Jac Winston-Silk

Art Collections Officer responsible for art collections @UniRdg_ArtCol held @MERLReading & @UniRdg_SpecColl. Previously @CatCamCol. Postgrad of @UCLarchaeology

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

Volunteer @Whithevisionair continues her staff interview series with @_jsws Art Collections Officer @UniRdg_ArtCol https://t.co/U8GbIDu0Ek

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

final install @ChelseaUAL

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

packing & unpacking T-crates @ChelseaUAL

[Jac Winston-Silk @_jsws]

mid-lines, batons, grids.. research to inform the @MERLReading livestock portraiture rehang https://t.co/8nq42HImar

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

appreciating grid hangs @Tate

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

Taking a much close look at hanging systems @Tate

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

great to hear about the power of an artist-made bench @CHELSEAspace as a social equaliser during PVs

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

looking at hanging solutions (good and bad!) @Tate @ChelseaUAL

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

the ingenuity of curators: IKEA furniture, repurposed doors & fish tank vitrines @CHELSEAspace @_jsws

[Jac Winston-Silk @_jsws]

good to bump into Donald Smith @CHELSEAspace & discuss Camberwell Collection objects @CatCamCol @MrsHuwLtd

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

Transport box making for framed artwork using acid-free tissue, polyurethane sheets & cardboard @ChelseaUAL

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

a mock install @ChelseaUAL, good practice for @MERLReading's livestock portraiture re-hang

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

successful hanging @ChelseaUAL

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

best practice for moving outsized and heavy artworks @ChelseaUAL

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

I'm @ChelseaUAL taking an intensive Art Handling & Installation CPD course in preparation for @MERLReading art hang

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

see responses to Landscapes by poets & makers in @readingmuseum Sense of Place exhibition @AltReading

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

I visited @readingmuseum curators this morning to talk projects & to see the Sense of Place exhibition @AltReading

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

Today I'm looking through the archive of a poultry fancier. It's a potential bequest @UniRdg_SpecColl @MERLReading

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

sorted by breed, these slides give a thorough account of European poultry. @UniRdg_SpecColl @MERLReading

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

You never know what you'll find in the boxes. Potential bequest from a poultry fancier @MERLReading @UniRdg_SpecColl

[University of Reading Art Collection @UniRdg_ArtCol]

what a beautiful cover "Mappe of ye Worlde", 1929. A potential acquisition @UniRdg_SpecColl @MERLReading