The right pairing can mean the perfect shoes for an outfit or the best drink to enhance the flavor of a meal, but in this case the "Wright" pairing refers to the conservation treatment of two Frank Lloyd Wright chairs.…
Preventive conservation often involves environmental monitoring, the use of archival materials and storage, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), but it can also include installation of physical barriers to protect a work of art. Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Sculpture and Objects,…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory performs conservation treatments for a variety of objects from Old Master Paintings to contemporary fiber optic artworks. A recent stainless sculpture conservation maintenance project of Lady Justice, 1997 by Diana Moore was completed by Christina L.…
A recent painting conservation treatment at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory uncovered a pleasant surprise: a hidden figure. At first the painting appeared as a simple, but serene landscape; however, an exciting discovery was made as surface cleaning progressed which was…
While the conservation team at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory just outside of Cleveland, Ohio performs recoating of large-scale outdoor sculpture to restoring electronic media artworks, more traditional conservation treatments are also completed at the lab such as Old Master paintings…
Paper conservation of eight Old Master prints from the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art was recently featured in a broadcast by WOSU Public Media Television of Columbus, Ohio. The conservation work was performed by Gina McKay, Senior Paper…
It might be true that nobody walks in LA; however, McKay Lodge Laboratory Conservators, Marcin Pikus and Stefan Dedecek do perform restoration of mosaic murals in Los Angeles, California. The mosaic murals: Celebration of Our Homeland and Recognition of All…
Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, and Jim Gwinner, Conservator of Public Art and Sculpture, of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory recently performed a conservation treatment of a glass fiber optic artwork, River of Light by Mikyoung Kim, located…
End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser is an iconic work in American art. The sculpture depicts an American Indian clutching his spear riding bareback on an exhausted horse. The artwork is an embodiment of Native Americans being driven…
Sometimes a conservation treatment is routine using familiar methods and materials to complete a project. Other times, treatments are complex and the methods are unknown for achieving stabilization of a work of art while at the same time returning it…