Ms Joanne Hackett

  • Lecturer (History of Art)

telephone: 0141 330 7608
email: Joanne.Hackett@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797

Biography

I am an accredited textile conservator with over 25 years experience in the museum sector in the UK and USA, working in organizations such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Boston Museum of Fine Art. I have extensive experience in the delivery of fashion exhibitions having been lead conservator on the exhibitions 'Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion', 'Shoes: Pleasure and Pain' and 'Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980's' amongst others. I am a fellow of the International Institute of Conservation, a fellow of the American Institute for Conservation and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Bayeux Tapestry. I am also an associate editor for 'Studies in Conservation', the journal of the International Institute of Conservation.  I am presently the chair of the ICON textile conservation group.

I am part of the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research, University of Glasgow, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AW. 

Research interests

My research interests stem from my practice as a textile conservator working on costume and mixed material organic objects.  I am particularly interested in the cleaning and stabilization of vulnerable organic and plastic materials.  Areas of special interest include - 

  • The conservation of costume and dress
  • The use of hydrogels in textile conservation
  • Cleaning using micro-emulsions
  • Adhesives for textile conservation

Publications

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2024

Flecker, Lara, Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 and Haldane, Elizabeth-Anne (2024) Modern textile conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum II: Dynamic display and agile conservation. In: Lennard, Frances, Ewer, Patricia and Mina, Laura (eds.) Textile Conservation Advances in Practice [2nd Ed.]. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 40-49. ISBN 9781003358787 (doi: 10.4324/9781003358787)

2023

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2023) Textiles. In: Bainbridge, Abigail (ed.) Conservation of Books. Series: Routledge series in conservation and museology. Routledge: Oxford, pp. 262-269. ISBN 9780367754907

2019

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 and Hillyer, Linda (2019) Adhesives in Textile Conservation: a Survey of 60 Years of Adhesive Use at the V&A. In: 12th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 23-27 Sep 2019, ISBN 9780974643885

2018

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2018) Cyclododecane: practical applications in textile conservation. In: Rozeik, Christina (ed.) Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation. Series: University of Cambridge Museums occasional papers (1). University of Cambridge Museums: Cambridge, pp. 73-81. (doi: 10.17863/CAM.34056)

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2018) Application of Ultrasonic Cleaning for Historic Textiles: Initial Trials and Treatments. [Website]

2015

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2015) Plastics galore. In: Persson, Helen (ed.) Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. V & A Publishing: London, pp. 110-111. ISBN 9781851778324

2014

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2014) Cleaning PVC with microemulsions. V&A Conservation Journal, 2014(62),

2013

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2013) A brief history of patent leather. Plastiquarian,

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2013) Man-Made Uppers, Man-Made Soles: the Technology of Modern Shoes. In: 9th North American Textile Conservation Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 12-15 Nov 2013, ISBN 9780974643854

2011

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2011) X-radiography as a tool to examine the making and remaking of historic quilts. V&A Online Journal, 2011(3),

2010

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2010) Beneath the layers: conserving the 'Pomegranate coverlet'. In: Prichard, Sue (ed.) Quilts, 1700-2010: Hidden Histories, Untold Stories. V & A Publishing: London, pp. 120-123. ISBN 9781851775958

2009

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2009) She Walks in Beauty: the Conservation, Reconstruction, Mounting and Packing of an English Court Mantua. In: 7th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Québec City, Canada, 30 Sep - 03 Oct 2009, ISBN 9780974643830

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Articles

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2014) Cleaning PVC with microemulsions. V&A Conservation Journal, 2014(62),

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2013) A brief history of patent leather. Plastiquarian,

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2011) X-radiography as a tool to examine the making and remaking of historic quilts. V&A Online Journal, 2011(3),

Book Sections

Flecker, Lara, Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 and Haldane, Elizabeth-Anne (2024) Modern textile conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum II: Dynamic display and agile conservation. In: Lennard, Frances, Ewer, Patricia and Mina, Laura (eds.) Textile Conservation Advances in Practice [2nd Ed.]. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 40-49. ISBN 9781003358787 (doi: 10.4324/9781003358787)

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2023) Textiles. In: Bainbridge, Abigail (ed.) Conservation of Books. Series: Routledge series in conservation and museology. Routledge: Oxford, pp. 262-269. ISBN 9780367754907

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2018) Cyclododecane: practical applications in textile conservation. In: Rozeik, Christina (ed.) Subliming Surfaces: Volatile Binding Media in Heritage Conservation. Series: University of Cambridge Museums occasional papers (1). University of Cambridge Museums: Cambridge, pp. 73-81. (doi: 10.17863/CAM.34056)

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2015) Plastics galore. In: Persson, Helen (ed.) Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. V & A Publishing: London, pp. 110-111. ISBN 9781851778324

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2010) Beneath the layers: conserving the 'Pomegranate coverlet'. In: Prichard, Sue (ed.) Quilts, 1700-2010: Hidden Histories, Untold Stories. V & A Publishing: London, pp. 120-123. ISBN 9781851775958

Conference Proceedings

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 and Hillyer, Linda (2019) Adhesives in Textile Conservation: a Survey of 60 Years of Adhesive Use at the V&A. In: 12th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 23-27 Sep 2019, ISBN 9780974643885

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2013) Man-Made Uppers, Man-Made Soles: the Technology of Modern Shoes. In: 9th North American Textile Conservation Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 12-15 Nov 2013, ISBN 9780974643854

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2009) She Walks in Beauty: the Conservation, Reconstruction, Mounting and Packing of an English Court Mantua. In: 7th North American Textile Conservation Conference, Québec City, Canada, 30 Sep - 03 Oct 2009, ISBN 9780974643830

Website

Hackett, Joanne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5001-7797 (2018) Application of Ultrasonic Cleaning for Historic Textiles: Initial Trials and Treatments. [Website]

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Teaching

  • MPhil Textile Conservation
    • Understanding Textiles
    • Principals and Practice: Advanced Skills
    • Placement

 

  • Also Contribute to teaching
    • Principals and Practice: Developing Skills
    • Principals and Practice: Conservation Treatment
    • Dress and Textile Histories
    • Ethics in Textile Conservation Practice
    • Ethics for Artefacts: Modern Materials

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