Custom-fit box created in the workshop.

Knowing the basics of creating custom housing for artifacts can save your institution both time and money. Archival board can be cut and shaped to a specific size and then combined with other preservation-appropriate materials, including cotton fabric and Ethafoam, to craft supportive storage mounts.

You will learn how to:

• measure properly
• design protective housing
• score with a bone folder
• cut with snap-blade knives
• find inexpensive tool substitutes
• use proper adhesives

We invite participants to bring a challenging object (smaller than a bread box) from their own institution or personal collection to the workshop, where they can build a box for it to keep.

Date and Location

NCPC is excited to be partnering with the Earl Scruggs Center to offer this workshop and support the shared mission of preserving the collections and history of our state.

Friday, July 28, 2017
Earl Scruggs Center, Shelby, NC
103 S Lafayette St, Shelby, NC 28150
http://earlscruggscenter.org/
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. greeting and refreshments
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. workshop

For more information including how to register, please see our Workshops page.