Mrs Arianna Bernucci

Biography

Higher Education

2008 - University College London MSc (Distinction) Conservation for Archaeology and Museums
2006 - University College of London MA Principles of Conservation
2003 - College of Charleston BS (magna cum laude) Anthropology

Current Activities

• Remedial conservation treatments
• Materials testing
• Volunteer supervisor

Experience

Professional experience

• Organics Conservator - The British Museum (2009)
• Objects Conservator - Imperial War Museum (2009)
• Museum Assistant - The British Museum (2008-2009)
• Field Technician - Brockington & Associates, Inc. (USA) (2003-2005)
• Field Technician - Stono Settlement (USA) (2003)

Educational experience

• Organics Conservation Internship - The British Museum (2007-2008)
• Volunteer - University College London Special Collections (2007)
• Visiting Scholar - Arizona State Museum (2007)
• Volunteer - Chedworth Roman Villa (UK) (2007)
• Laboratory Internship - The Charleston Museum (USA) (2002-2003)

Professional

Professional Development

• Scraping Gut & Plucking Feathers Seminar (Oct 2009)
• Glass conservation workshop run by Stephen Koob (Sept 2009)
• Going Green Conference (Apr 2009)
• Holding It All Together (Feb 2008)
  Presented poster - Prehistoric and Ethnographic repair Techniques and Materials on Southwestern Native American Pottery
• CCI Symposium – Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches (Sept 2007
  Presented poster - Cultural Pluralism: An Exploration of Utilizing Indigenous Techniques within Conservation
• AIC Annual Meeting – Fakes, Forgeries, and Fabrications (April 2007)
  Presented poster - The Study and Possible Use of Cultural Repair Techniques within Conservation

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Conservation (ICON) - Chair of ICON Ethnography Group Committee
• American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
• American Institute of Archaeology (AIA)

Publications

White, C., Odegaard, N. & Shackle, A. 2009. British Museum Postprints: Holding It All Together Conference 2008. Prehistoric and ethnographic repair techniques and materials on southwestern Native American pottery. Archetype, London: 18-24.

Shackle, A., Sully, D., Peters, R. & White, C. 2009. British Museum Postprints: Holding It All Together Conference 2008. The use of ethnographic and scientific knowledge to explore Creosote lac repairs on pottery vessels at the Arizona State Museum. Archetype, London: 25-30.

Shackle, A. & Peters, R. 2007. ‘Cultural Pluralism: An Exploration of Utilizing Indigenous Techniques within Conservation’. In, C. Dignard, K. Helwig, J. Mason, K. Nanowin & T. Stone (eds.), Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches – Proceedings of Symposium 2007. Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa: 397-398.

Shackle, A.; Peters, R. & Odegaard, N. 2007. Journal of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. The Study and Possible Use of Cultural Repair Techniques within Conservation - Poster Session Abstract 2007

Shackle, A. 2007. International Council for Museums Committee for Conservation. Ethnographic Conservation Newsletter. Implementing a Cultural Pluralistic Paradigm within Conservation (Feb 2007) No. 28, 10-12.