RESTORATION SERVICES
Art Conservation & Restoration Services
Disaster Response Restoration
- Fire, Water & Smoke damage to any form of fine art; I am highly qualified and an expert in this field.
Paintings
- Oil on canvas (oil, acrylic, egg tempera, etc.); cleaning & restoration of holes and tears, reattachment of flaking & cupping paint, replacement of missing areas, lining of paintings to strengthen original support or when a greater amount of damage exists, new museum-quality wooden stretchers built, when required, varnishing & replacement of varnish.
- On the wooden panel (including retablos); cleaning & restoration of a broken panel or insect damage to wood, reattachment of flaking or cupping paint, replacement of missing areas.
- Any painted surface (decorated furniture, polychrome sculpture [Kachinas & Santos], paintings on copper or other metal, etc.); any type of restoration.
Paper
- Watercolor, Gouache & Art Prints; restoration of tears, holes & scratches, removal of stains, repair of faded colors, deacidification of paper.
Textiles
- Tapestries; cleaning & restoration of holes & tears, expert museum mounting for display.
- Needlework (antique needlepoint, crewel, embroidery, samplers, lace, etc.); cleaning & restoration of holes & tears, expert museum mounting for display.
- Other; museum mounting of any textile piece.
Sculpture
- Bronze; cleaning indoor & outdoor sculpture at my studio or on-site.
- Stone & Marble (prehistoric, antique & moddern); cleaning & restoration of indoor & outdoor sculpture on site or in my studio.
- Wood (plain or polychrome, prehistoric, antique or modern); restoration of broken or damaged pieces.
- Mixed media; call or e-mail with specific inquiries.
Ceramics
- Modern & prehistoric pieces; repair of broken pieces & replacement of missing areas.
Gilding
- Gilding or regilding of any surface (gold, white gold, silver, copper, etc.)
- Frames
Frames
- Frames (carved wood & gilt frames); replacement of broken or missing areas, regilding with real or imitation gold.