Continued from part 1. Stoneangels: You can’t use nails as a dating tool, can you? Kreilick: That’s right for a variety of reasons. Stoneangels: My father used to sell antique furniture he built using a bucket of actual antique cut nails he found somewhere…! Kreilick: Case in point! The Manassas house was to be restored […]
An Interview with Scott Kreilick on Architectural Restoration, Conservation, and Preservation (Part 1)
Scott Kreilick is CEO and president of Kreilick Conservation, LLC, of Oreland, PA, a company that specializes in architectural restoration, conservation, and preservation of architecture, sculpture, and other objects. I’ve known Scott for years, but hadn’t seen him in a while. I was in the office at Philadelphia ‘s Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery a few […]
Valentines Show at Joe’s Coffee Bar
My photography isn’t necessarily what one would call romantic, so it was with some trepidation that I agreed to enter some work in the February (Valentine’s) Show. Cupid and Psyche is not the Antonio Canova plaster sculpture from 1793, but a marble reproduction marking a grave at the entrance to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in […]
Preparing for Loss
I have a small family. Growing up, I did not have a lot of experience with death and dying. My grandmother died when I was maybe 5. I think I must have been 16 years old when I saw my first viewing. As a rule, my family never made a big deal out of the […]
The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult – A Review of the Show
From September 27, 2005-December 31, 2005, the show “The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult,” was on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. While it would appear at first blush to be nothing more than a historical novelty, it is much more.
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