Public Art Conservation, Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: Sometimes conservation treatment projects are so large, they must be completed in phases. This is the case for the public art conservation treatment of Red Neon Circle Fragments on a Blue Wall, 1978 by…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation: At McKay Lodge Conservation we not only keep a "vigil" on outdoor sculpture maintenance in the Greater Cleveland area, but in America's Heartland too. Our conservation team traveled to Oklahoma City to deinstall the…
Conservator Tom Podnar has achieved something that arguably not all do in their chosen profession, a true mastery of his field. That is why we are proud to celebrate his twenty-five years with McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory in January 2018.…
Public Art Conservation, Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: Want to know how to get that Stainless Steel Sculpture to stain less? Maybe you need an expert in the conservation treatment of stainless steel sculpture? Look no further, Conservator of Public Art and…
Objects Conservation: As part of a large ongoing project at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C. our conservators are restoring the many original interior courtrooms' entrance veneered double doors. While aesthetic and structural repairs are being…
Sculpture Conservation & Gilding Conservation: While this unusual sculpture conservation treatment was completed in 2014, it is not until now that we can report, with some confidence, its success. This is due to needing a period of years to determine…
Objects Conservation, Artifact Conservation: In May of 2017, The National Park Service awarded a contract to McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory for the stabilization of two severely corroded but significant artifacts and for the training of local National Park Service personnel…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation, Public Art Conservation: Here’s one work of Public Art Clevelanders may want to know more about. What must be the most controversial outdoor sculpture work of Public Art in Cleveland, Ohio if not the largest, the heaviest,…
Sculpture Conservation: Cleveland area art conservation center McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. is serious about the use of dry ice solid carbon dioxide (CO2) blasting for art conservation treatment. We would like to share some news and videos from our…
Objects Conservation: Several Egyptian bronze artifacts were recently treated by Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Objects, at our Cleveland area art conservation center. These art objects include an Egyptian bronze bowl as well as bronze Egyptian bronze deity statues. Once buried…