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Sam SportunHead of sculpture conservationCollections responsible forConservation of sculpture both within National Museums Liverpool's colections and for external clients. Specialist interestsSam has substantial experience of a broad range of materials. She has a degree in Fine Art and an MA in the Conservation of Historic and Archaeological Artefacts from Durham University. On our siteEmail the sculpture conservation department AddressSculpture Conservation Telephone 0151 478 4903 International telephone +44 151 478 4903 PublicationsSportun, S., Cooper, M, Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al (2000). An investigation into the effect of wavelength in the laser cleaning of parchment. Journal of Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of LACONA III (Florence, April 1999), Elsevier, 225-232. Cooper, M.I., Sportun, S., Stewart, A., Vest, M. et al. (2000). Laser cleaning of an eighteenth century parchment document. The Conservator, 24, 71-79. Larson, J., Cooper, M.I. and Sportun, S. (2000). Developments in the application of laser technology for conservation. Tradition and Innovation: Advances in Conservation, Preprints of the contributions to the Melbourne congress, 10-14 October 2000. Ed. A. Roy and P. Smith, London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 107-110. Sportun, S., Taylor, D. (2001). Leeds: patronising the arts and encouraging the sciences. Monuments and the Millennium, Proceedings of the conference organised by English Heritage and UKIC (20-22 May 1998, Victoria and Albert Museum), 109- Sportun, S. (2002) A brief summary of laser experimentation undertaken on parchment at the Conservation Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (National Museums Liverpool), Liverpool. The Conservation of Fur, Feather and Skin, Postprints of UKIC Ethnology group conference, London, 11 December 2000, Archetype Publications, 25-32. Sportun, S. The investigation of two Male Sculptures from the Ince Blundell collection. History of Restoration of Ancient Stone Sculptures (Syposium held at Getty Museum, Los Angeles, October 2001), Getty Symposium publications, in press. The Application of Laser Cleaning in the Conservation of Twelve Limestone Relief Panels on St George’s Hall, Proceedings of LACONA 6, paper presented at conference in Vienna, September 2005, submitted for publication. In this section |