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The Client: Conservation Solutions

 

 Getting The Project Started:

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

Restoration of  zinc statues from a court house in North Carolina. 


In June of 2007 Mark Rabinowitz of Conservation Solutions contacted me and asked if I was interested in another restoration project.
 


 
Image from the Mullins catalog <<<<<<
At the left is an image from the  catalog of the W.H. Mullins Company of  Salem, Ohio.
<<<<<< 		current status
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On the right  and below right are two views of the current state of the right arm of the "Liberty" statue which we will be restoring.
>>>>>>
Right Hand of the Justice Statue <<<<<<
At left is a picture of the current state
 of the right hand of  "Justice."
<<<<<<		 Rear view of Liberty Arm
Left Hand of the justice statue <<<<< - >>>>>
Left and right
are pictures of the left hand of
the "Justice" statue which we
shall be restoring.		 Left hand of Justice Statue

Dear Gene,

I believe you may remember me from the work you did for us on the Hermann Monument in New Ulm some years back. You did a fine job in recreating the missing and damaged boot as I am sure you recall.

We have a new project which seems suited to your skills and may interest you. It is the recreation of several elements from 2 zinc sculptures, formed and soldered like copper is, that stand atop a courthouse in North Carolina. The sculptures are in our studio outside of Washington DC. We have modeled replacements for the missing hand from "Justice" and the missing arm and flag from "Liberty".  Each stands about 12 foot tall.  We need to fabricate these in zinc now.  Our plan has been to create molds from the clay, sink and form the zinc sheets (we have these) into the molds, butt-solder them together and then solder them to the originals. 

Would you be interested in this project?  We could create the molds or you could take on the entire project from this point. We need to have this completed by the end of August.

Let me know your thought and lets discuss your possible involvement and cost.  I am enclosing a historical image of the "Liberty" before the arm was lost for your information.  We are having the eagle cast separately so you needn't be involved in that.

 
Thanks

Mark Rabinowitz
Vice President and Senior Conservator
Conservation Solutions Inc.


Onward to the first stage of the restoration process.
Projects : CS : Liberty & Justice : 01 : 02 : 03 : 04 : 05 : 06 : 07 : 08 : 09 : 10

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