Holly Jones-Amin is a Senior Conservator and Team Leader at the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Conservation Services. She manages the Objects consultancy program. She is a foundation lecturer and tutor for the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation, in which she lectured, tutored and coordinated subjects into for over 18 years (2004 – present). She holds a PhD (Monash University), a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology, The University of Sydney (1994), and BAppSc. in Conservation of Cultural Material, University of Canberra (1997).
Holly has extensive experience working as a Conservator in Australia, the Middle East, Southeast and central Asia and was previously employed at Artlab Australia (1996-2001), and the Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore (2001-2003) and conducted materials conservation on archaeological sites in Italy (1993), Syria – Jebel Khalid (1996-2001) and the Republic of Georgia – Chobareti (2013-2014). In 2006 she received an Ian Potter travel and conference grant to present a paper in Germany.
Holly has a high level of objects conservation experience working on all materials from contemporary plastic to ancient archaeological artefacts. She has worked on significant Australian indigenous material and played a pivotal conservation role in exhibition management, treatment and installation of works in previous places of employment. Exhibition management requires high skills in organisation, conservation and interpersonal communication.
Holly has specialist skills in the treatment of archaeological and objects from indigenous and world cultures. Her research interests include stabilisation and identification of degradation mechanisms of porous archaeological ceramic and examining how we respect cultural belief systems in the museum setting.
Holly has a quarantine accreditation, having completed the Quarantine Approved Premises for Accredited Persons (Classes 2 to 8).
Holly is currently undertaking a PhD part time at the University of Monash investigating conservation and degradation of low fired Lapita and post Lapita archaeological ceramics from Caution Bay PNG.
Supervisors: Professor Ian J. McNiven, Associate Professor Liam Brady , and Dr Brit Asmussen
Phone: +61 3 93485747
Holly has extensive experience working as a Conservator in Australia, the Middle East, Southeast and central Asia and was previously employed at Artlab Australia (1996-2001), and the Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore (2001-2003) and conducted materials conservation on archaeological sites in Italy (1993), Syria – Jebel Khalid (1996-2001) and the Republic of Georgia – Chobareti (2013-2014). In 2006 she received an Ian Potter travel and conference grant to present a paper in Germany.
Holly has a high level of objects conservation experience working on all materials from contemporary plastic to ancient archaeological artefacts. She has worked on significant Australian indigenous material and played a pivotal conservation role in exhibition management, treatment and installation of works in previous places of employment. Exhibition management requires high skills in organisation, conservation and interpersonal communication.
Holly has specialist skills in the treatment of archaeological and objects from indigenous and world cultures. Her research interests include stabilisation and identification of degradation mechanisms of porous archaeological ceramic and examining how we respect cultural belief systems in the museum setting.
Holly has a quarantine accreditation, having completed the Quarantine Approved Premises for Accredited Persons (Classes 2 to 8).
Holly is currently undertaking a PhD part time at the University of Monash investigating conservation and degradation of low fired Lapita and post Lapita archaeological ceramics from Caution Bay PNG.
Supervisors: Professor Ian J. McNiven, Associate Professor Liam Brady , and Dr Brit Asmussen
Phone: +61 3 93485747
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2010 I was asked to conserve two recently excavated highly fragmented very low-fired Lapita vessels from Caution Bay. Both vessels were presented concealed in plaster jackets that had been used to encase, support, lift and transport the fragile fragmented pots from the excavation trench in PNG to Melbourne. Prior to treatment commencing, research
revealed that there was scarce literature on the conservation of low-fired archaeological ceramics; the literature that was found was in agreement that low-fired ceramics are difficult to conserve and lift in the field and often do not make it to the laboratory. At this time, I had been working as a conservator for 15 years in the laboratory and in the field on archaeological excavations. I had seen, handled and conserved countless artefacts. The complex deterioration challenges and significant conservation issues presented by these vessels was new.
2010 I was asked to conserve two recently excavated highly fragmented very low-fired Lapita vessels from Caution Bay. Both vessels were presented concealed in plaster jackets that had been used to encase, support, lift and transport the fragile fragmented pots from the excavation trench in PNG to Melbourne. Prior to treatment commencing, research
revealed that there was scarce literature on the conservation of low-fired archaeological ceramics; the literature that was found was in agreement that low-fired ceramics are difficult to conserve and lift in the field and often do not make it to the laboratory. At this time, I had been working as a conservator for 15 years in the laboratory and in the field on archaeological excavations. I had seen, handled and conserved countless artefacts. The complex deterioration challenges and significant conservation issues presented by these vessels was new.