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…
Jim Gwinner, Conservator of Public Art and Sculpture, performs conservation treatment and assessments of electronic media and digital artwork. He recently completed an assessment and minor interventive treatment of American Varietal, 2013 by artist Jason Salavon which is installed at…
The restoration of religious statuary, like other cultural heritage works or sites, involves careful assessment and treatment considerations. Many of the individuals who have been immortalized in earthly materials of metal or stone made great sacrifices during their lifetimes on…
Sometimes one needs more than just a sense of sight to appreciate a work of art. Jim Gwinner, Conservator of Public Art and Sculpture, recently performed a conservation assessment in Maryland, examining a unique kinetic musical work by Montana artist…
If you can imagine facing execution by the hands of a foreign entity at age twenty-one, then you might know how American patriot Nathan Hale felt in 1776. Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Objects, recently completed an outdoor bronze conservation…
An object from the Pacific recently came to the conservation lab at McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory for treatment, a 20th century tapa cloth from Polynesia. Tapa is a barkcloth made from macerated fibers from the inner bark of a tree…
Sculpture Conservation, Objects Conservation: Senior Conservator of Sculpture Thomas Podnar has treated large metal sculpture to small decorative works of art. One of his recent metal conservation treatments was of a pewter decanter. The decanter is in the shape of…
Objects Conservation If you need to ship a ship then Dee Pipik, Conservation Technician, has some pointers for creating an archival storage box to house a metal decanter. The 1920 pewter decanter, which is in the shape of an old…
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…
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…