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Page Updated on:
3/18/2024

We Repair and Restore:
Broken ceramic
Broken pottery
Broken sculpture
Broken china
Broken figurine
Broken statue
Broken doll
Broken dish

Broken porcelain
Broken stoneware

Chipped plate
Chipped vase
Chipped bowl
Chipped figurine
Chipped jag
Chipped dish

Chipped china
Chipped stoneware

Chipped porcelain
Cracked pottery
Cracked ceramic
Cracked china
Cracked porcelain
Cracked bowl
Cracked vase
Cracked plate
Cracked platter
Cracked dish

.. and more


How to repair and restore broken pottery, ceramic, china, sculpture, figurines and porcelain? Repairing cracks, chips, and objects with missing pieces? We have generated several lessons or highlights illustrations covering most aspects of repair. See the lessons index and links below.

1) Basic Ceramic Repair
This tutorial and video should be studied first. It shows the fundamentals of mending and cementing, filling and sanding your broken ceramic or pottery using easily available tools and materials, saving you the cost of professional repair. Click picture for lesson details
Fixing broken plate lesson - basic lesson Fixing broken plate lesson - basic lesson
Ceramic Repair Process | How To | Materials | Studio Tour

IMPORTANT: Ceramic restoration materials are not food-safe, liquid or heat-proof (over 190 degrees F) and repaired items should not be used on cooking or food serving-ware more...

2) Repairing Ceramic Platter Lesson Including How to:

Remove old repair, Mend the broken segments, fill gaps, sand filler, paint and glaze the repaired areas

Removing old cement with heat Painting touch up using acrylic
Questions and Answers
This page lists some of the most common ceramic repair and restoration questions we receive regularly (e.g., what glue to use, what repair options are available, can the repair be invisible, etc.). Click picture for lesson details
Fixing broken pottery and china - questions and answers, Minton Parian Figure woman on horse
3) Keeping Cemented Pieces in Place While Curing

Keeping Cemented Pieces in Place While Curing

4) Chipped Pottery Repair Lesson

How to: Cementing, filling and preparing surface for painting, painting and glazing chipped pottery, ceramic or china vessels. Click picture for lesson details

Cementing, filling and prepairing surface for painting  of chipped pottery, ceramic or china How to repair chipped pottery plate, vase, bowl. mug, figurine

5) Repairing Crack in Pottery Lesson

How to: Repairing a cracked ceramic or pottery object with a hairline crack using the "pegging" technique when the crack is too tight or cementing (video) if some movement or gap exists. Click picture for lesson details

Fixing an hairline crack on ceramic Fixing an hairline crack on pottery
6) How to Replace Stoneware Crock's Rim Seamlesly

How to: Replace rare crock's broken rim using the pottery wheel and cold materials (paint and glaze). Click picture for lesson details
How to Replace Stoneware Crock's rim using the potter's wheel How to Replace Stoneware Crock's rim using the potter's wheel

Random Moments Our Restoration Studio

7) Removing Scratches From Soft Shona Stone Sculpture

How to: Repair scratched soft stone (e.g., Shona, Spring) sculpture.
Click picture for lesson details

Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to
8) Sculpting Sculpture Missing Segment and Mounting

Valuable antique Buddha statue with missing halo repair and restoration. This video shows how to fabricate a missing piece using the pottery wheel and mold casting.

9) Fabricating Missing Pottery Section Using Resin Epoxy

How to accurately sculpt and place a missing segment on a broken pottery, ceramic or sculpture. Click picture for lesson details

Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to

Another Example of Adding a Missing Vase Base

10) How to Repair Sculpture, Statue or Figurine When Metal Pins or Pegs Are Required

** This video showes some painting and glazing steps

Repairing a statue, sculpture or figurine with a small cross-section requiring metal reinforcement using pins or pegs. This lesson will cover all the steps to complete seamless repairs including painting and glazing. The restored figures are rare Ernest Lorenzen ceramic mushrooms.

11) Painting Lesson on Repaired Pottery or Ceramic Objects

Painting & Glazing Repaired Ceramic or Sculpture. How to Mix Color: Basic Theory. Air Brush or brushes?
Click picture for lesson details

See more painting examples here

Painting and Glazing Repaired Ceramic or Sculpture. Painting and Glazing Repaired Ceramic or Sculpture - lesson
12) Kintsugi / Kintsukuroi Pottery Repair Tutorial

This lesson will walk you through some of the highlights of both processes, traditional Kintsugi and the Kintsugi effect repair using our proprietary metal alloys and epoxies. Click picture for lesson details
Japanese Kintsugi Step By Step Repair Tutorial - how to Japanese Kintsugi Step By Step Repair Tutorial - how to


Kintsugi, How it Done and Materials Used. Real Gold and Gold Effect Methods


Video of custom made stoneware heart shape vase with Kintsugi art implemented using Opal gemstones and agate.


Broken cup with sentimental value with missing a large handle segment restored using 23.5K gold Kintsugi.

This tutorial is focused on making a handle using clay without the need to fire it in a kiln.

13) Filling a Large Gap Pottery Repair Lesson

How to: Filling a large gap, hole or missing piece repairing pottery, sculpture or ceramic. Click picture for lesson details

Filling a large hole or missing part repairing ceramic, pottery, figurine or sculpture Filling a large hole or missing part repairing ceramic, pottery, figurine or sculpture
13B) Earthenware Vase Repair Lesson

How to: Cementing and filling broken pottery with missing pieces using fiberglass resin, filler, painting and antiquing. Click picture for lesson details
Fixing broken vase - more complex repair Fixing broken vase - more complex repair

14) Bowl Repair Lesson With Missing Pieces

How to: Filling in missing pieces with fired ceramic impression.
Click picture for lesson details

Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl
15) How to Make Missing Parts Using Mold & Resin

These two copper and glass antique candle holders are part of a high value set with missing glass windows, and several cracks. We took impressions of the unbroken glass windows created a mold and then casted the needed missing segments using two-part resin epoxy. To see more about the painting process that included: Protecting the copper frame with latex, several layers of coloring to create the faded green glass effect and glazing.

16) Restoring Large Madonna and Child Ceramic Statue

This tutorial / illustration is showing how we restored a very old and meaningful Madonna and Child large ceramic statue broken to several segments and with several missing pieces. Click picture for lesson details

Restoring Large Madonna and Child Ceramic Statue

17) Ceramic Sculpture Repair Lesson

How to: Repairing and restoring sculpture with missing parts.
Click picture for lesson details

Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay

18) Broken Plaster Sculpture Repair

How to: Repairing and restoring large scale lamp.
Click picture for lesson details

Repairing broken plaster of paris tall lamp Repairing broken plaster of paris tall lamp

Plaster Infant of Prague Statue With Missing Segements



19) Bronze Sculpture / Bust Repair Lesson

Antique Napoleon Bronze statue made with "Lost Wax" with the original plaster mold remaining in the statue contributing to present of moisture. The present of moisture oxidized to bronze and eroded to plaster structure.
Click picture for lesson details

Repairing corroded bronze metal statue over plaster - lost wax

Repairing corroded bronze metal statue over plaster - lost wax
Repairing corroded bronze metal statue over plaster - lost wax
20) Illustrations of Repairing Ancient Pottery

Restoring an ancient Roman vessel that was broken to many pieces and some missing pieces. The challenge was restoring it's "antique" look and putting so many pieces together. Click picture for lesson details
Broken ancient pot Repaired ancient pot

21) Broken Sculpture Figure Repair Lesson

How to: Restoring broken sculpture (woman's bust) with missing pieces. Click picture for lesson details

Fixing broken statue Repairing broken plaster of paris tall lamp

22) Removing Old Adhesive Lesson

How to: Separating cemented repaired ceramic and removing old adhesive from ceramic or pottery.
Click picture for lesson details

How to remove old epoxy from old pottery or china How to remove old epoxy from old pottery or china

23) Broken Stone Sculpture Repair Lesson

How to: Repairing and restoring broken stone sculpture.
Click picture for lesson details

Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to Cementing and fixing broken stone sculpture lesson and how to
23B) How to Repair Broken Stone Sculpture or Statue Requiring Metal Reinforcement

In this example, the marble sculpture broke by the very narrow ankles with about 60 lbs of load-bearing. Cementing-only would not be sufficient and insertion of metal rods was required to ensure proper mechanical integrity. Drilling accurately on both sides of the broken pieces for proper alignment is tricky and this lesson and video illustrates one of the methods we use.
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24) Replacing Missing Hand in a Figurine

How to: Restoring a Royal Doulton Figurine with a missing limb (hand).
Click picture for lesson details

Fixing Broken Royal Doulton figurine Repairing Broken Royal Doulton figurine
25) Selecting The Right Glue

Epoxy Vs. Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue, Crazy Glue) for Ceramic / China Repair. Click picture for lesson details
2-part clear epoxy -- 5 minutes cure time Crazy (Krazy) glue
26) Repairing Metal Sculpture

Should I repair my metal or bronze sculpture? Is it real bronze, resin or Spelter and how I can I find out? Click picture for lesson details
Painting and Glazing Repaired Ceramic or Sculpture. Painting and Glazing Repaired Ceramic or Sculpture - lesson
27) Removing Stain from Pottery, China or Ceramic

How to remove and clean stains and crazing marks from old or antique pottery, ceramic and porcelain safely? Click picture for lesson details
Cleaning stains from china and pottery Removing stains from ceramic and pottery
28) Illustrations of Repairing Large Shona Stone Sculpture

Restoring a large Shona stone sculpture broken to many pieces and some parts crashed to dust. Because it is a very soft stone, the challenge here was to restore it and maintain it's structural integrity. The other challenge was to treat the added missing pieces with the same color and luster as "waxed stone" look.
Click picture for lesson details
Stone sculpture broken to many pieces before repair Sprong / soft stone sculpture repaired and restored
29) Illustrations of Repairing Plaster Bust

Restoring a plaster bust. This project is the personal plaster bust of David Deacon Jones, awarded to him by the NFL PRO Football Hall of Fame. It arrived at Lakeside Pottery Restoration studio broken, cracked, with missing pieces and several layers of previous repair and painting attempts. The photos below show some of the restoration process steps.
Click picture for lesson details
Broken Japanese Imari plate Broken Japanese Imari plate
30) Illustrations of Hopi Indian Pottery repair

This Indian Hopi pottery vase made by Stetson Setalla, came to us very broken with missing pieces and several hairline cracks. Restored inside as outside.
Click picture for lesson details
Indian Hopi pottery vase by Stetson Setalla Indian Hopi pottery vase by Stetson Setalla
31) Illustrations of Ancient Method of Repairing Pottery with Staples

Ancient method of repairing pottery and ceramic vessels with metal staples or rivets before the availability of adhesives. More about modern use of pins and pegs.
Click picture for lesson details
Ancient method of repairing pottery and ceramic vessels with metal staples or rivets before the availability of adhesives Ancient method of repairing pottery and ceramic vessels with metal staples or rivets before the availability of adhesives
32) Antique Figurine Repair Process

Over 100 years old badly damaged figurine. It broke into many pieces, with some segments missing that required sculpting. Below are some of the steps taken.
Click picture for lesson details
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33) Very Broken Large Bowl With Missing Segments Repaired and Finished with Kintsugi Process

35) Porcelain and China marking and Symbols

Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china. Serving as both evidence of its origin, age, and often times, quality, the makers mark on a porcelain item is the first place many collectors look before making a purchase.
Click picture for lesson details
china marks Porcelain symbols
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