Inside Lakeside Pottery Studio: Restoration, Kintsugi and Clay Ceramic Art


Inside Our Pottery & Restoration Studios: Behind the Scenes

Ceramic & Sculpture Repair Lessons
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Fixing broken plate lesson - basic lesson

Cementing only lesson

Fixing chipped Italian platter lesson step-by-step lesson

Chipped pottery repair lesson

How to paint broken china, ceramic or pottery?

Painting pottery after repair

Complete ceramic repair lesson | cementing, filling, painting and glazing

Start-to-finish ceramic repair

Repair marble /stone statue requiring metal insertion

Marble / stone sculpture repair

How to Sculpt and Add Missing Pottery Segment

Sculpt Missing Segment

How to Replace Stoneware Crock's rim using the potter's wheel

How to replace crock's rim

kintsugi - mending broken pottery with golden jointery

Kintsugi - gold repair

How to mend ceramic crack

Keeping cemented pieces in-place while curing

Keep mended pieces in place

Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl

Bowl missing segment lesson

Restoring ancient pottery

Lladro figurine - Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay

Lladro missing hand repair

Madonna statue repair

Repairing broken stone sculptures and statues

Stone sculpture repair lesson

Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay

Bronze sculpture repair

Restoring large stone sculpture / statue

Shona stone statue repair

Ceramic figurine repair

Inserting metal pins and pegs

How to remove old epoxy from old pottery or china

Removing crazing stains

Removing old glue

More Lessons

Page Updated on:
8/2/2025

Welcome to a behind-the-scenes look inside our active Pottery and Restoration studios Below you’ll find a collection of in-progress photos from our pottery and restoration studios. The images reflect various steps in restoring ceramics, stone, metal, plaster, glass, and resin objects. They offer a glimpse into the hands-on process behind each piece we care for.
Filling in missing painting details	Gold Kintsugi project complete	Ceramic horses work in progress
23.5K gold Kintsugi repair process	Antique Japanese vase	Ceramic Panther repair
Mending Han Dynasty Terra Cotta Camel	Grinding a slot for a metal peg	Sculpting missing globe using clay
Air brushing painting details	Inserting metal pin for proper mechanical integrity	Air brushing background color
Restoration and Kintsugi Studio Tour
	Artistic plate painting repaired areas
Mending a very broken glass sculpture		New projects arrived
Grinding to shape a welded joint	Pre Colombian project before and after repair
Removing old repairs	Assembling the last segment - in the studio
Large and very broken Raku vase with Kintsugi repair		Mending a large ceramic platter
Studio painting station		Newly made missing antler metal pin insertion process
Mending sculpted thumb over a metal pin	Shona stone giraffe sculpture with adhesive curing	Large stone sculpture
Newly sculpted part in the kiln	Large eagle statue - in process	Grinding newly made leg into shape
Safety first!	23.5K gold powder applied on a Kintsugi repaired bowl	Ceramic vase ending precess
Ceramic Poseidon sculpture repair - before and after		Milk glass plater project complete
Large Kintsugi projects ready for shipment		Sanding Newly made leg (clay)
Brazing bronze statue	Applying gold leaf	Shaping a missing thumb
Ancient Inca bowl - repair process		Two is better!
Ceramic horse figurine - metal pin inserted	Sculpted new hand made of fired clay	Sculpting miniature figurine missing hand
Large Raku statue broken	Large Raku statue repair in process	Raku statue restored
Terra Cotta broken statue with historical value		Raku statue restored
Large ceramic angels repair
Fabricating small missing pieces from an antique owl oil lamp	Painting the repaired area of antique Italian vase	Colored fillers for sculpture repair
Life size resin statue repaired	Large Shona stone African statue repair process
Life size resin statue repaired	Large Shona stone African statue repair process
Sculpting figurine missing foot	New foot cemented	Sculpted hand installed using pin

Plater statue broken	Plaster statue restored	Glaze tiles samples
Ancient mask missing pieces sculpted	Statue's repair line painted
	Grinding a peg slot with diamond disc	Metal pegs placed and glued in place for proper mechanical strength

Missing pieces sculpted with clay	Fired clay pieces cemented	Statue restoration completed
	Kintsugi process - see how it is done
Antique vase - new pieces made	Sculpted pieces cemented	When the vase is all restored
Sculpted missing face piece - made of clay	Missing piece verified	When all restored
Taking impression of missing piece	Using resin epoxy to mold the missing piece	Waiting for resin to cure
Removing made resin missing piece	Shaping to fit and cementing	When all completed
American Indian vase - complex project in process		Removing epoxy from surface
Installing missing tail	Solid brass Indian statue	Integrating new and old pieces
Installing missing tail	Solid brass Indian statue	Verifying surface for perfection with black light
Last filler process	Assembling Statue's wing to body	Surface texture process on clay
Figuring leg with brass peg	Holding cemented pieces together	Clay in natural form after rain
Cementing in process	Painting lost details	Glazing - final step
Cementer newly made piece curing	Grinding a slot to accept a metal peg	Metal peg inserted
New petals cemented	Filling break line gaps
Creating surface texture - clay slip	Making missing piece on the pottery wheel	Making missing vase rim on the pottery wheel
Brazing brass statue	Making metal missing piece	First step of patina - gold
Painting very fine missing details	Tracing new design	Painting missing details
Painting missing sections of antique Chinese vase		Connecting old and newly made handle pieces
Painting missing sections of antique Chinese vase		Connecting old and newly made handle pieces
Sculpting elephant ear from clay	Heating epoxied and filled items to 140 degree F for proper curing	Kiln to fire sculpted missing parts
Custom made heart shape vases	Glazing the vases	Fired vase ready for Kintsugi process
Vase broken	Vase mended	Gem stones inserted and Kintsugi process applied
New parts are assembled - Jesus statue	Metal bolts inserted in a large statue	Grove made for metal peg insertion for a large Raku vase
Raku firing kiln	Raku process - workshop conducted by Lakeside Pottery	Raku reduction chamber
Prep for metal insertion	Brass peg epoxied	X-ray showing the metal work inside once completed
Patina process	Cold glazing	Hiding repair line with background color painting using air brush
Crating completed project	Children pottery workshop / demonstration	Children workshop
Fine details paintings	Painting missing section of porcelain tray	Japanese figurine painted
Pencil drawing	Pencil drawing gallery showing	Gallery opening
Fabricating clay parts	Clay parts	New handle made of clay
Stone statue repair	Painting stone pattern details in the repaired areas	Assembling large statue parts
Stone statue repair	Sculpting statue's missing parts	Filling gaps between new parts and existing parts
Bolting a broken leg on a large plaster statue	Epoxying newly made hand parts	Inserting metal re enforcement in plaster statue
Making lanterns - custom order	Hand building large coiled pots	Wheel throwing large altered bowl
Kiln room - pots waiting for firing	Making bowl decorative handle	Ready for next level of large pot wheel throwing
Plaster statue repair completed	Sculpting new arm from clay	Painting repaired areas - Lincoln bust
Connecting new part to a vase rim with metal pegs and epoxy	Vase repair complete	Painting repaired areas
Creating ceramic base	Custom sculpting	Working on a Minton porcelain sculpture
Early morning in the studio		Picasso vase - repaired areas painted
Wood firing	Wood firing - adding wood	Wood firing results
Stone sculpture mended	Painting repaired item	Drilling a hole for a pin
Rod insertion	Mending missing ear	Missing pieces mended
Ready for a show		Hookaha bowls order
New missing piece mended, filled and sanded - waiting for painting	When all painted and glazed	New handle
Studio on a busy day		Taking photos when all completed
Stone sculpture fillers	Taking impression with clay of a missing piece	Parts of statue mended waiting for curing
Large platter repair - before and after photos		Throwing tall vase
Pablo Picasso ceramic platter repair - before and after photos		Hand built Octopus with some help
Very broken bowl partially mended	Repair lines and missing fragments filled	When repair is complete