All posts tagged statueofliberty

Being Green

Lisa is on vacation this week, so I’ll be updating the blog in her absence. We apologize to everyone who came out to see our…

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Primer is Complete

The primer is complete. See the video! It is too humid today to apply the topcoat, and thundershowers are expected later this evening. Tomorrow is…

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Painting Continues

The painting continues. The sculpture has approximately 250 square feet of surface to paint. The progress is good. The winds are less strong today and…

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Painting has Begun

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…

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Support for Conservation Projects

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…

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Conservator’s comments

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…

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A Closer Look at Materials

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…

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Working in the Rain

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…

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What is an Art Conservator?

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….

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The Metal Repair

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…

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The Metal Construction

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….

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Conservator’s comments

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…

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Conservator’s comments

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…

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The Paint Removal

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…

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Conserving the Statue – Setting Up

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…

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