Stone Conservation, Architectural Features Conservation: The Cleveland Museum of Art is a world-class institution, known for its outstanding collection of over 45,000 objects. It is only right that a building with so much beauty within, should be beautiful on the…
Objects Conservation: Sometimes we get so "tied" up at McKay Lodge Conservation Lab located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, we forget to tell you about the little things like our recent objects conservation treatment of Red Tie, 1992 by artist Rachel…
Gilding and Frames Conservation; Objects Conservation: A frame can be used to complement, hang, or transport a two-dimensional work of art like paintings or works of art on paper. Frames can be ornate with intricate designs carved from wood which…
Stone Conservation, Public Art Conservation: On a seven acre site on the grounds of the U.S. Census Bureau Building in Suitland, Maryland is a series of walls, benches, and winding paths through a thoughtfully landscaped setting. These elements which consist…
Paper Conservation: Variety is the Spice of Life: The Conservation Treatments of An Ambrotype, Charcoal Drawing, Town Map, and Poster One thing you can say for sure about art conservation: there is a tremendous amount of variety. From the materials…
Objects Conservation, Military and Industrial Artifacts Conservation: One of the remarkable things in the field of art conservation is the diverse historic and artistic works art conservators examine and treat on a regular basis. Whether it is a metal tornado…
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…