Up and Coming News – Sudbury’s Second Festival of Silk !
Read moreOn the back of the incredibly successful first Sudbury Silk Festival held in September 2019, plans are afoot for a follow-up event; aimed to be even more successful and popular and to be spread over a two-day period! Be sure to hold the date of 4th and 5th September 2021…
News Archive
Conserving the Coronation Robes
Read moreWe felt very honoured to be asked to conserve some Coronation Robes belonging to Ickworth House (National Trust) near Bury…
Irish Celebrations – Castletown style
Read moreJune 2018 saw a celebration take place at Castletown House, Ireland’s earliest and finest Palladian house. It marked the successful…
Let’s go Modelling!
Read moreOn Monday, 19th March Maria attended an ICON Textile Group Course entitled “Fosshape™ Workshop”. An exciting opportunity to learn more…
Packaging and Storage of Textiles
Read moreFrom time to time we may be asked to simply help with the secure and safe packaging of an object/s. …
New Year’s Greetings!
Read moreNew Year Greetings from us all at May Berkouwer Textile Conservation Happy 2018!
A visit to Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
Read moreTheatre Royal ~ Bury St. Edmunds On a very wintry Saturday morning in December we visited the Theatre Royal in…
Three Family Samplers
Read moreOften we are approached by someone who is concerned a job may be too small for us. This would never…
A visit to Stephen Walters and Sons Ltd.
Read moreStephen Walters and Sons Ltd. ~ Woven in England since 1720 From Spitalfields to Sudbury, Stephen Walters and Sons Ltd.…
High Sheriff of Suffolk Visit
Read moreWe were delighted to welcome Geoffrey Probert, the High Sheriff of Suffolk, to our Studio on Wednesday, 4th October. Geoffrey…
A visit to the Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company
Read moreWhen a team of designers from the Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company visited our 10th Anniversary Open Day, and said how…
Chinese Robes Exhibited at Melford Hall
Read moreIn September we had the privilege to work with Melford Hall of Long Melford in Suffolk. The National Trust House…
Mind The Gap – The Moquette Collection
Read moreAt the end of July 2017, May Berkouwer was very privileged to visit the London Transport Museum in order to…
10th Anniversary Celebrations
Read more10 years ago, in March 2007, we opened our current studio. To mark the Anniversary, we held a series of Open Days…
New Methods for Cleaning Paper and Textiles
Read moreRichard Wolbers Course International Academic Projects British Library, 5th – 7th June 2017 By Anna Peck May, Maria and myself,…
Warner Archive Textiles – Bizarre Silk
Read moreThis month saw Maria preparing a Bizarre silk sample, belonging to the Warner Archive Textiles of Braintree, ready for display at Gainsborough’s…