Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The brass restorations


The restorations will continue until moral improves. Here is a brass chalice from another church. The priest retired and these brass items were found. Several were in various states of tarnish and neglect. I gave a quick lesson to the parishioners and everyone picked a chalice to restore.



Before



and after.




Now this was a solid brass book stand. I was told about it a few years ago but the janitor at that church said he would try to restore it. Two weeks later he died unexpectedly. He had been a much beloved janitor to that church. So I was given the task of restoring this very heavy book stand. So far it's in pieces. I need to boil it and polish it. The tarnish is under the varnish.


There are no hurries as the parish got a new priest and he does not use this stand. So it sits in my studio until I have time to finish it. 








 

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