Kasia Maroney Conservation

08/31/2026

An Olympic diver brought me her first childhood trophy — a third place.

🙌🙌🙌 I find this small project to be so full of magic.

Just keep practicing what you love!

08/27/2026

08/21/2026

Missing my friend and colleague Annetta Alexandridis — deep thanks to Verity Platt for spearheading this thoughtful installation to honor her memory. I kept expecting Annetta to walk in the door to check on progress and spread her enthusiasm and light. She is already so deeply missed.

02/11/2026

1.) A small army of completed projects awaiting pickup this morning, and
2.) My favorite of them: a man celebrating his chicken

02/07/2026

Spent the entire week crawling around repairing and restoring a large mosaic floor of the chancel (front altar-area) of a historic church. This floor was created by Tiffany Studios more than 125 years ago — when Louis Comfort Tiffany oversaw the studio, but Frederick Wilson was the primary creative force behind many of its most fabulous ecclesiastical commissions.

The underlayment is a fragile mix of layered wood and cement that has slightly heaved and/or crumbled in some places, creating cracks and lost tiles. This restoration included chiseling out old repairs, peeling back loose areas of tile and cement to consolidate and strengthen the ground beneath, and carefully recreating missing sections of design. 56 separate damaged sections of floor needed to be addressed and filled.

Big thanks to mosaic artist Denise Milito for the valuable assist. She has designed and created mosaic floors, so she thoroughly understands the special challenges involved, and she was absolutely invaluable (and also a joy to work with) for the three days that she joined me.

This one was a little hard on the back and knees (!!), but honestly, it’s always a privilege to get into the minds of the incredible craftsmen who brought Tiffany Studios its reputation for top tier artistry.

11/04/2025

Art conservation often exists behind the scenes and out of view, but it's a critical part of collections care for institutions and individuals alike. Relying on materials science, historic research, and expert studio art techniques, it's the exact part of the Venn diagram where art and science overlap.

In this talk, we'll start with a broad overview of the field of art conservation, then hone our focus to some specific projects in order to illustrate both the fundamentals and also some specifics from decades of experience in the field.

This talk coincides with the American Institute of Conservation's national "Ask a Conservator" day, so we'll leave plenty of time for questions to address what you're most curious about!

This Wednesday Nov. 5th at 7:00pm, Public Works Ithaca is back at The Downstairs with two great talks. Kasia Maroney will be speaking on her work in fine art conservation.

Bring a friend, grab a drink, see you soon.