My display of #textiles and #dyes for the Director's Dinner at the British Museum. From natural to synthetic dyes and featuring more than 1000 years old fragments from #Dunhuang

New article revealing that Karen dyers used yellow threads imported from Europe dyed with unusual inorganic synthetic colourants and over-dyed them with local natural dyes to change the colour shade Dr Joanne Dyer A P Simpson British Museum sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The "Dyes in History and Archaeology 41" Special Issue is not published with 16 interesting articles, among which this study on #Korean textile mountings! Well done to the scientific and organising committee for pulling this off so quickly and smoothly!

Textiles from Southeast Asia encompass stunning examples of craftsmanship. Have a look at these Karen garments that showcase different materials and techniques adopted for their production. Spoiler alert: beautiful images! A P Simpson Dr Joanne Dyer …ritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Definitely one to go to! Fantastic textiles, paper and mended ceramics!

The John Rylands Research Institute's new leadership team begins today, with Professor Guyda Armstrong our new Director, and Professor Stefan Hanß the Deputy Director and Scientific Lead. We have many new initiatives on the way, so watch this space!

Precious #textiles used as manuscript wrappers from Southeast Asia. A lovely afternoon at the British Library

Silk Road textiles have accompanied me for years. It was a pleasure to talk at the IASSRT symposium in Norwich and meet many wonderful colleagues!

Join me during this talk if you want to know more about liquid chromatography and my work on dye analysis at the British Musuem! icon.org.uk/events/heritag…

New article out on the importance of historic sources of reference materials for early synthetic dye identification. A collaboration between the Society of Dyers and Colourists and British Museum. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… authors.elsevier.com/a/1i0stWhQScYVs

Did you know that we have a science lab in our conservation studio? Our Heritage Science Team use scientific equipment to analyse the materials in our documents and inform research of our collection. Find out more as we chat to our senior heritage scientist Marc #AskAConservator

Just back from a wonderful DHA meeting in Copenhagen #DHA42 to the great news that papers from last year's meeting #DHA41 in #Visby #Gotland are now available as a printed edition from Heritage MDPI ! 🙌🙌🙌

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A glimpse into my research on Dunhuang textiles filmed at British Museum for CCTV. Full link here (min 40) youtu.be/6wfKdOkmmHY?si…

Here is a blog where I tried to present my work as a museum scientist to a general audience featuring research on Burmese textiles from the British Museum britishmuseum.org/blog/dye-detec…

This year the Dyes in History in Archaeology meeting returns home to the UK for it’s 43rd edition. And what a venue and host to do so with in the heartlands of UK #textile production so close to the birthplace of #syntheticdyes! Thanks SDC for hosting! #DHA43

New review article!! An Introduction and Recent Advances in the Analytical Study of Early Synthetic Dyes and Organic Pigments in Cultural Heritage mdpi.com/2732222 #mdpiheritage via Heritage MDPI

Today I took samples from several Afghan rugs produced during the war and I can’t wait for the results British Museum #dyeanalysis #heritagescience

Analysis of rare cuneiform writing tablets found at the Mesopotamian site of Nimrud that had been thrown into a well when the city was sacked in 612 B.C. has suggested that the Neo-Assyrian tablets were made from local walnut wood and beeswax. archaeology.org/news/2025/04/1…