Howard Wellman Conservation LLC

For the past two years I've been consulting with the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District in Washington DC on the care and maintenance of their Rain Garden sculptures by artist Foon Sham https://goldentriangledc.com/what-we-do/public-art/rain-gardens-sculptures/

These are wonderful organic shapes composed of blocks of tropical hardwood or spruce/fir softwood, stained and coated. The trick is how best to cope with urban grime and natural weathering of the coatings!

We've been testing a variety of cleaning agents, coating removals, and anti-fungal agents. The work is on-going.

I started working with Devlin McDonald (DMC Restoration Inc) on conserving gravestones at the Waterford VA Union of Churches Cemetery. https://waterfordcemetery.org/ We conserved about 50 gravestones autumn 2024, work will continue this spring of 2025.

I have been working with the City of Chestertown MD, conserving and relocating a set of outdoor sculptures donated by a local art collector. The City has been placing these sculptures around the town. Their website is at https://chestertownpublicarts.com/ Thanks to Ben Herr, Ben Gage (Fine Art Services), and Sharon Norquest for their help.

The Washington Conservation Guild’s celebrated 3-Ring Circus is approaching on Thursday, January 11, 2024.

The event will be held at the S. Dillon Ripley Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC with a reception from 5 – 6:30pm and presentations from 6:30 – 7:30pm.

What have you been working on that will interest or inspire your fellow members?

This year we welcome proposals from our membership for talks on any conservation-related topics. Each of you contribute to the field in one way or another, including treatment, technical analysis, laboratory design, preventive conservation, fundraising, education, advocacy, and much more.

We want to hear from you!

The talks are no more than 15 minutes each, and nine will be selected.

Please submit an abstract to [email protected] by COB Friday October 27, 2023

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Conserving "Charity" in 2022. A cast zinc sculpture of a dog for Federated Charities, Frederick MD.

Conserving a bronze plaque at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC

Conserving the 1876 Belle Grove Square Centennial Monument, Westminster, MD

Conserving "Mother and Child" by Lenore Thomas, City of Greenbelt.