Hello again and happy November!

I’m back for another installment ofLa Isabelproject and this week we’re talking about one of my favorite parts of conservation: science! Conservation is an interesting field because it’s highly interdisciplinary. One week I’ll use skills I gained from history courses to research an artifact (check out my2nd blog post), another I’ll be using technical photography skills for documentation (see my1st blog post), and then on a week like this I may be using my chemistry and biology knowledge to analyze an artifact!Read more

Hello again, everyone!

I’m back for my second installment discussingLa Isabelproject and I can’t wait to tell you about all the progress we’ve made and things we’ve learned! In myfirst blog, I talked a bit about the plan for this project and starting the first step: documentation. Since then, I’ve been able to transition into the next steps of the project which involve looking more closely atLa Isabel’s history, structure, and condition.Read more

Hi everyone!

Last time I wrote on our blog, I was discussing my work with公主卡(i.e. Ronson) as a graduate conservation intern. Well, since then, I’ve finished up my graduate program and have started an exciting new project working with another one of our amazing vessels:La Isabel!Read more