School of Culture and Creative Arts

Mrs Karen Thompson

  • University Teacher in Textile Conservation (History of Art)

telephone: 01413307609
email: Karen.Thompson@glasgow.ac.uk



The Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History is based in the Robertson Building, Level 3, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6AQ, (C2 on the Campus Map)

Office Hour: Email for appointment

Research Interests

  • Painted textiles
  • Costume

 Biography

Karen has been working as a textile conservator for 20 years and has held posts in a number of different conservation organisations in the UK and abroad, including the National Museums of Scotland and the People’s History Museum. She worked in the Conservation Services department of the Textile Conservation Centre (TCC) at the University of Southampton for 10 years. At the TCC she managed several major conservation projects, including the conservation of original Victorian theatre scenery for Normansfield Hospital Theatre and several hundred pairs of shoes for the Northampton Boot and Shoe Museum. Karen is also a qualified teacher and has worked in the wider education sector.

 

Jump to: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2001 | 1997 | 1994
Number of items: 7.

2007

Thompson, K., and Halliwell, M. (2007) Who put the text in textiles? Deciphering text hidden within a 1718 coverlet: documentation of papers hidden within an early 18th-century coverlet using transmitted light photography. In: Hayward, M. and Kramer, E. (eds.) Textiles and Text: Re-establishing the Links Between Archival and Object-based Research : Postprints. Archetype, London. ISBN 9781904982265

2006

Harper, M., and Thompson, K. (2006) Made to fit: reinstating a set of tapestries and painted panels into the Audley End Tapestry Room. In: Lennard, F. and Hayward, M. (eds.) Tapestry Conservation, Principles and Practice. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.

2005

Thompson, K., and Halliwell, M. (2005) An initial exploration of the benefits of using transmitted visible light and infrared photography to access information concealed within multi-layered textiles. In: Janaway, R. and Wyeth, P. (eds.) AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies : first annual conference, 13-15 July 2004 : scientific analysis of ancient and historic textiles : informing preservation, display and interpretation : postprints. Archetype, London. ISBN 9781873132791

Thompson, K., and Wild, J. (2005) Normansfield theatre scenery: project planning and practical solutions for vulnerable painted. In: Big Issues, Institute of Conservation (ICON) Textile Group Forum, London.

2001

Thompson, K. (2001) Lascaux™ - its use as a substrate free film. Conservation News, 74 . pp. 45-46.

1997

Thompson, K. (1997) The history of Caesar tapestries from Powis Castle: the treatment of previous repairs and alterations. In: Marko, K. (ed.) Textiles in Trust. Archetype, London. ISBN 9781873132265

1994

Thompson, K. (1994) Sepiolite poulticing. Conservation News, 53 . pp. 49-51.

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  • 2003/4 AHRB Small Award, ‘An initial exploration of the benefits of using transmitted light photography to access information concealed within multilayered textiles’ £3,150
  • 2005/6 AHRB Small Award, ‘Documentation of papers concealed within an eighteenth century coverlet using transmitted light photography’ £1,355

 

  • MPhil in Textile Conservation, Year 2

Administration

Awards

Project manager for the Conservation of Normansfield Theatre Scenery, shortlisted for the National Conservation Awards, 2005