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Learn how to identify and care for plastic materials in your collection in the beautiful surroundings of West Dean College. The course is aimed at anyone with an interest in plastics in the context of museum and gallery collections. Also suitable for private collectors. Through lectures and examination of objects from West Dean and handling collections you will see how plastic materials may be identified without the use of analytical equipment. By the end of the course you will have learned about the historical development of plastics, where they commonly occur in collections, and have an awareness of their varying instabilities. The need to identify will be demonstrated and different approaches to identification will be discussed. Through a hands-on examination session, you will develop your awareness of the variety of plastics materials available and their different properties which may aid identification. You should be able to identify the five most unstable materials and thus protect your collection.
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West Dean College, Edward James Foundation, Estate West Dean,Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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