by Plowden & Smith | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
For almost 350 years, he stood guard outside one of Norwich’s most prestigious buildings.. Installed outside the house of Christopher Jay, Mayor of Norwich in 1657, the carved wooden atlantid (a male figure that functions as a supporting column statue) Samson could...
by Plowden & Smith | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Softer: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace is the visually exciting and thought-provoking collaboration between American artist Jenny Holzer and the Blenheim Art Foundation. Set within the sumptuous interiors of Blenheim Palace, the eighteenth Century seat of the Dukes...
by Plowden & Smith | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Postgraduate researcher Caroline Ikin reviews London’s The Garden Museum in this month’s ‘Museums Journal’. To find out more about our conservation, mount making and installation work on this exhibition do take a look at our Garden Museum case...
by Plowden & Smith | Jul 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe has now reopened, following a spectacular refurbishment programme that has utterly transformed the museum.During the redevelopment of the museum, Kevin Smith – Plowden & Smith’s Managing Director and Head of Exhibitions...
by Plowden & Smith | Jul 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
In Spring / Summer 2017, Plowden & Smith’s exhibitions department spent several weeks transforming the museum at Hailes Abbey into a stylish, state-of-the-art learning and interpretation facility. Our bespoke object display mounts and carefully positioned...
by Plowden & Smith | Jul 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Metal conservator Hal Jacob shows us a simple yet very effective way to patinate the surface of smaller pieces of brass to produce an ‘aged’ effect. Stage One Begin by planing a piece of walnut to make wood shavings. The wood shavings are placed in a lidded...
