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In
the late 1990s, I started restoring pottery when I found enough of the shards -- usually sixty to eighty percent of a bowl, plate or pitcher is needed to properly restore the piece. Entirely self-taught, my initial methods were quite primitive. Little by little my skills and product got better -- such as by using clay molds -- with constant tinkering to try and enhance my technique. I never took lessons and, instead, invented various methods of shaving, sanding, painting and glazing. My work is far from perfect but it's good enough to put on the wall and admire. I use plaster of Paris, acrylic paints and Elmer's glue to fix the objects.
Restoration is fun, but it takes tremendous focus, concentration,
skill and patience types of pottery because it's so extremely challenging to reproduce many of the patterns and colors. However, sometimes, everything falls into place and one can barely tell a piece has been repaired -- that is when I get real satisfaction.
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