Why Choose Lakeside Pottery Studio For Ceramic and Sculpture Repairs?
Page Updated on: 10/17/2025
We combine master-level craftsmanship, deep ceramic knowledge, and uncompromising ethics to restore treasured pieces for clients nationwide, including the White House, U.S. Capitol, and major museums. Here’s why people trust us with their most valuable and sentimental objects:
1. Trusted by World-Renowned Institutions
Our restoration and Kintsugi work has been commissioned by:
The White House (2021 & 2024 Kintsugi gifts to the Japanese Prime Minister) | Press
U.S. Capitol
PGA
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Our work has been featured in national press, exhibitions, and museum collections.
Restored 'Nature morte', platter by Pablo Picasso, Madourat
2. A Studio You Can Trust
Proud recipients of the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics, honoring our honesty, transparency, and customer care. This award recognizes businesses that uphold the highest standards of trust in their work and relationships.
3. Decades of Restorations Experience
With thousands of successful repairs completed for clients across all 50 states and overseas, our clients include:
As a fully operational pottery studio, we work daily with porcelain, terracotta, stoneware, and clay sculptures. Our years of creating ceramics from raw clay give us a material-deep understanding that guides every repair and restoration decision.
Every restoration we perform uses archival-quality, chemically compatible materials, premium adhesives, fillers, paints, and coatings formulated to remain stable for decades. We use the proper material and process to match what we work with, ensuring the correct temperature coefficient so repaired areas expand and contract consistently with the original object, preventing stress fractures over time.
All materials are chosen so they do not interact negatively with subsequent layers, avoiding yellowing, cracking, blistering, or peeling years after the restoration is complete. This approach ensures a long-lasting, stable repair that maintains both appearance and value for generations.
When original parts such as handles, spouts, or limbs are missing, we provide teh option to sculpt replacements from real clay and fire them in our kiln. This produces replacements that are structurally strong, dimensionally accurate, and visually seamless, integrating naturally with the original piece in both appearance and performance.
7. Multiple Repair Levels for Every Budget
We offer tailored solutions including:
Seamless Repairs, best and mid-level finishes
Gold or Gold-Effect Kintsugi Restoration
Ancient Pottery Repair & Preservation
You choose the option that fits your needs and budget without compromising quality.
We specialize in authentic 23.5K gold and gold-effect Kintsugi, transforming damage into meaningful, visible art. This technique is ideal for pieces with deep emotional or decorative value.
Your Kintsugi options:
Apply Kintsugi to your broken item
Select from our Kintsugi Gallery already restored and ready to own
Choose from our unbroken vessels (or send us one of yours) for a made-to-order Kintsugi piece, carefully broken and restored to your budget and visual preferences
The gold-effect option offers a similar look to real gold at less than half the cost, making Kintsugi accessible for more budgets while maintaining its beauty.
Our passion for ceramics and sculpture goes beyond restoration, it’s about creating, preserving, and sharing knowledge. Having made and fired thousands of pottery vessels, ceramic artworks, and restorations, we’ve turned decades of experience into a resource for anyone interested in learning the craft.
Through our growing library of online lessons, videos, and step-by-step guides, we make our working methods available to both hobbyists and aspiring artists around the world. Each tutorial reflects real projects from our studios, showing how creative ideas and practical solutions come together.
Understanding the how and why behind each process helps deepen appreciation for both the art and the repair of ceramics. Whether you’re making pottery, studying materials, or trying a careful DIY repair, our shared experience makes that knowledge approachable and useful.
Our goal is to pass on what we’ve learned, giving others the opportunity to build skills, preserve craftsmanship, and keep the tradition of ceramic art, pottery, and sculpture restoration alive for future generations..
Master painters for precise surface detail and color matching
Resident engineer with expertise in precision restoration tools and materials
Highly trained restorers specializing in ceramic, sculpture, and antique conservation
Continuous innovation: Always testing advanced materials, tools, and instrumentation to improve the strength, accuracy, and longevity of every restoration
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11. Verified Reviews from Happy Clients
Hundreds of 5-star reviews on Google, the Better Business Bureau (A+ rating), and other respected platforms speak to the quality, reliability, and artistry of our work.
