I've been a freelancer for most of my life, but I tried a Real Job once. I was a Master Restorer in the Conservation Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for eight years. That was all I could take of precious curators, museum politics and a laughable salary. I quit the Met and did private work for collectors, dealers and other museums for the next few years. In the end, I got bored with it and decided it was more fun to build custom electric guitars for rock kids. For awhile...

This is the kind of stuff I did:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doing restoraton was sort of like being able to turn back time. Pretty cool.

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I also did a lot of exhibition mounting for the Met,, as well as for other museums and private collectors.

Mounting for the 1978-79 tour of the Tutankhamun Exhibition

 

Frosted plexiglas mount for Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York

 

Islamic Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Martin & Osa Johnson Musem of African Art