Project Client: National Trust, NT Conservator John Wynn Griffiths. Graciela Ainsworth and her team were chosen to conserve the six 1,900mm in height in-situ stucco plaster Muses, modelled directly over wrought iron armatures and tied into the masonry behind with iron fixings, the Muses were modelled with a jute textile covering as the base for the fine topcoat which also gave form to the delicate drapery flows.The Muses were sculpted high up in-situ and their fixings were also corroding, further adding to the challenges, which already included their poor condition due to the historic fire damage and historic lack of a roof leaving the hall open to the elements for many years, and now the presence of both nesting birds and bats, which, in turn, needed to be respected. As required by the professional judgement and ethics standards of the PACR, the accredited conservator Graciela Ainsworth faced: the more obvious careful cleaning, grouting, pinning, and filling of the stucco, but also: 1.the major challenge of arresting the extensive damaging corrosion of the Muse's wrought iron armatures; 2.The consolidation of the jute drapery, after the 2012 National Trust (NT) report determined that no consolidant could be recommended.

Works on paper collections: Interventive and preventive conservation treatment and preparation for display

Vase decorated with four flying paradalots, surrounded by vegetation and strawberries, cherub heads surmount the four handles, the cover has a cleric wearing a cardinals hat as a handle. Height 390mm

Conservation Treatment and Storage Project for Archive Collections

This project covers the repair and rebinding treatment of MS. 270 BREVIARUM SECUNDUM USUM SARUM, an important English bound manuscript originating from the 14th cent, probably from East Anglia.

Conservation of a rare surviving copy of the heavily illustrated 2nd edition of this important work, involving extensive repair of the textblock and finally rebinding into a usable and safe condition.

This project describes the work carried out to the Shrewsbury School BENEFACTORS BOOK, in use from 1596 until 1766, a unique record of the school's early history.

Conservation of a Verdure Tapestry; 17th or 18th Century.

Light management within the Castle, working as a consultant defining the issues and creating solutions.

Project managing the conservation, cleaning and protection of Scheduled Monuments at Kildalton Chapel, Isle of Islay: 2016-2019.