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Sculpture conservation & restoration

Black Watch Memorial Dundee, after conservation to bronze and stone.

Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation is an award-winning company in the field of conservation and restoration of historic building facades and interiors, architectural ornament, Museum and Art Gallery artefacts, sculpture in private collections, municipal and garden statuary, churchyards, gravestones and war memorials. We have extensive experience working with all types of stone including sandstone, limestone, marble, granite, alabaster, soapstone and serpentinite, bronze and other metals, terracotta, plaster, ivory, mother of pearl and polychromed objects including gilding.

We undertake condition surveys and conservation reports, we lecture and write articles, as well as always being available on a consultative basis.

  • Consultancy, survey and feasibility studies that include comprehensive condition surveys with photographic and diagrammatic recording of the condition of the object, highlighting areas of concern.
  • Assessment of any previous treatment documentation or apparent intervention.
  • The creation of reports to document any survey, analysis or treatment undertaken, alongside any recommendations or specifications for future conservation or restoration work.

Our team is entrusted by the National Trust for Scotland, the National Museums of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland, among others, for the safe relocation of sculptures and artefacts. We also have a wealth of experience in designing and creating imaginative and sensitive displays and fixings for sculptures.

Graciela Ainsworth and other members of the team are also trained sculptors and passionate artists that have carried out numerous commissions for municipal and private clients.

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Black Watch Memorial Dundee, after conservation to bronze and stone. Ardersier war memorial, after conservation. Baird Memorial, Lasswade, after conservation. Cupar War Memorial prior to conservation. George Watson War Memorial, after conservation and restoration to polychromed stone.
Survey report on Bearsden War Memorial. War Memorial, Airdrie, after conservation. War Memorial, Avoch, after conservation. War Memorial, Inverness, after conservation to limestone. War Memorial, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, after conservation to bronze.
Whitburn War Memorial, after conservation to the granite. Work in progress, Black Watch Memorial, Dundee. Ormiston War Memorial before and during conservation. The bronze sculpture is by the Indian sculptor Finandra Bose, who trained under Auguste Rodin. Ormiston War Memorial after conservation. The bronze male sculpture is by the Indian sculptor Finandra Bose, who trained under Auguste Rodin. Cupar War Memorial after conservation.