Pottery Restoration and Repair. Using Conservation Standards, Pueblo Pottery to Picasso Sculptures, with Specialization in Maria Martinez and Margaret Tafoya High Polish Pottery are all restored to "original" aesthetic condition.



Before and After Photos of:

 

The work is finished when it is invisible
because you can not tell anything was done.

Conservation of Ceramics means preserving the condition of the ceramic as it was originally, and anything done is reversable. Using water soluble materials to build clay bodies or replacing missing pieces or filling cracks, missing areas become new surfaces to match to the original.

The process used is reversable.

Paints are built from pure conservation grade acrylic and pure inorganic mineral based pigments, that are water soluble. The point of using inorgainc pigments is they fade or change over time very little.

The art and science (to find the right mix) of using the appropriate amount of conservation grade materials as intervention to match the original textures, hues, and form or shape as well as regenerating the original bold or delicate or fine painted patterns the is the goal.

When the work I do is invisible, then all you see is the original work.

I frequently ask a client to stand in bright indirect sunlight and look at the restored ceramic and find the repair. Even on extensively restored pieces, it is rare for a client to find an area repaired, and usually it is because they knew where it was damaged before the conservation. The conservation effort is always preferred to the pre-conserved or un-restored version.