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Artlab looked into church windows ...
A montage of before and after treatment images permission of Scots Church Adelaide South Australia.
Artlab was commissioned to clean the superb stained glass windows located in Scots Uniting Church, corner of Pulteney Street and North Terrace, Adelaide.
Scots Church was originally called Chalmers Free Church. It was built by a group of Presbyterians, supporters of the Free Church of Scotland who invited Reverend John Gardner from Scotland to establish a church in South Australia.
The church was officially opened on July 6th 1851, minus the tower which was added in 1858. In 1865 the Free Church, the United Presbyterians and the Church of Scotland united to form one Presbyterian Church in South Australia. In 1901, with Federation, they became a part of the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
The oldest of the stained glass windows date back to 1890 and the most recent the 1960's and are commemorated to the memory of church parishioners including Sir Thomas Elder.
Principal Conservator Projects, Joanna Barr lead the team of conservators cleaning the vast expanse of these windows, each one between 4 and 6 metres tall.
"Clean and wax" for Adelaide City Council busts...
Principal Conservator Projects, Joanna Barr (pictured left) has "put the torch" to bronze busts depicting prominent South Australians, located on lawns outside Government House. As shown in the accompanying images, Jo and colleague Rita Bachmayer (pictured below left) used a blow torch to remove any moisture before applying a protective coat of wax to the busts of Sir Mellis Napier and Mary Lee.
 
As can be seen from these before and after images, the grey pall has been lifted from the faces of these significant South Australians.
 
Over the next few weeks Joanna's program of outdoor sculpture maintenance will be moving up North Terrace to the statue of Dame Roma Mitchell.
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