St. Cornelius Catholic Church, Richmond CA

Cleaning of the Sacred Heart statue. Even though the fire clean-up crew had washed/scrubbed the statues with soap and water, careful cleaning with a conservation cleaner revealed much brighter original colors.

Cleaning of St. Cornelius' Mitra

St. Cornelius, repaired hand

St. Cornelius broken hand and fingers, during repair

St. Cornelius missing his hand

St. Cornelius, Richmond CA

Installation of restored statues at St. Cornelius Church
St. Jude, St. Anthony, St. Martin De Porres, St. Joseph

Installation of restored statues at St. Cornelius
St. Theresa, St.Francis of Assisi, Sacred Heart, Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Cornelius statuary, during restoration in Benicia studio.
Treated with a conservation cleaner, treated with isolation
varnish, and in-painted

Statues in storage after an arson fire, and the fire clean-up company
washed them with soap and water.

Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento CA

Leland Stanford Mansion, Sacramento, CA Restoration, and re-gilding of mirror frame.

Repaired damage, detail











Plaster damage, detail
























































Completed mirror frame installed in Jane Stanford's bedroom. Oil gilding, Dutch Metal, shellac, patina, Rottenstone

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, CA

Restoration of St. Patrick plaster statue.
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament,
Sacramento, CA
Restored statue installed at the Cathedral (right)





















The statue had been over-painted several times. Paint removal revealed original colors and patterns.





St. Patrick before paint removal





























Original pattern on robe revealed.



















Original pattern on Mitra revealed






St. Patrick's face after
completion










St. Patrick's
face before work

St. Helena Catholic Church, St. Helena, CA

Restoration of "Pieta" plaster statue.
St. Helena Catholic Church, St. Helena, CA

The statue had been painted numerous times. Careful stripping revealed original paint schemes, gold leaf, and patterns.

The painted faces remained intact; they were sealed with a reversible varnish, and in-painted.









During
paint
removal.




Restored
statue installed at the church.















During
paint
removal
















Exposure windows to test for original paint.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sparks NE

Repair of "Baby of Prague" statue.
Immaculate Conception Church, Sparks NV

Removal and re-attachment of the statues head. A previous attempt at repair by a parish member failed, after the figure had been vandalized.





Figure with center post, ready to re-attach head.





















Detaching the figure's head.

Before repair