Masters of CO2 Cleaning: A video in our MASTERS SERIES. https://vimeo.com/228650922 SOUND: Headphones or speakers are highly recommended. No computer sound? This website and this video on CO2 cleaning are available on your smartphone too. This video shows the…
Joseph Konzal's GATEWAY, a large Cor-ten sculpture, was commissioned under the Art-in-Architecture Program of the General Service Administration in 1977. Cor-ten steel, sometimes referred to as weathering steel, is expected to develop a protective layer of corrosion upon exposure to…
A video in our MASTERS SERIES. https://vimeo.com/228719353 A video in our MASTERS SERIES. SOUND: Headphones or speakers are highly recommended. No computer sound? This website and this video are available on your smartphone too. This long video presents almost all…
Sculpture Conservation: Through research, experimentation, and consultations with metallurgists and corrosion control engineers, McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. has been able to successfully deal with a variety of preservation issues with low alloy, structural weathering steel commonly known as…
The purpose of the three day visit to George Rickey's studios was for the conservators to get familiar with the artist's technical files and discuss how the information, which requires interpretation, can be made usefully available to researchers and owners…
Outdoor Painted Sculpture: Outdoor painted sculpture conservation is one of our most active specialties. In 2014 we removed to our facility a monumental outdoor painted sculpture by James Rosati (1911-1988) for complete repainting. This was our second time handling this…
In 2006, McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. conducted an objects conservation survey of artifacts at the Drake Well Museum. The survey will continue this summer of 2008 with an additional objects conservation survey of nitroglycerin well torpedoes and other metal artifacts in…
1943 German 88mm PAK 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun restored for the U.S. Army Heritage Museum and Education Center in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Military Artifact Conservation The restoration work was performed during 2003 by: Thomas Podnar, Robert Lodge, Curtis McCartney, and Mark Erdmann of McKay…
Painted Outdoor Sculpture, Outdoor Painted Sculpture: August 15, 2016: Emmett Lodge (left) and Marcin Pikus (right) began the Batcolumn refinishing at the 100 foot level. McKay Lodge conservators completed a GSA contract project during the fall of 2016 in the windy city of…
In an effort to become adept in the treatment of outdoor lead sculpture it was apparent that new skills were needed for structurally repairing and cosmetically correcting typical problems encountered when faced with lead sculptures which have been outdoors for…