THE TEAM
The Studio.
Conservation expertise, an understanding of dress, and care for the histories held in cloth.
Our Team.
Lynn Ellen Bathke
Dressing a Jason Wu gown for the First Lady Case, Obama Presidential Center
Lynn Ellen Bathke is a textile and costume conservator and founder of The Costume Conservatory in Los Angeles. She brings more than 16 years of experience to the conservation and display of historic dress, fashion, and textiles, with projects for the Obama Presidential Center, Field Museum, Skirball Cultural Center, and LACMA. She holds a master’s degree in Textile Conservation from the University of Southampton’s Textile Conservation Centre in Winchester, UK and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her practice combines an understanding of textile materials and historic construction with careful treatment and custom display supports, preserving both the physical objects and the stories they carry.
Caitlin Talmage
Sewing felt support mounts to a metal armature for Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich, Skirball Cultural Center
Caitlin Talmage is a costume technician, researcher, and historian at Costume Conservatory. She attended Occidental College where she received a B.A. in English and Comparative Literary Studies in 2007. She received her M.F.A. in costume design at University of California, Los Angeles in 2011, and while a student interned in LACMA’s Costume and Textiles Department. Caitlin has decades of experience working on modern and historic costumes in film and television, and is a proud member of Locals 705, 892, and 209.
She also has an extensive background in museum dressing and mount making. When not working with costumes, Caitlin can be found in her painting studio, where she specializes in oils and watercolors. Her work was selected to be included in Manifest Gallery’s most recent season.
Jay Raveling
Measuring Tabi shoes for a Hawaiian picture bride, plantation worker, mount, JANM Museum
Jay Raveling is a mountmaker and exhibition installation specialist experienced in creating custom supports and installing artworks and historic objects for museum display. His professional background includes JR Design & Installation and Associated Mountmaking, with work recognized for its craftsmanship, creative problem-solving, and attention to challenging objects.
His projects include Regency Elegance: English Silver-Gilt at Sunnylands, featuring historic decorative silver, and the installation of David d’Angers’ monumental marble bust of George Washington at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. His practice brings together fabrication skills and careful object handling to support the secure presentation of museum collections. Jay studied at the University of Northern Iowa.
Joelle Yang
Aligning the support substrate on a baseball pattern quilt, c. 1924, from the Bowers Museum collection
Joelle Yang joined the studio as our conservation pre-program assistant in early 2026. She holds a BA in Art History and Studio Art from San Francisco State University and participated in UCLA’s Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation program in 2024. She previously interned at the Bowers Museum and LACMA’s textile conservation lab, contributing to The American Quilt: Cloth and Commerce, Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudo and NUNO, and LACMA’s inaugural Geffen Gallery opening. Joelle enjoys antiquing, exploring Orange County restaurants, and visiting botanical gardens.