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Reviews & Features
Furniture Conservation Career beckons for MA graduate
Shelley Stannard, 27, whose husband, Tony Seston, is a Flight Lieutenant at RAF Halton, has completed a Master’s degree in Furniture Conservation, Restoration and Decorative Arts at the University in High Wycombe.
Shelley, originally from Ipswich, displayed an Isokon Long Chair and a set of Isokon Nesting Tables, both designed by architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer in the 1930s and considered one of the most important pieces of furniture to emerge from the inter-war modern movement.
Shelley said: “I have had a fantastic time on the course and this year's show reflects the diversity of objects we have worked on. I have chosen to specialise in 20th Century furniture, which can be seen in the collection of plywood pieces I have exhibited. I've loved the course and now I intend to combine self-employment with further PhD research into the conservation of 20th Century furniture. It's an exciting time."
Before studying at Bucks New University, Shelley worked as an Object Mountmaker at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, and as an Exhibitions Officer for Colchester & Ipswich Museums.
