Currently going to do a bA in Studio arts and realized I wanna do much more. I'm excited to know this is a great path combing art, science and art history (my fav things). Can't wait to get into Museum Studies in a few years! And start my journey as a Conservator. Thank you for your Video!
Conservation is so rewarding and challenging. Good luck on your conservation journey! If you want to find out more about how to become a conservator I created a video to answer lots of peoples questions: ruclips.net/video/r07b32d2AC8/видео.html
I'm in high school and looking to go down the path of art conservation & restoration. I just discovered your channel and I love it because it answers a lot of the questions I have that aren't easily answered!
I'm so glad you found my channel and the videos are useful. If you haven't seen it yet I have a video on becoming a conservator with a lot of resources in the description: ruclips.net/video/r07b32d2AC8/видео.html All the best on your conservation journey!
I am trying to figure out what profession id enjoy the most, am incredibly interested in object and art consevator. The working at a museum part really is a dream to me, and to be able to be so close to invaluable items and paintings, but i am nervous of how much science there really is to it- when studying to be a conservator how much would you say is pure science? As ive got ADHD ive always struggled with maths and sciences, but obsessed with history and art :) hope this doesn't sound too strange
Not strange at all! I don’t think the science should stop you from pursuing conservation as a career if you’re passionate about it. It didn’t stop me! My main hesitation before I started studying conservation was the science component. It is mainly chemistry and luckily the course I did acknowledged people came from diverse backgrounds and offered a chemistry bridging course to bring people up to speed. This was specifically catered to conservation science. I do use science day to day, but am constantly learning. There are conservation scientists and people that come in to conservation with science backgrounds- there is no way I can match their knowledge and capabilities. But the conservation community is all about sharing information and knowledge so you yourself don’t have to be an expert, you just need to know who to talk to and where to find the information. It’s a good start that you love history and art. Do you have good hand skills or can you start practicing this? There are also so many roles in a museum - you don’t have to be a conservator! There are lots of roles that work with the collection- registrars, curators, collection managers, photographers etc. There are also many roles that come from different fields but are required in a museum- finance, digital and marketing, IT etc. They are less involved with the collection but super important to keep museums running! I hope that helps :) Good luck!
@@TheConservationStarter Thank you for the reply! Yeah i do think that as long as i'd be passionate about what im doing, it shouldnt be too big of an issue, as i'd be keen to learn. I'm not sure with my hand skills, do you have any ideas on how to practice this? Nice to hear there are other possibilities as well within a museum, will look into those and conservator as well to get a more realistic image of it :) Either way, i find what you do very interesting and incredibly important!
I’m glad to hear you‘ll look into it. Finding out more about museums and conservators will definitely help you decide. In terms of building hand skills, anything that uses manual dexterity can improve your skills and help you build a portfolio to prove it. Crafts like sewing, knitting, painting, wood work, crochet etc all do that!
Oh my goodness! That is hilarious. I’ll Make sure not to call it a con lab when I find myself in France! I might also let fellow Australian conservators know so we can have a laugh :)
*#AskAConservator* day is coming up. Make sure you ask a conservator that you know a question - that includes me!
Currently going to do a bA in Studio arts and realized I wanna do much more. I'm excited to know this is a great path combing art, science and art history (my fav things). Can't wait to get into Museum Studies in a few years! And start my journey as a Conservator. Thank you for your Video!
Conservation is so rewarding and challenging. Good luck on your conservation journey! If you want to find out more about how to become a conservator I created a video to answer lots of peoples questions: ruclips.net/video/r07b32d2AC8/видео.html
This vid was amazing, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing
I’m new to your channel after seeing a tweet from you about Ask A Conservator Day, and I’m so glad I’m here! I can see there is so much to learn.
Welcome to the Conservation Starter! Glad you have you here that you enjoy my videos!
I'm in high school and looking to go down the path of art conservation & restoration. I just discovered your channel and I love it because it answers a lot of the questions I have that aren't easily answered!
I'm so glad you found my channel and the videos are useful. If you haven't seen it yet I have a video on becoming a conservator with a lot of resources in the description: ruclips.net/video/r07b32d2AC8/видео.html
All the best on your conservation journey!
Your videos are so amazing,I really really hope your channel grows!! And thank you so much, you clarified all my doubts💕
I'm so glad you enjoy my videos and they've helped you. All the best on your conservation journey!
@@TheConservationStarter Thank youu☺️
I love this channel. I find a lot of your videos useful since I recently started conserving comics. Hope that you'll upload more stuff soon.
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying my videos. I'm hoping to make more videos in the new year.
I am trying to figure out what profession id enjoy the most, am incredibly interested in object and art consevator. The working at a museum part really is a dream to me, and to be able to be so close to invaluable items and paintings, but i am nervous of how much science there really is to it- when studying to be a conservator how much would you say is pure science? As ive got ADHD ive always struggled with maths and sciences, but obsessed with history and art :) hope this doesn't sound too strange
Not strange at all! I don’t think the science should stop you from pursuing conservation as a career if you’re passionate about it. It didn’t stop me!
My main hesitation before I started studying conservation was the science component. It is mainly chemistry and luckily the course I did acknowledged people came from diverse backgrounds and offered a chemistry bridging course to bring people up to speed. This was specifically catered to conservation science. I do use science day to day, but am constantly learning. There are conservation scientists and people that come in to conservation with science backgrounds- there is no way I can match their knowledge and capabilities. But the conservation community is all about sharing information and knowledge so you yourself don’t have to be an expert, you just need to know who to talk to and where to find the information.
It’s a good start that you love history and art. Do you have good hand skills or can you start practicing this? There are also so many roles in a museum - you don’t have to be a conservator!
There are lots of roles that work with the collection- registrars, curators, collection managers, photographers etc. There are also many roles that come from different fields but are required in a museum- finance, digital and marketing, IT etc. They are less involved with the collection but super important to keep museums running!
I hope that helps :) Good luck!
@@TheConservationStarter Thank you for the reply! Yeah i do think that as long as i'd be passionate about what im doing, it shouldnt be too big of an issue, as i'd be keen to learn. I'm not sure with my hand skills, do you have any ideas on how to practice this? Nice to hear there are other possibilities as well within a museum, will look into those and conservator as well to get a more realistic image of it :) Either way, i find what you do very interesting and incredibly important!
I’m glad to hear you‘ll look into it. Finding out more about museums and conservators will definitely help you decide.
In terms of building hand skills, anything that uses manual dexterity can improve your skills and help you build a portfolio to prove it. Crafts like sewing, knitting, painting, wood work, crochet etc all do that!
@@TheConservationStarter Ohhh i see! i will try those things :) thank you
Thank god we don't call them Con Lab in France ^^ That would mean the moron lab !!! (or cons = plural)
Oh my goodness! That is hilarious. I’ll
Make sure not to call it a con lab when I find myself in France! I might also let fellow Australian conservators know so we can have a laugh :)
@@TheConservationStarter My pleasure ^^