masonry conservation

The Heritage Conservation Group is a consortium of Material Conservators offering expertise in the analysis, treatment, maintenance and collection care of artistic and architectural materials. The consortium provides leadership in paintings, murals, polychrome sculpture, metal, paper, photography, masonry and stone conservation, with global conservation expertise. Based in Portland, Oregon, it is a Women-Owned Small Business (WSB).

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metal conservationmurals conservationpaintings conservationpaper conservationphotography conservationpolychrome sculpture conservationstone conservation

KREILICK CONSERVATION, LLC ARCHITECTURE • SCULPTURE • OBJECTS Kreilick Conservation, LLC provides conservation, restoration, and preservation of monuments, sculpture, statues, architecture, objects, and industrial artifacts. Project Showcase Lucy the Elephant Lucy the Elephant, built in 1881 in Margate City on the south Jersey shore, is a 6-storey high pachyderm-shaped building. The brainchild of real estate speculator James Lafferty Jr., when the area was still primarily tidal inlets and scrub grass, her “howdah” served as a viewing platform for prospective purchasers to survey the surrounding lots. Over the years, she gained popularity as a tourist attraction, and while her ownership changed several times, she was one of very few of her kind of vernacular architecture to survive. Constructed with wooden framing and sheathing and a sheet metal “skin,” she suffered from her proximity to.

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cleaning (laser, mechanical and chemical)composition analysisconsolidationgraffiti removalloss compensationmechanical testingmetallographymetals conservationoptical and electron microscopypetrographyreplication of missing elementsrepointing