The Solebay tapestry revealed
The Royal Museums Greenwich ‘Battle of Solebay’ tapestry is now finally back in the Queen’s House where Willem Van de Velde the elder and his son designed this very set…
Conservation work placement: a patchwork of skills
Brighton University MA Curating Collections and Heritage student Harriet Brown reflects on her work placement in our studio For the placement module of the MA Curating Collections and Heritage, I worked…
Discovering a Dutch sampler
By Tabby Gibbs, Studio Intern, Summer 2022 My name is Tabby, and I was lucky enough to spend my summer as an intern with the team at the Zenzie Tinker…
Conserving the Solebay tapestry
Finally we are released from the press embargo and can formally introduce one of our major tapestry conservation projects for this year – the conservation of the Royal Museums Greenwich…
A summer internship (with Camille Lafrance)
I want to extend a huge thank you to Zenzie Tinker for the amazing opportunity to work with her team for the beginning of June to the end of July…
A month in the life of Zenzie Tinker Conservation (with intern Catherine Harris)
Unable to complete an in-person placement as planned in the summer of 2020 as part of the Textile Conservation programme at the University of Glasgow, I was fortunate to instead…
Worth it in the End
Conservation of a Pale Green House of Worth Ballgown (Part 2) Having focused mainly on the skirt conservation in my previous Conservation Story about this gown, I would like to…
2020 Roundup
My first Instagram post of the year, 2nd January 2020 showed a photo of a clean, tidy, empty studio and said, “Happy New Year and new decade to all our followers. It feels like the lull before the storm – we look forward to sharing some of it with you this year”. Of course at …
Collections Care
Good Collections Care is the most pragmatic way of looking after your collections be they a much loved family heirloom, a prized personal collection, the entire contents of a museum store or the interior furnishings of an historic house.
Pandemic Gallery
Zenzie Tinker Conservation is more than just a conservation studio. Our professional work brings us together but our love of crafting is one of the strong bonds we have as a team.
Hidden Treasures
Between 2015 and 2018, we had the very great pleasure of undertaking the de-installation, conservation and re-installation of 12 costumed funeral effigies for display in Westminster Abbey’s new galleries …
Inspired by Knole
One of our most wonderful involvements has been with the ‘Inspired by Knole’ project for the National Trust. Over a six year period we conserved the wall coverings in one of the smallest rooms in the house and the wall coverings …