Pottery made to order | repair and restoration studio in Southern Delaware
Hummel, Lladro, Lenox or Royal Doulton figurine repair

Make Missing Miniature Part to a Ceramic Figurine
Using a Pin: Lesson 5




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

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

Repair marble /stone statue requiring metal insertion
Marble / stone sculpture repair

How to Sculpt and Add Missing Pottery Segment
How to Sculpt and Add Missing Pottery Segment

How to Replace Stoneware Crock's rim using the potter's wheelHow to replace Stoneware crock's rim

Madonna ceramic sculpture repair
Madonna ceramic sculpture repair

How to repair crack in ceramic
How to fix ceramic crack

Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl
Restore bowl lesson w/ missing pieces

Restoring ancient pottery steps
Restoring ancient pottery steps

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

How to paint broken china, ceramic or pottery?
Painting pottery after repair

Restoring large stone sculpture / statue
Restoring stone sculpture / statue

Cybis Arion Boy on Dolphin - Repair Broken and Missing Finger

This figurine arrived with missing miniature finger. If repaired properly, it's original value of approximately $5,000 can be restored. Due to the very small finger surface area, a metal pin must be instructed through the base of the finger and through the newly made ceramic finger. The precision and use of the right instrumentation is essential to the success of this or any figurines repair and restorations such as Hummel, Lladro, Lenox, Royal Doulton Lomonosov or Sibania figurines.

Cybis arion boy ceramic figuring with missing finger
Broken Figurine
Diamond drill bits - 2mm
Diamond drill bits - 2mm
Drill a hole through finger base
Drill a hole through finger base
drilled hole in ceramic
See drilled hole
Make-finger from clay
Make-finger from clay
Shape finger
Shape finger
Make a few and fire in kiln
Make a few and fire in kiln
Kiln fired to 2300 degree F
Kiln fired to 2300 degree F
Drill hole through finger
Drill hole through finger
Cement to pin and grind to shape
Cement to pin and grind to shape
Verify dimensions
Verify dimensions
Verify fitting before cementing
Verify fitting before cementing
Cement finger and hold in place with clay
Cement finger & hold in place w/ clay
Fill gaps with epoxy filler
Fill gaps with epoxy filler
Place in 130 degree F for proper cure
Place in 130 degree F for proper cure
Sand and polish surfaces
Sand & polish surfaces
paint and color repaired areas
Color How to paint repaired ceramic
glaze reapired area matching sheen and surface texture
Glazed
restoration completed
Completed



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