This is an Italian artist’s large sculpture of an elephant rendered in rare cream alabaster. The sculpture was heavy—about as much as I could lift without help. One tusk was missing, the other was broken. It was also in need of thorough and careful cleaning. It was actually so dirty I doubted at first it […]
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This metal statue has a great deco look, but unfortunately the metal was extremely thin in a few places. Part of the base was also broken off and missing. I first reinforced the base and added weights so it would not fall over again. Then I made a mold of the other side of the
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Sometimes work is required to undo bad restorations. This 9,000 year-old Pre-Columbian Olmec statue had been restored previously in a manner that the owners found unacceptable. I removed the old yellowed glue and used museum quality pigments and coatings to give the statue a more pleasing appearance.
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