Masters of CO2 Cleaning: A video in our MASTERS SERIES. https://vimeo.com/228650922 SOUND: Headphones or speakers are highly recommended. No computer sound? This website and this video on CO2 cleaning are available on your smartphone too. This video shows the…
CLEVELAND OHIO: PPG CORP. PROVIDING MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO AID IN PIONEERING OPTIMAL REPAIR AND PROTECTION TREATMENTS FOR Painted OUTDOOR SCULPTURES BY LUIS A. JIMÉNEZ Outdoor Painted Sculpture Conservation: Three years ago, the leading automotive finishes company, PPG Industries,…
Conservators of Public Art Nationally for 20 years For the past 20 years (as of 2019), McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory has been busily engaged in the conservation of Public Art throughout the United States, principally in work caring for the…
In the news, the Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. working with the Freer Gallery using dry ice carbon dioxide (CO2) blasting to clean a Saint-Gaudens sculpture from the collection. Source: This museum is blasting precious…
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Conservation: In July 2017, conservators Thomas Podnar and Christina Simms from the Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory used dry ice or carbon dioxide (CO2) blasting to clean a bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens from…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. working with the Freer Gallery using dry ice (CO2) to clean an Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture from the collection. The beauty of dry ice cleaning is the efficient and environmentally safe process; but also the procedure…
Conservators Christina L. Simms and Emmett Lodge traveled to the deep South this May for the conservation treatment and relocation assessment of Two Worlds Apart, 1991 by artist Ned Smyth. The mosaic artwork currently resides in front of the…
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…
McKay Lodge Conservation Hosts the International Sculpture Center Annual Conference Opening Reception in Pittsburgh The International Sculpture Center (ISC) held its 26th annual meeting in our favorite city –Pittsburgh! ISC is publisher of Sculpture Magazine. McKay Lodge Conservation, a leader in…
The monumental restoration of Conrad Albrizio's treasured work by the mosaic experts at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory Source: Piece Work - Country Roads Magazine