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| Photo with permission of National Maritime Museum |
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Kelvin has been working as an object conservator for over twenty years
and though accredited through the Furniture Section of UKIC, he has
specialised in the conservation of ship models and carved wood. His
work also includes gilding, conservation of old boats (not waterlogged
wood), bone/ivory work and fine non-ferrous metalwork.
Conservation
client list includes:- The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich;
The New National Maritime Museum, Falmouth; The Museum in Docklands,
London; The National Trust, Ipswich Museum, Whitby Museum, The Norfolk
Museums Service as well as many private clients.
In addition to conservation work Kelvin also takes on commissions
to build ship models and dioramas, mainly for museum/exhibition display.
HIs long experience of ship model conservation has given him a great
insight into how traditional models were built, he tend to use these
traditional techniques and materials rather than the modern plastics
now available and very popular with commercial modelmakers.
Modelmaking client list includes:- The National Maritime
Museum, Museum in Docklands, St Lucia Air and Seaports Authority,
Liverpool and London Insurance Company, Newport Museum and P&O
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