Stuart Laidlaw

We are extremely saddened to report the death last week of Stuart Laidlaw, Photographer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London since 1979. He touched the hearts and minds of many many people, not only generations of students at the Institute but also participants of short courses on Digital Photography which he ran annually for IAP for 25 years in London or elsewhere including Sri Lanka, Tenerife, the British Library, Bletchley Park etc.

He was one of the most generously spirited people … always available and able to assist everyone who required his expertise and skill. We will miss his optimism, cheerfulness and humour greatly.

 

Courses 2020

January 2020
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19 THESE COURSES WERE CANCELLED
We hope to organise these courses again soon. To view the details of these courses please visit our Archive. Until courses can safely take place in person we will continue organising our IAP Virtual courses.
  • Chemistry and Conservation – a Refresher Day
  • Chemistry for Conservators – correspondence course
  • Conservation Mounting of Works of Art on Paper
  • Conservation of Glass Objects (Seattle, USA)
  • Conservation of Glass Objects (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Conservation of Tracing Paper
  • Digital Photography of Museum Objects
  • Examining Cross-sections of Paint Layers
  • Giltwood Frame and Object Restoration Workshop
  • Hazards in Collections
  • Identification of Insect Pests in Collections
  • Identification of Pigments
  • Loans in Practice: objects and paintings
  • Materials and Methods for Surface Cleaning and Removal of film-forming Materials
  • Museum and Gallery Lighting: Theory and Practice
  • Nanocellulose Films in Art Conservation
  • Non-invasive Examination and Analysis of Museum Objects and Paintings
  • Paper and Water – Washing Paper in Conservation
  • Photodegradation and Microfading of Museum Objects
  • Retouching Modern and Contemporary Painted Surfaces
  • Watercolours: examination, processes and care

 

Read Victoria Haddock’s blog post on the Conservation of Tracing Paper course

November 2019

‘Victoria received a Tru Vue Grant earlier in 2019 to enable her to attend the ‘Conservation of Tracing Paper’ course at the National Archives, led by Hildegard Homburger. Since February 2019 Victoria has been working as a paper conservator on a two-year project to conserve and prepare the paper-based collections of the V&A at their Blythe House Store for their decant into a new Centre for Research Collections in East London.’
Read her full blog post for the Institute of Conservation here.

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