Training and Professional Experience
1996 Seminar Principles of Textile Conservation ICCROM Institute, Rome, Italy - week intensive, as part of course “Scientific Principles of Conservation” - with Judith Hoefnik de Graaff, Belguim
- indepth overview of all areas of history, identification, and treatment
- lab work in dye chromatography and electron microscopy
1992 Seminar Conservation of Archeological Textiles Mills College, Oakland, CA - two week intensive - with Leslie Smith, conservator ~ historical lectures ~ hands-on care/mounting of Mills College collection
1987 Employment Oriental rug and textile restoration with Joann Kempf, San Francisco ~ full year training in oriental rug and pictorial tapestry repair
1983 Apprenticeship Gobelin tapestry technique with Ruth Scheuer, Scheuer Tapestry Studio, NYC ~ head dyer/weaver on large-scale commissions
1983-85 ~ design and implementation of dyeroom facilities
1981 Employment Ciba-Giegy Corp., Dyestuffs/Chemicals Division Greensboro, NC
1980-1981 ~ lab training in all dye classifications ~ color measurement with color spectrometer
1980 Degree Bachelor of Science, Textile Technology North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC ~ two semesters Textile Chemistry ~ two years Chemistry ~ full degree program with industry-based summer internships Joyce Hulbert - Training and Professional Experience
1988 to present Joyce Hulbert Tapestry and Textile Restoration Sole-proprietor. Services of restoration, conservation, storage and display of ancient, antique, and contemporary textiles ~ extensive experience of dyeing/shade matching of protein fibers
- precise hand skills towards support, reconstruction, and mounting
of
all size 2-D and 3-D textiles - photographic and written documentation of all projects
- strong ability to estimate project needs in time and materials
- ability to maintain long-term projects with records of treatments,
insurance, shipping, and client interaction - advisory role to clients on storage and display concerns for collections
1983 to present Exhibiting artist in pictorial tapestry, assemblage/collage, and drawing ~ curation and hanging of exhibitions ~ contributor to exhibition catalogs
Memberships:
- American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Work (AIC)
- Bay Area Art Conservation Guild (BAACG)
- San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society
- Textile Arts Council, MH de Young Museum Board member1991-1997; advisory postion 1997-98 1992: Program Chair, The Metaphor of Tapestry: The Legacy Continues 1999: Program organizer, Pictorial Imagery in Textiles - 3 Perspectives
- The Textile Museum
- Textile Society of America
Born 1957, Cincinnati, Ohio
Resident of San Francisco Bay Area since 1985.