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Curatorial process

Here you can find guidance on issues around acquisition, documentation practice, dating garments, fibre identification, how to take fibre samples from garments, and how to care for synthetic garments.

  • Acquisition
  • Good documentation practice
  • Dating garments
  • Fibre identification
  • Synthetic textile sampling guidelines
  • Caring for synthetic garments

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Open residency call A curator's guide to plastics Identifying plastics toolkit Confronting plastics preservation A curator's guide to synthetic garments
About the guide How to use the guide Fibres in focus Featured fibres and materials Curatorial process
Acquistion Good documentation practice Dating garments Fibre identification Synthetic textile sampling guidelines Caring for synthetic garments
Documented garment exemplars Potential narratives and research areas Glossaries Bibliography and other resources Methodology and contributors
Synthetica w-Rap Plastic Vanitas Residencies Symbiosis Photographic challenge 10 Most Wanted Plastics SSN MoDiPDiP Effective collections

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