Each year, Conservation students at West Dean College have the opportunity to spend two weeks working on live 'Preventative Conservation' projects. Read about one of the projects from 2017.

One of my recent projects is a 19th century French clock signed A.Brocot and Delletrez. I found a description of the mechanism in Chavigny's work on the Brocot family, which revealed that a patent was issued for this mechanism in around 1850 by Antoine Brocot.

A Postcard to West Dean is a hand-woven tapestry made at the West Dean Tapestry Studio in 1986. Now a main feature of the College's Dining Hall, the piece was commissioned to commemorate Edward James's death and acknowledge his support and ambition for West Dean College.

The Solar Time Clock is attracting international media and sector attention and is a unique, super complex mechanical clock which can be set for longitude and latitude. No other mechanical clock has ever been made with such a complication. George talks about his path to becoming an independent clockmaker.