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Over the period of the lockdown, we have been cataloguing the Joll Collection.  We are finally nearing the end of the job and will soon make a copy of the key information available via the website.

Ms Diana Joll, long time editor and the Sihouette Collector's Club Newsletter and leading authority on British portrait silhoutette history has died today, following a long illness. Diana's support for the development of this website is extensively documented in our pages, without her enthusiasm and guidance the Profiles project would not exist. We extend our sympathies to those in her family and to her many friends and we share in the pain of the loss.

As ever during September, we are offering the chance to try using our silhouette machines to produce a portrait. For a schedule of events see: www/rth.org.uk/bhod19

Long time editor of the Silhouette Collectors Club newsletter, DIana Joll, turns 92 today! Happy birhtday Diana!

Silhouette greetings cards for Xmas, now there's an idea!

Don't forget to drop into The Regency Town House and try making a silhouette during Heritage Open Days, for furthe rinformation, see: www.rth.org.uk/bhod17

We have recently been offered the opportunity to photograph some very fine Regency-period silhouettes and we will be adding these to our Curated Gallery section, most likely over the Christmas break.

We have managed to clear the decks on the project front and can now return to supporting the Profiles website. 

If you are keen to learn about how a silhouette machine works and try your hand making some portraits, do come along to our workshops for Heritage Open Days, 8-11 September 2016, full details at www.rth.org.uk/bhod16

We have had enquiries over the last few months from the UK and further afield and it's been a delight to look into silhouette issues with connections to the USA, Australia and New Zealand, as well as with various UK counties. Our plan is to be working on the site once again as of October.