell Street Sculpture Conservation Programme | Project Leader for the surveying and treatment of 8 public monuments in stone and bronze, including J.H. Foley’s 1864 monument to Daniel O’Connell.
- 2005
- Trinity College Outdoor Sculpture Audit | Survey of 24 outdoor sculptures, with recommendations for Pomodoro, Moore and Calder treatments.
- 2004
- International Expo, Nagoya, Japan. High Cross Plaster Casts, National Museum of Ireland | Restoration and installation of 6 19th-century casts, including Muiredach’s Cross from Monasterboice.
- 2003
- Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin | Surveying 180 sculptures, including works by Epstein, Rodin & Murphy; advising on storage & habitat; public talk with display of marble cleaning process; conservation of 13 bronze, marble and plaster sculptures.
- 2003-2007
- Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin | Surveys on and treatments to bronze and wooden outdoor contemporary sculpture, including works by Warren, Flanagan and Miro.
- 2002
- St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway | Conservation of the 12th-century Romanesque sandstone portal.
- 1999-2001
- The National Gallery of Ireland/I.I.B. Sculpture Conservation Programme | Surveying 400 sculptures in marble, bronze, wood, plaster and terracotta; advising on storage and habitat; conservation of 40 artworks, including Canova’s ‘Amorino’ (1792); series of public lectures.