Sodbuster arrives at lab, Emmett Lodge helps unload it
Conservator Thomas Podnar helps Gwinner wrangle the team of oxen into storage
Vaquero and Sodbuster by Jiménez are side by side at our conservation lab facilities
Gwinner removes friable clear coat and debris from the surface
Conservator Gwinner repairs the interior
Fills are completed on the sculpture for greater structural integrity
The fills have been covered and sanded, now the repairs are ready for painting
Conservator Gwinner uses a special light to observe color swatches to match the original color
Gwinner uses a spectrophotometer to take color readings of the surface
Conservator Gwinner uses the PPG PaintManger Software to measure color ratios
PPG supplied a state of the art mixing station, an important tool for restoring Jiménez sculptures
Gwinner mixes the colors according to the software, this allows each color to mixed precisely each time