Conservation Planning & Assessment

~ Advice given at planning, fieldwork, and post-excavation stages

~ Reports on conservation needs for individual artifacts and site assemblages

~ Contribution to preservation in situ & reburial methodologies

~ Materials identification & technological reports

Conservation Treatments

~ Treatment of all types of artefact for archive deposition & display

~ Specialising in on-site lifting & the treatment of coins and other non-ferrous metals

Surveys, Research & Grants

~ Targeted & general surveys of archaeological material

~ Research into the technology & stability of non-ferrous metals

~ Input into the identification of funding sources & grants proposals

Training

~ Training sessions offered on the general care of artefacts for archaeological and museum workers (including on-site lifting/pot washing & sticking/ packaging/X-radiography)

Liaison and Advocacy

~ Liaison between related professionals (planners/archaeologists/scientists/museums)

~ Demonstrations, displays and publications for clients & the general public

Replicas

~ Production of replicas for gifts, presentations or displays in resin or metal (Artefacts and/or site strata)

Mask Fit Training

~ We are accredited to mask face fit test you or people in your organisation.

We are happy to offer Mask face fit test for individuals, local museums, small heritage organisations at an affordable price. Contact us for more info.

Discounts for Icon members available.

Collection Handling

~ We have experienced museum technicians in our team and can provide specialists services to your institution:

- specialist packaging

- collection moves

- exhibitions set up/hang up/installation

- artwork handling

Services

We offer a huge range of conservation services, tailored to meet your exact needs. With over 40 years experience, Dana Goodburn-Brown, ACR, MSc, BSc, BA, BFA is an international award winning conservator. Dana and her carefully assembled team would be delighted to help you with your next project.

Email danagbconservation@gmail.com with any questions you may have

Team Members

Emma Payne, PhD CONSERVATOR

Emma first worked with Dana in 2009 when she volunteered for the CSI Sittingbourne project,

working with finds from a local Anglo-Saxon grave site and focusing particularly on the conservation

of iron objects. Emma had recently graduated from Oxford University where she studied Classics,

taking courses in art, archaeology, history, literature, and philosophy.

Following her voluntary work, she trained in conservation between 2010 and 2013. She completed

the professional training programme offered by the Institute of Archaeology at University College

London, which consists of a one-year MA in Principles of Conservation followed by a two-year MSc in

Conservation for Archaeology and Museums. Through this programme, she conserved all types of

archaeological materials from metals and ceramics to wooden and leather objects. She also

completed full-time internships at the Victoria and Albert Museum in sculpture conservation, and at

the British Museum in stone, mosaics and wall-paintings conservation. In 2012, she became a

scholar of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust to support her studies and in recognition of her

work.

Emma was subsequently awarded a PhD also from University College London (2017), for which she

investigated conservation and analyses of historical plaster casts and stone sculpture. For part of this

project, she was granted the Bernd Breuckmann Award for 3D scanning projects in cultural heritage.

This provided her with training in 3D scanning and use of a 3D scanner, which she employed at both

the British Museum and the Acropolis Museum, investigating the famous Parthenon sculptures and

their casts. Her work in this area has been published in a number of journals and also in a book

published by Bloomsbury, Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the

Digital Age.

From 2018, Emma has worked as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King’s College London,

researching ancient stone working practices and working alongside contemporary artists and

sculptors as part of these investigations. She has also further developed her 3D imaging skills,

completing training in photogrammetry at the Survey School in 2019. Emma has experience of

conducting a range of scientific analyses including scanning electron microscopy and x-ray

fluorescence.

Emma has been involved with archaeological conservation in the field at sites including Abydos in

Egypt and Vulci in Italy. There she helped to lift fragile objects and conserve a wide range of finds

including ceramics, metals, and cartonnage. Her conservation and analysis of wall-painting

fragments from Nero’s Golden House in Rome has recently been included in the British Museum’s

exhibition Nero: The Man behind the Myth (2021).

Emma also has experience working on projects for schools, leading workshops, and organising

conferences. At King’s College London, she has led on a schools project bringing 3D printed replicas

of contested objects to primary school children as part of a ‘decolonisation’ intervention. She has

also organised a seminar series on ancient woodworking hosted by the Institute of Classical Studies,

and a major conference hosted by the British Academy – Ancient Plaster: Casting Light on a

Forgotten Sculptural Material (2021); Emma is currently working to publish the proceedings of this

event. Emma is a member of ICON, the Institute of Conservation.

MARIE LE SAUX, DGB CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN

Marie has worked with Dana since 2007. She trained in conservation in 2006, as one of the first of an ICON work-based training programme cohort. Her Icon internship was based in historical metals conservation (EURA conservation, Ironbridge) and in conservation of Archaeology and Anthropology collections (Marischall Museum, Aberdeen)

Working alongside Dana, Marie has been involved in a great variety of projects: block lifting on site, conservation of architectural lime plaster and coral stone remains in-situ (Sir Bani Yas Island); collections surveys; hands on conservation on all types of archaeological materials (metals, mummies, skeletons, ceramics...); training and supervising volunteers; and running educational workshops for the general public and school groups.

She has also worked on diverse other projects from Royal Armouries in Hampton court Palace to Anthony Gormley's sculptures or finds assistant on archaeological digs in the Middle East. ...

Marie also has great experience engaging with the public from leading participatory workshops on ancient technologies for families and school children on the French Neolithic site of Les Menhirs de Monteneuf.

Since 2019 she also works as an Exhibitions and Collection Care Technician for the Victoria and Albert Museum.