Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation, Sculpture Conservation: In a recent blog post we described our conservation projects in the Caribbean which included Lady Justice by Jan R. Mitchell, but it was this time of year -nearly seven years ago- that McKay Lodge…
Paper Conservation: One of the art conservation services offered at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. is the preservation and restoration of historic documents and works of art on paper, and on occasion, a little bit of Rock n' Roll. A…
Painted Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: A review of our re-painting Alexander Calder's Flamingo, of five years ago was recently published in the online periodical Durability + Design. Read the review here. In this published review, founder and owner of the Chicago Corrosion Group,…
PRE-ORDER NOW FROM AMAZON.COM / MORE INFORMATION Though Bach’s set of six Sonatas and Partitas represents the pinnacle of writing for the solo violin, the Baroque repertoire was rich in compositions for the unaccompanied violin, much of which remains little…
Art Conservation in the Caribbean At this time of year, most people head to the Caribbean to escape the cold temperatures and snow, but Marcin Pikus of McKay Lodge Conservation recently traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to perform…
Public Art Conservation, Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: Sometimes conservation treatment projects are so large, they must be completed in phases. This is the case for the public art conservation treatment of Red Neon Circle Fragments on a Blue Wall, 1978 by…
Electronic Media, Optical artifact, Time-based Media Conservation: Body language and hand gestures are an important part of communication, especially in the world of politics and diplomacy. The artwork Gesture Politics, 2009 by artist Sean Healy is a time-based media installation…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation; Public Art Conservation: A condition assessment is typically the first step in a conservation treatment. A conservator must consider many things other than how the sculpture currently looks. These include, but are not limited to: the available…
Architecture Features Conservation, Gilding and Frames Conservation: Every project faces challenges, but a recent trip to complete a conservation treatment of plaster, metal and stone relief sculptures in Albany, New York this January had more than its share: hauling scaffolding…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation: At McKay Lodge Conservation we not only keep a "vigil" on outdoor sculpture maintenance in the Greater Cleveland area, but in America's Heartland too. Our conservation team traveled to Oklahoma City to deinstall the…