Category: Conservation
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Title Insurance, Spring St.
1928, the Title Insurance and Trust Company opened their headquarters in this Art Deco-style building. For six months, a team of 5 artisans painted the missing beams and ceilings that seismic retrofit... Read More
Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Eureka, CA
8, half moons in the cupola had heavy water damage and needed to be restored. I made a pounce pattern of the stenciled design to repeat over the missing areas. This project was under the direction of ... Read More
Lost City of Demille
I’ve been a part of the excavation and partial reconstruction of the enormous plaster sphinxes from the 1923, Cecil B. DeMille, Ten Commandments, on display in at the Dunes Center Museum.... Read More
Wilson High School – Historic Curtain
Working with Carolyn Lehne of KC Restoration, we repaired damage to Wilson High School’s fire curtain. Wear and tear had taken it’s toll, we repaired several rips and tears and retouched a... Read More
WPA Suzanne Miller Mural, Long Beach
Under the direction of Carolyn Lehne of KC Restoration, we removed any lead based paint (in containment) still attached to the mural, cleaned the surface, and filled any knicks or scars. There was sev... Read More
Archer School, Brentwood
Working under May Painting and KC Restoration, I had the opportunity to work on Archer School for Girls that occupies the former Eastern Star Home for Women, a 1931 Spanish Colonial Revival building o... Read More
Wilshire Blvd. Temple
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, completed in 1929, has a large coffered dome and decorated with interior murals by Hugo Ballin. Working under KC Restoration, We revitalized the extensive gold leaf; the o... Read More
San Bernadino Courthouse
The San Bernadino Courthouse was seismically retrofitted and restored in 2010. With KC Restoration, under the direction of Carolyn Lehne, she developed and detailed plan on removing the canvas murals ... Read More