Home | Working Groups | Leather and Related Materials | Leather and Related Materials Working Group Triennial Programme 2023-2026 Leather and Related Materials Working Group Triennial Programme 2023-2026 Specific themes for investigation Increasing engagement within the field of leather conservation, particularly with emerging members of the professional conservation community. Retention of specialist knowledge and handskills within the community. Innovation in treatment techniques, material applications and analytical approaches. Supporting environmental sustainability in practice across the field of leather conservation. Highlighting the broad and diverse base of materials and objects included within this category, and divergent processing and manufacturing techniques. Building strong links with related groups, encouraging collaborative and cross-disciplinary practice. Projects Set up Facebook page to increase engagement and build community Compile reference material relating to sustainable best practice and make available to Working Group members and wider field Survey educational approaches to the teaching of conservation of leather and related materials Work with related groups across ICOM, particularly related ICOM-CC Working Groups to identify collaborative opportunities to benefit both parties Evaluate and advise on language used within the specialism Encourage, select and review papers and posters for the ICOM-CC Triennial Conference Activities Set up and moderate group Facebook page Interim group meeting Triennial Conference Newsletter and mailing list communications Arrange practical workshops to accompany meetings Leather and Related Materials Share Tweet Send page to a friend Attention An error has occurred; please try again later. The page has been sent Use the form bellow to send page to another friend. Use the form below to share this page to a friend