LIQUID HONING An important part of keeping up with a wide variety of projects often requires getting small-sized new equipment. The Ohio Conservation Center recently purchased a liquid honing machine from Vapor Blast Manufacturing Company. The cabinet machine can provide…
Joseph Konzal's GATEWAY, a large Cor-ten sculpture, was commissioned under the Art-in-Architecture Program of the General Service Administration in 1977. Cor-ten steel, sometimes referred to as weathering steel, is expected to develop a protective layer of corrosion upon exposure to…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory's years of deep research into the materials and methods of sculptures by Luis Jiménez led to the highly successful restoration of correct appearance and now extreme durability…
OBJECTS CONSERVATION: McKay Lodge Conservation enjoys helping small Ohio museums. Recently, a donation of our objects conservation services was made to the Clinton County History Center in Wilmington, Ohio. The Center includes a touring museum with exhibits and special displays,…
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INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, LITERATURE, JUSTICE - JOHN MASSEY RHIND, 1905 Stone Conservation: In 1908 Scottish-American sculptor J.M. Rhind carved four Tennessee pink marble sculptures representing Industry, Agriculture, Literature and Justice for the front of the Birch Bayh Federal Building in Indianapolis,…
The conservation staff of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory headed to New York to provide marble conservation to the sculptures of Daniel Chester French in front of the New York Customs House. The monumental Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House sits prominently…
McKay Lodge Conservation Lab was awarded a prestigious conservation project at the Federal Trade Commission Building, located at the eastern end of the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. Two monumental Indiana limestone sculptures, each depicting a rearing stallion being curbed…
Sculpture Conservation: Through research, experimentation, and consultations with metallurgists and corrosion control engineers, McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. has been able to successfully deal with a variety of preservation issues with low alloy, structural weathering steel commonly known as…
Stone conservator Marcin Pikus and his assistants were involved in a major building stone conservation project lasting nearly two years under contract to Berglund Construction Company for the U.S. General Services Administration. The base contract and change orders had a…