New website!!! WOOHOO!!!

Let's be honest, I'm not much of a blogger. I haven't been here in a looong while! But nevertheless, I'm still here and work is busy and launch of a new website is here! Very exciting! Whoever is out there you should check it out:

www.awrestorations.com

Huge thank you to Jamien Richardson at CYON Business Solutions, LLC (www.cyonsolutions.com) for the redesign! 

Couple of older projects I love.

Before.

After.

'Aviator'
Plaster

This was also in a fire. Tricky. For it being made out of plaster and originally white and after a fire it's hard to get it looking white again. Not that I wanted to get it completely white or clean. It has to have some patina on it anyway. I had no idea how it looked before the fire so I tried to go gently and do what I can. I think I did pretty good and most of all, owners were happy!

Before.

After.

'Appeal to the Great Spirit'

Bronze

This piece had been in a fire so you can't see all that much in the pictures. But the before picture is pretty much just covered in blackness. And after cleaning it gently you can see the original color of the bronze. Great piece to work on.

Majolica returned.

Minton Oyster Plate.

I haven't done much of majolica recently or since I worked in New York. Back then I had a routine going. Now starting on it again, all I can say is, I still have it! I'm pretty happy with the results.

Before moving the old restoration.

After moving the old restoration - finding out the whole well was badly scratched by the previous restorer.

After my magic, not the best picture, seems washed out a bit but the lighting seems to be different every day. :) But definitely better than before!

Staffordshire Old Lady Figurine

She was a fun project, don't you think she has character? Call me crazy but sometimes I find myself talking to these figures while I'm working on them. Hahaha, can you tell I work alone all day long?!?!?! Usually these Staffordshire pieces have a lot to them as far as restoration goes, this one had previous restoration on her hand, cane, basket, dress, feet, the works. But it's fun work, nothing too difficult but enjoyable, a no brainer.

After.

The hand was rebuilt from scratch, changed the cane color since original seemed to have been yellow, basket needed in-painting to hide all the hairlines and chips it had, I made the basket handle little better looking also.

Before.

Lladro finished

Mother&Child

Mother's arm was broken and glued before and her fingers were missing on the same arm.

Detail pictures of the fingers.

Detail pictures of the arm.

I took the old restoration apart and cleaned it off to get a better fit on the arm once glued back. This way the restored area will be as small as possible. In-painting/matching the original color with Lladros is a bit tricky but I'm happy where I got. Finishing also has to be very glossy and it has to blend in smoothly. I think it looks great!

Afters

Roseville 

De Lee Art