Roy Henry Vickers: King Salmon House Lodge Front

Before, the sculpture has grime, abrasions, chips and a coating that has become opaque....Read more

After, the sculpture has a much better appearance from the cleaning, restoration and clarification of the coating....Read more

Before, the surfaces were dirty and a non-artist coating had become very opaque....Read more

After, the surfaces are cleaned and the coating on the painted surfaces is clarified for a more original appearance. ...Read more

Before, an area at the right side shows the many abrasions and chips from years of public display....Read more

After, the wood has a more original appearance after dirt removal with an aqueous solution and then removal of opaque va...Read more

Before, lower right with accretions, abrasions, chips and opaque coating....Read more

After, the sculpture is cleaned, restored and the coating clarified....Read more

We use progressive cleaning to avoid dirt penetration into the wood. First, the sculpture is cleaned of all loose dust ...Read more

Then, dry surface cleaning is done to remove bound dirt and grime. Initiala cleaning done dry ensures that dirt and gri...Read more

Only then do conservators perform aqueous cleaning with a mild solution used on the wood, and a high conductivity mixtur...Read more

Under UV light, the non-artist coating was obvious, and could be seen overbrushed onto the cedar border. The whitened c...Read more

Solvents were used under magnification to test the non-artist coating, but removal was impossible without damage to the ...Read more

Chips and abrasions were inpainted with a reversible acrylic media according to conservation ethics. ...Read more

Chips and abrasions were painted precisely into losses and infills, with an exact colour match....Read more