Chromotope, The 19th century chromatic turn
Chromotope, The 19th century chromatic turn
A graduate in Chemistry (University of East Anglia, 1977) and English Mediaeval Studies (University of Exeter, 1983), David trained as an Archaeological conservator at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, (1987). He is an Accredited Conservator Restorer (ACR) of the Institute of Conservation (Icon) of which he was a Trustee (2013-16). Currently a tutor of ‘Collection Care and Conservation Management’ at West Dean College, Arts and Conservation, David has been a Trustee of the of the National Heritage Science Forum, a member of the British Standards Institute panel for conservation standards, and is frequently external examiner for Ph.D. candidates across a range of scientific, archaeological and textile faculties and Universities.
A graduate in Chemistry (University of East Anglia, 1977) and English Mediaeval Studies (University of Exeter, 1983), David trained as an Archaeological conservator at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, (1987). He is an Accredited Conservator Restorer (ACR) of the Institute of Conservation (Icon) of which he was a Trustee (2013-16). Currently a tutor of ‘Collection Care and Conservation Management’ at West Dean College, Arts and Conservation, David has been a Trustee of the of the National Heritage Science Forum, a member of the British Standards Institute panel for conservation standards, and is frequently external examiner for Ph.D. candidates across a range of scientific, archaeological and textile faculties and Universities.
David Howell’s research record ranges from the analysis of historic textiles and dyes as Head of Conservation Research at Historic Royal Palaces (1984-2004) to the non-destructive identification of pigments and the use of advanced imaging techniques to reveal hidden texts and under-drawing during his time at The Bodleian Libraries (2004-2020). He has experience of working with many types of organic material found in museums, historic houses and research libraries.
David Howell, who is replacing Kelly Domoney during her maternity leave, will be supervising Tea Ghigo’s analyses of Burges’s Great Bookcase.
David Howell, Ludo Snijders “Conservation Research in Libraries with contributions by Andrew Beeby, Kelly Domoney and Anita Quye”, de Gruyter, 2020
David Howell, “The potential of hyperspectral imaging for researching colour on artefacts” in Digital Imaging of Artefacts: Developments in Methods and Aims, ed Kate Kelley and Rachel Wood, Archeaopress, 2018
David Howell, “Jonathan Ashley-Smith: mentor, role model, inspiration”, Journal of the Institute of Conservation, (2018)
A.Beeby, L. Garner, D. Howell, C.E. Nicholson, “There’s more to reflectance spectroscopy than lux’, J. Inst. Conserv. (2018)
Maybury, I.J., Howell, D., Terras, M. et al. “Comparing the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging and Raman spectroscopy: a case study on Armenian manuscripts”, Heritage Science (2018)
Nick Millea, David Howell, “Revealing the Past: How Science Is Unlocking Cartographic Secrets” In: Altiæ M., Demhardt I., Vervust S. (eds) Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham (2018)
Richard Mulholland, David Howell, Andrew Beeby, Catherine Nicholson and Kelly Domoney, “Identifying eighteenth century pigments at the Bodleian library using in situ Raman spectroscopy, XRF and hyperspectral imaging”, Heritage Science (2017)
Di Bai, David W. Messinger, David Howell, “A pigment analysis tool for hyperspectral images of cultural heritage artifacts”, Proc. SPIE 10198, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XXIII, 101981A (2017)
Di Bai, David W. Messinger, David Howell, “Hyperspectral analysis of cultural heritage artifacts: pigment material diversity in the Gough Map of Britain,” Optical Engineering 56(8), 081805 (2017)
Ludo Snijders, Tim Zaman, and David Howell, “Using hyperspectral imaging to reveal a hidden precolonial Mesoamerican codex”, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Elsevier October (2016)
