The Client: Conservation Solutions

Forging a new right arm for "Liberty" and restoring the hands of "Justice"

At left I have cut out the blanks for the palm and the fingers and the inside of the thumb. At right I have roughed out the shape of the palm.

		At far left is a photo illustrating the final fitting of the back of the left index finger. All the parts are formed over stakes until they are very close and then carefully* tapped into place while clamped onto the molds. *one must remember that pulling these molds destroyed the artwork they were taken from and as such they are the only reference available. Care is good. The test of fit is when the  clamps are released. If the parts fit without clamps, you are done. In the next row, at far right ar the backs of the fingers assembled into a unit.. This was built on the mold by soldering the individual  fingers together. At far left is a shot of  the patterns and some of the parts formed to match them.  In the forground is a zinc trough, a half cylinder. Both front and back portions of the hands were formed from simlar stock. At near left I compare the back hand with the fore hand. Ten : Love, it's a deuce of a problem. All surfaces must mate an then the halves must match.
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	At left is a picture of  the back hand and the fore hand rough fit and the formed the parts to fit into the mold. below, are refining the fitup of the hand halves, each part is formed and filed to fit. When the shapes zre nearly correct, the nail details are added and then the final fitting is finished. .
	more coming

Onward to making the left hand.
Projects : CS : Liberty & Justice : 01 : 02 : 03 : 04 : 05 : 06 : 07 : 08 : 09 : 10

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