Mending & Repairs
2.4.1 Peace, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New Haven, CT. Installation of lightning protection cable.
2.4.2 Peace, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New Haven, CT. Base attachment of lightning protection cable.
2.4.3 Victory, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New Haven. CT. Flushing foundry material and iron debris from horn.
2.4.4 Neighbors, Kreis, Stamford, CT. Head broken from Tennessee Limestone sculpture.
2.4.5 Neighbors, Kreis, Stamford, CT. Head repaired on Tennessee limestone sculpture.
2.4.6 Mary Rider Marker, 1845, Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT. Front overview before treatment.
2.4.7 Mary Rider Marker, 1845, Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT. Overview of stone fragments being mended.
2.4.8 Mary Rider Marker, 1845, Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, CT. Overview after repairs.
2.4.9 General Israel Putnam, Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1967, Putnam State Park, CT. Foundry repairs to severe casting flaws.
2.4.10 Aluminum Steeple Sculptures, St Thomas More, Yale. Mending detached aluminum wing.
2.4.11 Aluminum Steeple Sculptures, St Thomas More, Yale. Overview after repairs
2.4.12 Fanton, 1899, Marble Monument, Center Cemetery, Easton, CT. Core removal of expanding iron pins.
2.4.13 Marble Monument, Center Cemetery, Easton, CT. Detail of failed pin and damage to marble.
2.4.14 United Spanish War Veterans Memorial, 1933, CT VA Hospital Removing sections to repair breaks.
2.4.15 United Spanish War Veterans Memorial, 1933, CT VA Hospital. iew of crack emanating from embedded interior brick.
2.4.16 United Spanish War Veterans Memorial, 1933, CT VA Hospital. Terra cotta monument after extensive repairs.
2.4.17 Slate Crypt, Granary Burying Ground, 1660, Boston, MA.Repair of slate slab.
Physical impact, use of inappropriate materials, freeze-thaw cycles and a host of other detrimental conditions can lead to deformation, cracks and eventual breakage of objects. Breaks require appropriate mending and repairs to maintain visual continuity, avoid loss of detached elements and to prevent further damage. Treatment processes vary widely depending on the material type (stone, metal, ceramic, glass, wood, etc.), the cause for the problem at hand, the desired function of the object, desired display location and environmental conditions. All treatment balances material compatibility with the parent material and display environment, future retreatability, the safe guarding of undamaged areas from exposure of the treatment processes, the overall aesthetics of the object and public safety.
Conserve ART Mending Services:
- Evaluation
- Engineering and Architectural Consultation
- Material Analysis
- Development of a Treatment Plan
- Extraction of Inappropriate Materials
- Mending with Epoxy, PVA, Paraloid B-72, and other Adhesives
- Welding
- Material Replacement
- Final Surface Fills, In-Painting, and Localized or Comprehensive Finishing
