In 2014, Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory purchased a dry ice solid carbon dioxide (CO2) blasting machine. A mid-sized industrial grade CO2 blasting machine was purchased from Continental Carbonic after research and consultations on the most…
THE OHIO CONSERVATION CENTER: The conservators at the Ohio Conservation Center are always looking for new technologies to treat the myriad of materials we encounter. In 2014 the center purchased an ICETECH KG20 dry ice solid carbon dioxide blasting machine…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory is removing and restoring a Pittsburgh Subway Mural by Romare Bearden titled Pittsburgh Recollections. Read more about this tile mural project using the link below. From: The New York Times Tiles designed by the artist Romare Bearden…
A zinc sculpture from 1888 of was at the lab for conservation treatment. The zinc indian sculpture received new interior reinforcement and missing parts were fabricated. The whole sculpture was cleaned and coated with a a direct-to-metal acrylic coating. LODI…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory’s years of deep research into the materials and methods of sculptures by Luis Jiménez led to our first successful application in our conservation treatment of LOS LAGARTOS. MORE ON OUR WORK WITH LUIS JIMÉNEZ SCULPTURES Source:…
The Thomas Merton Center has contracted with McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to conserve several of the most significant and treasured documents and artworks from his life. The Thomas Merton Center is the official repository of Merton’s artistic estate which…
A unidentified manuscript leaf purchased at auction was at the lab for treatment by senior paper conservator Gina McKay. It was recognized by the lab’s president Robert Lodge as a rare manuscript leaf from a notable 13th century French missal…
In murals conservation (or mural conservation) removals for relocations are sometimes necessary for their survival when the buildings that house them are slated for demolition or for invasive alterations. These removals, as here, can be both extremely difficult and toxic…
Mural Conservation: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. has been hired by Ely, Inc. of Washington DC to be the consulting and participating mural conservation specialist firm for the removal of N.C. Wyeth’s monumental mural Apotheosis of the Family. The 18…
Restoration of the Relief Map of the New York City Watershed by McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. The New York relief map is now on display at the Queens Museum of Art. Source: Restoration of the Relief Map of the…