As part of an ongoing project for the Hartwood Acres Park sculpture restoration, McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory recently finished recoating a large outdoor sculpture, Large Escargot, 1982 by artist David Hayes. The sculpture is 17 feet high x 12 feet…
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.…
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…
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…
The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is home to many great art museums, cultural institutions as well as educational and medical facilities like the University of Pittsburgh. For over thirty years, Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, renown transplantation pioneer and researcher, served…
Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, recently completed a Doughboy conservation treatment in Forest City, Pennsylvania. "Doughboy" is a term often used as a nickname for American troops deployed to Europe during World War I, though the exact…
The McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory has many areas of expertise. Sometimes an object needing conservation treatment does not fall neatly into one of these categories, but instead has characteristics of more than one. This is case with a recent painted…
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…
Hot waxing outdoor sculpture and ballet are rarely included in the same sentence, but sometimes the two overlap, or should we say, they are brought together. The sculpture Cabriole by Jimilu Mason illustrates a ballet move as performed by three…
Henry Gassaway Davis was an important figure for the history of West Virginia as both a successful businessman and politician. The city of Elkins and Charleston, West Virginia have identical equestrian outdoor bronze statues to commemorate Henry Gassaway Davis. A…