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Do-It-Yourself Weights

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 by robin

I’ve attended too-many-to-count online courses and online events over the past year and I often found myself becoming easily distracted. One of the things I did to prevent this from happening was working on small, repetitive tasks with my hands while I was listening. One of the very practical projects I took on was making…

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nanocellulose and a general update

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 by robin

Well I haven’t posted since just after Christmas, but I’m not going to beat myself up over that. I’ve been studying hard and life is full of priorities. I have been starting to do some research into nanocellulose though and have a great website update today as I have now added the nanocellulose calculator! Richard…

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fall 2020 semester reflection

Posted on December 16, 2020December 27, 2020 by robin

Well, my first semester at Queen’s University in the Master of Art Conservation program is finally wrapping up. I will be handing in my last assignment very soon. Then I get to breathe a great sigh of relief and give a toast to myself for a semester well completed. I feel like I started off…

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making wheat starch paste in the lab

Posted on November 8, 2020December 27, 2020 by robin

Over the last couple of weeks, I needed to use paste in the lab as I have begun some tear repairs on the WWII poster. I wanted to share my class notes on this because I think some of my friends back home will enjoy this very methodical method of making conservation grade wheat paste….

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thanksgiving weekend

Posted on October 13, 2020December 27, 2020 by robin

I had another busy week at school, but I think I am finally starting to get a good handle on everything that is expected of me. I felt more prepared for classes and I have a good grasp now of how I need to approach all of the readings and homework. We learned some cool…

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the past two weeks

Posted on October 4, 2020December 27, 2020 by robin

I’d planned on keeping a pretty regular post once a week, however, that idea hasn’t quite panned out since it’s been two weeks now since my last post. All I can say is that the last two weeks of September have been a bit of a blur for me. There always seems to be so…

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a bit about summer and moving to Kingston

Posted on September 20, 2020December 27, 2020 by robin

We spent much of the summer getting ready for our move to Kingston, but were able to still get away for a short weekend trip to Canmore thanks to our friends Geoff and Gill. On our last evening there we did the Grassi Lakes hike and we had the trail nearly all to ourselves thanks…

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