Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Restoration :: Charleston, South Carolina » gilded copper http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:04:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Gilding on the Copper Cross is Complete! http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1020/the-gilding-on-the-copper-cross-is-complete/ http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1020/the-gilding-on-the-copper-cross-is-complete/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:42:38 +0000 Copper Exclusive http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/?p=1020 The gilding on the copper cross is finally complete!  You’ll notice a few areas around the copper collar that still have bare patches.  The reason for this is, the copper collar is the transition between the base of the cross and where it attaches to the spire underneath.  We still need to solder the pieces together.  Soldering a pre-gilded surface is not a workable practice, so we’ll gild those spots after assembly.

Tomorrow we assemble the cross and spire and solder the as of yet ungilded regions on the collar.  When that is accomplished, we’ll quickly gild those untreated areas and the whole spire will be complete.

We’re videoing the assembly, so watch out for some exciting footage.  In fact, as the project nears completion, you can expect to see far grander pictures than have ever been posted thus far!

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]]> http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1020/the-gilding-on-the-copper-cross-is-complete/feed/ 0 Preparation of Copper Cross for Gilding http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/648/preparation-of-copper-cross-for-gilding/ http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/648/preparation-of-copper-cross-for-gilding/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:09 +0000 Copper Exclusive http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/?p=648 We are building a “clean room” in preparation to gild the cross.  As soon as the clean room is finished, which will probably be tomorrow, we’ll start priming.  We’ll show you this process in the next couple of posts.

For now, enjoy some more copper cross progress pictures followed by pictures of the cross suspended in a frame which will become our clean room.

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