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Care Of Studios

Contemporary and modern art conservation incorporating treatment, collections care and exhibition services.

c/o Studios aims to provide artist, people and value centred conservation that is sustainable, inclusive and collaborative.

12/05/2026

Sometimes your conservation studio is up a scaffold 15 metres off the ground! 🚀

The past few months I have been donning the hard hat and swapping gallery spaces for a building site while working on the conservation of opus sectile mosaic tiles at St James Church, Brighton, alongside the brilliant team at Kyi Conservation.

One of the best parts of projects like this is the collaboration. Grateful to have worked alongside so many talented conservators, all bringing different skills and knowledge to such a complex and rewarding conservation effort ✨

Working so closely with the fabric of the building has been so fascinating, especially on such a rare example of this mosaic technique in Melbourne — even if the condition was, at times, incredibly challenging. Parts will be left with the traces of the fire damage to recognise the event and the traumatic history.

This project began back in 2023, and after recently wrapping up the on-site works, the next stage continues in the studio with conservation treatment and restoration of the roundel icon pieces that we have salvaged.

25/02/2026

Exhibition installation days like these are why we love what we do. ✨🥰

We were thrilled to help with the installation of ‘A velvet ant, a flower and a bird’ at the Potter Museum of Art , guest curated by Prof Dr Chus Martinez .

Seamlessly integrating historic artworks with works by many Australian contemporary artists, the exhibition draws from the University collections and private lenders to create an eclectic constellation of ideas and materials. From paintings and works on paper to epoxy sculptures, embroidery, ceramics, Roman coins, glass, video and performance — the range is expansive. Across vastly different timeframes and mediums, each work reimagines how intelligence is continually evolving and communicated.

It was also such a pleasure to experience the multi-sensory performance by Ingela Ihrman on opening night. Wearing a sculptural costume made from found materials — foam, golf tees, packing tape, tarps — she performed the blooming of the giant water lily, complete with the transmission of its distinctive pineapple scent. Unexpected, immersive, and delightful.

Working on this exhibition was a genuinely joyful experience. Every artwork invited close looking and curiosity — a reminder of just how inventive artists can be with material and meaning.

🖼️ A velvet ant, a flower and a bird is now on at the Potter Museum of Art until 6 June — go check it out!

18/12/2025

Material reality - delightfully turned completely upside down 🙃

We recently helped with the installation of 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘱 at Buxton Contemporary, working alongside the sculptures of Hany Armanious — and it was a joy (and a challenge) to look closely.

Armanious remakes everyday objects with meticulous detail, often casting them in resin or metal. Timber, stone, paper, concrete, styrofoam, tree leaves — nothing is quite what it seems. A sheet of “cardboard” that looks light turns out to be bronze and incredibly heavy; things that appear fragile are solid and robust, and vice versa.

It was also fascinating to see the making of site-specific wall “paintings,” created using a wall-printing device that were used to print images of mould directly onto the gallery walls. Objects that appear aged, worn, or usually unsightly are recontextualised here as something to slow down with, value, and reconsider.

As conservators, our understanding of materiality and what is valued is usually very intimate and innate— and this exhibition happily broke that instinct at every turn. A total delight to encounter these works up close.

🖼️ 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘱 is now showing at Buxton Contemporary until 11 April 2026 — highly recommend visiting and letting your own perception be challenged.

10/09/2025

Back in the studio and pleased to be continuing our recent work with Indigenous art — this time with a painting by the significant Central Desert artist, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri.

This treatment involved repairing a large puncture tear in the canvas, a delicate process made more complex by the water sensitive pigments and its characteristic matte surface finish. It’s a joy to care for artworks like this, and always a refreshing pleasure to return to the quiet focus of the studio after some busy project and site work 😎

04/07/2025

✨We are truly honoured to be part of a monumental exhibition✨

At Care Of Studios, we recently assisted with the installation and conservation treatment of some artworks for ‘65,000 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵’, the powerful exhibition currently on show at the newly renovated Potter Museum of Art.

Featuring more than 400 works, the exhibition includes rarely-seen artworks from University Melbourne collections, private collections and beyond. We treated a diverse range of artworks — from painted timber sculpture, woven baskets and contemporary artworks using novel materials — reflecting the ambition to represent the diversity and breadth of Indigenous art practice from a wide range of regions, eras and stories.

We were privileged to support curators Professor Marcia Langton AO, Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM and Associate Curator Shanysa McConville, in deep consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and custodians. To work alongside and have access to such expertise and care from artists and communities has been a huge highlight!

🖼️ 65,000 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘈 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵 is now open! Potter Museum of Art, on display until 23 November 2025.
Don’t miss this extraordinary exhibition!

27/04/2025

Amazing what you can achieve with friends and teamwork💪✨
Care Of Studios recently teamed up with our brilliant conservation colleagues and to help mount these beautiful Indigenous woven baskets for an upcoming exhibition at the Potter.
Honestly…with every basket we unpacked, we would declare that that one was the best one — we just wanted to keep them all! Each piece is packed with so much skill — it was a privilege and pleasure to work with them up close (and the smell while we were working 🤌😍!)
Grateful for collaborations like this and a chance to help with such an amazing exhibition!

20/02/2025

After months of meticulous work, the thread-by-thread repair of holes and tears on this painting for Shepparton Art Museum is finally complete! 🧵🪢 These microscopic images show just how detailed the process was—carefully reweaving each individual thread before finishing with custom-formulated fills and inpainting to visually reintegrate the repair. It’s been a long journey, but seeing the work whole again and ready to return to display makes all the work worth it! ✨☺️

29/01/2025

Back in the studio after a much-needed summer break! Starting 2025 fresh with the surface cleaning of this delightful Elmer Needham painting depicting some people enjoying the outdoors. Makes us miss those relaxing summer days! ☺️☀️ It’s so satisfying giving this piece a clean start to 2025! Happy new year and Happy Chinese New Year! 🐍🧧

09/12/2024

Thrilled to have worked with Buxton Contemporary, helping them with the installation of their latest exhibition ‘Tony Clark: Unsculpted’! It was such a pleasure seeing the evolution of Tony Clark’s unique colour palette and motifs throughout his career. In one fascinating period of his practice, he limited himself to only four colours—pink, light blue, raw sienna and black. It just shows what you can achieve even within constraints and definitely made me appreciate this unlikely colour combo! 🩷🩵🧡🖤

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