Now that the repairs to the metal skin are complete, the team from UHP Projects. Inc. (Ultra High Pressure Projects) is back and have started to paint the statue. Discussions between the team at UHP Projects, Inc. and the conservator … Continue reading…

Many of the multiple layers of failing paint found on the statue contained heavy metals, such as lead, which was a common ingredient in paint products in the United States up until 1978. Due to the hazards of lead associated … Continue reading…

Lisa has been giving you a wonderful overview of the on going process. I will confine myself to details specific to the work. Works of art are technical productions. Sculptures are usually made using industrial or building craft techniques which … Continue reading…

The repairs to the skin are working. The newly galvanized steel patches are riveted, and then welded in place. It’s not raining today, enabling the repairs to proceed without interruption. When the statue was made in the late 19th c., … Continue reading…

It is not fun working in the rain. The team from Conservation Solutions continue the work on the statue, despite the numerous, and often heavy showers we are having in Brooklyn. Most people think conservation is glamorous, and it is … Continue reading…

Now that the exterior paint removal is complete, the more tedious, but very important work of prepping the interior surface of the statue has begun. The interior and exterior will be painted, which should provide a level of protection against … Continue reading…

The staff at Conservation Solutions, Inc. are beginning to make the structural repairs to the metal skin. Most of the holes in the object are located in the sections of galvanized sheet iron. In the photo above, the foot is … Continue reading…

As of this past weekend, the layers of flaking paint were removed, making it possible to finally see the underlying structure and methods of manufacture. As the Conservator from Conservation Solutions, Mark Rabinowitz has pointed out, the head and hands … Continue reading…

The paint removal is complete on the exterior. This has revealed how the fabricators overcame the difficulties of working with sheet steel in forming intricate and highly 3 dimensional shapes…they abandoned it! It turns out that the head, hands and … Continue reading…

As the paint is removed, the artistry that went into the fabrication of the sculpture becomes more apparent. One can not discern the effort that went into the careful folding of the drapery. The material, galvanized sheet steel, is a … Continue reading…

The paint layers on the statue are unstable, making it necessary to remove them entirely, for the preservation of the object. The surface has always been painted. In August of 2005, cross sections of the paint layers were made and … Continue reading…

The Museum’s replica of the Statue of Liberty had been on top of the Liberty Warehouse on 64th, and Broadway since it was made around 1900. The statue was removed from the building in 2002 and transported to the Museum … Continue reading…