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on June 21st I posted on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FineArtConservation/ and https://www.facebook.com/bestartdoc/ …
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team to save an iconic and historic mosaic mural on the North Shore of Oahu at
BYU-Hawaii. The iconic mural has greeted visitors to the entrance of Brigham
Young University-Hawaii Pacific cultures educational center for many decades
and has been widely published.
Well,
a week or so ago, we completed the removal of the entire cement wall, saving
100% of the historic mosaic mural in good condition, and have it documented for
the architects and admin who will determine its reinstallation at an unknown
future time. It was 1 of 3 murals in the entrance of the university. The
other 2, I removed from their walls last Dec. 2023 which are also
waiting for details of their reinstallation. They were painted in oil on canvas
and were adhered to the wall. Each of these murals measures 11′ high by 33′
wide. We’ve been working with Okland Construction Co. on this project. Whereas
most murals are made of ceramic or stone, this mosaic was made at a workshop in
Venice, Italy out of glass tesserae.
The
concept (it is not an image captured of an actual event) of the mosaic mural is
by the artist, Edward Grigware, which came to represent Hawaii becoming a State
of the USA and the establishing of the educational center for all Pacific
cultures.
Obviously,
after the facing-carrier-armature-protective layers were applied to the surface
of the mosaic, then we couldn’t see the composition to guide the removal
process. So, I made a map of the mural and transferred it to the front of these
layers to guide us.
This
is the completed map showing the planned removal. But, it turned out that we
were able to remove the mosaic in much larger pieces thereby resulting in 75%
fewer cuts. With this map, every piece is documented and can be put back
together like a puzzle. This is, actually, the way the mosaic mural was made
(then shipped) to the installation site originally… in 1 ft sq. pieces and then
put together like a puzzle.
Kory
Ates and Mike Terry from Okland Construction assisted me in the removal
process. In all, I think we lifted about 4,000 lbs of mosaic and cement off the
wall!
Here
is the mosaic mural wall… without the mural, which has been removed with its
cement wall.
Each
section of the mosaic mural is numbered and inventoried, then stored according
to its position on the wall for easy retrieval. Each pallet has the entire
mural map and also paperwork with more precise details. We now await the plans
from admin and architects to plan out the restoration process.
The
restoration process will include removing the 1″-2″ cement layer from the back
of the mosaic, consolidating any loose pieces/tesserae, applying new grout from
the back, adhering the mosaic to a new support or backing, removing and
cleaning the facing-carrier-armature-protective layers which were applied to
the surface of the mosaic, and then any fine tuning for appearance sake.
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805 570 4140 faclartdoc@gmail.com
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