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Interested in commissioning Dean Sickler?
Please see the new contracting website at www.dundeanstudios.com
Dean's expertise in wood finishing, plaster and color design are
very much in demand but he is always interested in challenging commissions
and projects. Dean is certified as a Master Installer of Texston Venetian Plasters
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35 years experiance in architectural decorative finishing. Small to medium size projects and available as a sub-contractor for specialty projects.
Please go to his Contracting website here
He has a special interest in the restoration of aesthetic and historically
important projects. A recent commission(2007-08) was restoring
15 large carved 250 year old white oak panels and finishing new oak stretcher
panels and millwork to match.
These originally came from (ostensively) one of Napolean's castles.


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Another project was finishing large salvaged Italian walnut doors
(and other things) to compliment the woods in an existing kitchen.
Using historic materials like van Dyke crystals and linseed oil
glazes, these doors were brought back to life for another hundred
years of service.

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Here is a kitchen that was re-fitted with cabinets from a turn-of-the-century
pharmacy. The problem was...all the rest of the millwork in the
kitchen was a mis-mash of different woods. Here is one part of the
kitchen showing an oak door, a chestnut door and mahogany trim.
The challenge was to find a way to unify all the differant woods
and make them look like the antique pharmacy cabinets.
Before
After
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In the Spring of 2007 he was finally able to work on a commission that had
been a year in the works. In he US Capitol Visitors Center attached to the Capitol, he expertly
reproduced two kinds of marble that are found in the US House and
Senate Chambers. These particular marbles are extinct and this was the only way to replicated them



Capitol Visitors Center, Wash. DC.
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Services offered include;
Expert color matching for all projects
Wood graining to match existing woods
Faux Marble rendering
Theorum painting, patterns and stenciling
Decorative plasters
Architectural decorative finishing-grisaille, ornamentation, murals, graphic design application, etc.
Precious and compo leaf gilding and antiquing.
Custom avant garde, contemporary and traditional finishes developed on commission
Restoration and Conservation of furniture and architecture.
Have brush, will travel.
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Call Dundean Studios at 973-635-0505
I respectfully ask that you do not write to me and ask how these
projects were done. The processes take a long time to explain and
there are just not enough hours in the day to answer all the questions
I am emailed.
All others will be answered - dean-@-dundean.com (remove hyphens)
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Specialty marmorino plasters for a television studio in Nashville, TN

This historic building in New Jersey had to be retro-fitted with
a sprinkler system. There were 21 different places where the original
wall finishes were broken to install the sprinkler heads. They had to be perfectly
restored to invisibility.

Traditional techniques can be used for contemporary looks also..


Concrete patina and imbedded iron

Dean Sickler is the author of the recently published book: "The Keys to Color; A Decorators Handbook for coloring Paints, Plasters & Glazes". Go to webpage here

Dean lectures across the country on the practical aspects of color and design and holds seminars and workshops on working with color in architecture.
Recent lecture schedule
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November 3, 2011
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. . Two lectures on Color and Light perception to the graduate engineering program.
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October 20, 2011
Mid-Atlantic Council-PDCA Convention, Wilmington, DE. Color and Light.
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September 10, 2011
PDPA Education Summit, Golden CO- Color and Abstraction.
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September 27th, 2011
Faux Expo, Orlando, Fl - Colors in Woodgraining Workshop.
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April 9th
International Salon of Decorative Painters, Atlanta, Ga. Color and Light.
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February 6, 2011
Open Decor Show - CEU class on Color and Light, Naple, Fl.
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October 15, 2010
MAC-PDCA Convention. Color in architecture. Galloway, NJ.
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October 30, 2010
ASID Chapter Meeting hosted at Dundean Studios, Chatham, NJ. Color and Light
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September 23, 2010
Faux Expo, Orlando, FL. Practical Color Theory.
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