In a little follow on from my visit to SMK, this was one of my favourite paintings on display.  I was going to have a little quiz and see if anybody knew what she was doing (she has an extra long crochet hook in her hand), but I have found the answer - Tunisian crochet, see how to here and I am sure all over the web.  What is it called in Swedish?  Can anybody teach me how to do it?  More images of textile crafts in art?  Check out this pinterest page.  More works of art from SMK here on Google Art Project, and also on the museum website 160 works available for free download.

SFT finns på wikipedia, med en länk till den här websida.  Jag har varit inne och lagt till en mening om den nya boken.  Men annars är det väldigt kort fattat. Jag efterlyser någon, eller några som vill skriva lite mer (på bra svenska och inte min svengelska .......  det är bara att klicka på redigerings knappen i wikipedia, eller skicka texten till mig.

Last Friday, June 7th, I was in Copenhagen at Statens Museum for Konst, to speak to Merete Sanderhof about how they are using their digitised collections, as research for my Masters dissertation.  She was kind enough to get me a ticket to their current exhibition Flowers and Worldviews which includes pages from the Gottofor Codex. (Interestingly they have removed the pages from two of the four books to frame and display them - but that maybe the topic of a different post about ethics).  The exhibition also features a small conservators studio (see photo). The same space included a table with headphones and a video of the conservator at work. Times when the conservator would be working were clearly posted, and visitors were invited to send questions by email or twitter.  Why my sudden interest in advocacy?  I am currently also part of the project team that is planning the NKF-S course 17-18 October: Media and Politics, the conservator as opinion builder. Click on the link to find out more information, register to come and join us. One of the workshop leaders is Amy Drago from the British Museum who will talk about her experience of conservation in front of the public.  There will also be workshops on rhetoric, social media tools, lobbying, answering journalists questions and much more.