Olney, Maryland, United States
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Founded The Gilders' Studio in 1985, specializing in architectural gilding, decorative…

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  • Gilding the Historic Main Hall of Union Station, Washington, DC.

    Union Station was designed by Daniel Burnham and completed in 1907. Combining elements of the classical and Beaux-Arts…

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  • Gilding Completed!

    The scaffold is down and the gilding project at the United House of Prayer for All People in Washington, DC is…

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  • The Gilders' Studio, Inc.

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  • Society Of Gilders Graphic

    President, Board Member and Community Project Organizer and Volunteer

    Society Of Gilders

    - Present 24 years 8 months

    Arts and Culture

    Organized and worked on Community projects for the Society of Gilders beginning with the gilding of the exterior signage and cross at the John Paul Cultural Center in Washington, DC in 2001 followed by the Marconi Memorial in Washington DC in 2006, then the lettering on the Iwo Jima Memorial in 2008. From 2009 through 2013, the SOG concentrated on St. Alphonsus Church in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans. Volunteers worked annually for five years on the gilding restoration of the Main…

    Organized and worked on Community projects for the Society of Gilders beginning with the gilding of the exterior signage and cross at the John Paul Cultural Center in Washington, DC in 2001 followed by the Marconi Memorial in Washington DC in 2006, then the lettering on the Iwo Jima Memorial in 2008. From 2009 through 2013, the SOG concentrated on St. Alphonsus Church in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans. Volunteers worked annually for five years on the gilding restoration of the Main Altar, side altars and Communion Rail, circa 1855.

Publications

  • Exterior Architectural Gilding

    Gilded Metals by Archetype Press

    The printed proceedings of the Gilded Metals Symposium which took place in Minneapolis, MN in 1995.

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  • ATC

    Full professional proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Society of Gilders, Association for Preservation Technology, American Institute of Conservation

    Trustee and Past President of the SOG

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