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Bronze Spear Repair - Malvina Hoffman Collection - Field Museum, Chicago

Looking at Ourselves, Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

Working onsite at the Field Museum in collaboration with Objects & Sulpture Conservator Shelley Smith,
Guido Schindler repaired a broken and bent bronze spear from the Malvina Hoffman sculpture
Unity Of Man
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Equipment & accessories provided by Fronius as featured in the Fabricating & Forming Journal.
Photos courtesy Michael Marozas.

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Photos show the before images of the broken and bent spear; the progression of straitening using a custom jig;
then welding and grinding in preparation for the final step of matching the patina by conservators.

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Guido Schindler having a bit of fun with the restored spear from Unity of Man, Malvina Hoffman.

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