Public Art Conservation, Coatings Research and Refinishing, Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: In an open atrium located by the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at 7th and M Street Northwest in D.C., Transit, 2007 an abstract sculpture by artist Wendy M. Ross…
Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: The FORCE was with us. No more. For seven years nearly exactly, (August 11, 2011- August 25, 2018) the graceful, GSA commissioned sculpture, FORCE ONE: CONSCIOUSNESS IS CRUCIAL, lived with us at our conservation facility, stored…
Public Art Conservation, Sculpture Conservation: The island of Oahu has beaches, coral reefs, rainforests, mountains, designer shops, and restaurants, but it also has some great outdoor sculpture. One such work of art is the bronze sculpture Barking Sands, 1977 by…
Stone Conservation, Sculpture Conservation, Architectural Features Conservation; In 1908 Scottish-American sculptor John Massey Rhind carved four Tennessee pink marble sculptures for the front of the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. These four large sculptures represented Industry, Agriculture,…
Public Art Conservation, George Rickey Sculpture Conservation: Conservators Jim Gwinner and Christina L. Simms recently traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to perform a minor conservation treatment, but a major relocation of a kinetic sculpture by the artist George Rickey. The stainless steel…
Stone Conservation, Public Art Conservation: On a seven acre site on the grounds of the U.S. Census Bureau Building in Suitland, Maryland is a series of walls, benches, and winding paths through a thoughtfully landscaped setting. These elements which consist…
Painted Outdoor Sculpture Conservation: A review of our re-painting Alexander Calder's Flamingo, of five years ago was recently published in the online periodical Durability + Design. Read the review here. In this published review, founder and owner of the Chicago Corrosion Group,…
Art Conservation in the Caribbean At this time of year, most people head to the Caribbean to escape the cold temperatures and snow, but Marcin Pikus of McKay Lodge Conservation recently traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to perform…
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: A condition assessment is typically the first step in a conservation treatment. A conservator must consider many things other than how the sculpture currently looks. These include, but are not limited to: the available…