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The Client: Conservation Solutions

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

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

Thumbs up:

Mold taken from clay thumb
The right thumb of Justice is laid out onto a zinc plate.

Mold  open and closed


forming begins
 The thumb was formed out of three pieces of zinc.
Origiinally I planned to make it from one piece but stretching the base of the thumb was making it too thin so I spliced in a small piece.

The client when shown the photo on the left,  said that the nail was too long and didn't match the other thumb so I made a patch and  lost the long nail.

revised nail detail>
Right Hand of the Justice Statue At left is a picture of  the artwork that Conservation Solutions made and took their molds from.  I  transfered the shapes to the flat zinc and formed the parts to fit into the mold.

below, are the molds for the right thumb and the left hand. and on each side, the artwork for the left hand.

The hand is finished too,  
That's on the next page.
Left Hand of the justice statue molds for hand and thumb Left hand of Justice Statue




Projects : CS : Liberty & Justice : 01 : 02 : 03 : 04 : 05 : 06 : 07 : 08 : 09 : 10

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