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Category Archives: Fine Art
Recovering Fine Art After a Church Fire
A fire at Immaculate Conception Parish in Marlborough, MA caused extensive damage to the church interior. It started in the sacristy, the area where priests prepare for services, and while firefighters managed to contain it, the smoke nearly destroyed much … Continue reading
Posted in Decorative Painting, Fine Art
Tagged Church Restoration, Massachusetts, Statuary
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Wood Fireplace Mantels: Custom Carved for Beauty
Most wood fireplace mantels are cut with CNC, using digital codes to produce the pieces quickly, and then hand-finished. While this method of mass production may be practical and efficient, the results are mantelpieces that lack distinction and artistry. Not so … Continue reading
Wildwood Flower Wood Carving, a Tribute to Song
Jake Cress of Fincastle, Virginia carved this musical wood plaque out of cherry, in tribute to the ubiquitous four petaled dogwood tree – – and to the song “Wildwood Flower” by the Carter Family, also from Virginia. Of course you’ve heard it, but … Continue reading
Restoration of Plaster Stations of the Cross, Uncovering Original Intent
VKRestoration of Holyoke, Massachusetts notes that regardless of the convictions of the restorer, restoration of religious icons imposes another layer of accountability, beyond materials, and that is the understanding of the symbolic meaning of color and form. These fourteen Stations of … Continue reading
Posted in Artifact Restoration, Fine Art, Furniture
Tagged Church Restoration, Massachusestts
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Victorian Period Wallpaper Installation, Walls and Ceiling
Bradbury and Bradbury, the manufacturer of the wallpaper for this complex installation, furnished precise plans for the layout, based upon the measurements that they received. Takoma Paperhangers, Inc., Takoma Park, Maryland, the installers, had to replicate this layout exactly in … Continue reading
Conservation of Period “Life” Cast of Venus de Milo.
Presumably, if you were to stop by the Louvre and attempt to make a plaster cast of the original Venus De Milo, security would have something to say about it, and no, they probably would not bother to refund your … Continue reading
Detailed Corvette Weathervane
Corvette weathervanes are a thing, Google the phrase and you will see that everybody wants one. That said, only one person gets to have the best Corvette weathervane. The customer for this full bodied 3 foot model (5 foot arrow!) … Continue reading
Classical European Decorative Pattern Book
John Learnard of Color Alchemist in Washington, DC, is always seeking new ideas for traditional decoration of walls and ceilings. Intricate period decorative concepts weren’t developed on the fly, but from established designs, gathered together and published in “pattern” books. He … Continue reading
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