But after being proudly installed, time, weather and pollution then take their toll. When Heather & Little are called in to assess and repair the damage, we draw on our years of experience to find innovative solutions to the issues we find, including replicating missing elements, strengthening previous repairs, rebuilding internal armatures and creating custom mounts. Typically, we receive what is left of an original deteriorated statue. We dismantle it, cast molds for each individual part, sand cast half of the dies in negative form, then pour the mating dies. Once this process is completed for every section, the parts are trimmed and meticulously soldered together to achieve the original form. It’s our deep experience in professional sheet metal statue restoration that sets Heather & Little apart, and our craftsmen have successfully reproduced and restored prominent zinc and copper sheet metal sculptures and statues all over USA & Canada , including court houses, national landmarks, state buildings and for other institutions.
Heather & Little brought their expertise to the copper clad dome and copper repoussé pinecone finial of Christ Chapel, (built in 2019). The 32-foot self-supporting brick dome was clad in copper standing seam panels and topped with the 5-foot decorative copper pinecone finial. Each panel was meticulously laid out by hand and required a compound curve to fit the dome structure. Winner of 2021 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) award.
In 1904, a statue of St. Anne and child was installed in an exterior niche of the church. It has remained there for more than a century, as the years and the elements slowly took their toll. However, it is much beloved, so the parish reached out to Heather & Little to perform needed repairs.
And if you are looking for a second opinion on your project or have a particularly complex issue that needs a fresh eye, we’re here for that too. Tackling tricky challenges in historic building restoration is our specialty, and we welcome the opportunity to provide, and we welcome the opportunity to provide consulting advice, with the same exacting attention to detail we bring to all our commissions.
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