Restorations by Patricia has been in business for 15 years. All repairs are done in my studio, which is located in Nutley, New Jersey. Your complete satisfaction is important to me and therefore each article is carefully given the detailed attention you would expect. Therefore, before beginning any restoration, a consultation with you is required.
Keller China Restoration specializes in quality repair and restoration of porcelain, ceramic, pottery, and glass collectibles, heirlooms and personal treasures. Corey and JoAnn Keller have a nationwide reputation for excellence with over thirty-one years of experience. Each piece receives their personal attention. Keller China Restoration is an independent company. Their services have been recommended by satisfied antique dealers and individual collectors alike. Chips, cracks and previously glued pieces are invisibly repaired and restored. Missing parts are recreated, painted and glazed to perfection. Repairs can be made to materials such as porcelain, ceramic, pottery, chalkware, plaster, composite, glass, and crystal.
Glass grinding is available. Chips on items are smoothed and polished to perfection at reasonable rates. Crystal and glass repairs are made using special UV resins. You cannot make cracks invisible in glass because of it's transparent nature, but our bonding agents help hide the cracks and will not yellow over time.
This figurine arrived with a missing hand. The owner purchased it "as is" for a nominal amount through e-bay, commissioned us to restore it and gained perfectly complete figurine for a fracture of a market value price. The challenge in this project is sculpting the very detailed hand and attaching it using a pin for good mechanical integrity. To see repair examples of broken figurine, broken statue and broken china, see our restoration examples page.
We are proud to offer professional repair and restoration services that operate from a well-equipped antiques restoration and conservation studio in downtown Delray Beach, Florida. With over 25 years experience, we specialize in high quality restoration of fine porcelain, crystal, ivory, jade, marble and many other objects d'art.
Items manufactured by Lladro, Hummel, Royal Doulton, Meissen, Royal Vienna, KPM, Sevres, Roseville and other companies can be restored in our studio to their original condition. We reconstruct damage from existing fragments or by making molds and free hand sculpturing. We are able to achieve original texture and finish by using synthetic materials and a perfect color match.
We repair items sent to us from around the world and we ship throughout the United States and Internationally. Call or e-mail us for a free consultation. We will explain all relevant repair options and provide a free, no obligation estimate.
Ron A. (Napa, Ca.) I received this afternoon the sugar bowl I had sent you for repairs. I can't tell you how happy I was to see the wonderful craftsmanship in the repair. You are a master. I can't tell where the chip was nor see any difference under strong light. I am very pleased.
Marsha M. (Nanaimo, B.C., Canada) You did an incredible job of repairing all the breaks. The ear especially looks like nothing ever happened. You have magically erased all the breaks which makes you nothing short of a miracle worker. A true magician. I can't thank you enough.
Robert D. (Cloverdale, Ca.) Just a note to let you know how pleased I was with your workmanship. I was concerned that my mothers dish would never look the same after I had dropped it during moving, but I was wrong. You couldn't even tell where it was chipped after it was repaired. Thanks again. I would recommend your services to others.
Portia M. (Santa Rosa, Ca.) After watching a video of this repair: Wow!! That was so fun to get to watch the whole process. I can't thank you enough Martin, for the quality and affordability of the work you do.
George D. (San Anselmo, Ca.) A family heirloom, a plate that was in the family for a long time was knocked over and broken. I was in distressed, heart broken, thinking that this beautiful plate that has been in my family for generations was destroyed. Broken into so many pieces I thought there was no chance for repair. Then I came across Martin of Tesserak Studios, who told me that he could repair and it will be as good as new. And good to his word, when the job was completed and went to pick the plate up, it was perfect. You would never have known it was ever broken. An Amazing job. A true artist with great skills. I highly recommend Tesserrak Studios to repair any of your valuables or family heirlooms. You will be happy with the results.
Gabrielle C. (Santa Rosa, Ca.) My mom and I brought 5 crystal and ceramic items for Martin to repair. When we arrived Martin greeted us. He graciously and very clearly explained the steps that he would take to bring our valuables back to the way they were originally. One of the items I had was a Tiffany ice bucket. Martin explained that after the repair was completed, we would only see a slightly cloudy spot on the area that was repaired. He also told us that to the naked eye most people would never see it. He was absolutely correct. I have never met anyone who could repair valuables like Martin does. His many years of experience can be seen in his work. He truly is an expert and the time he took to explain his process and show us examples of what our finished items would look like was exemplary. I wish I had not tossed out the chipped Waterford wine glasses I did in the past because Martin could have easily repaired them at a much lower cost than it cost me to replace them. Thank you Martin, you truly are a magician and master in your field!
In addition, we also brought you a Meissen dinner bell which had been broken in two places and was missing its clapper. Your repair work on this Meissen piece is superb and the bell now has a clapper which looks fantastic and its sound is strikingly clear.
Nevertheless, any visiblity at all of this gunktends to be unsightly, and it is, as nearly as I can tell, indistinguishable from any other glue used in an amateur post-factory repair job. (To addinsult to injury, the factory-applied yellow stuff doesn't even hold very well! Umbrellasand parasols adhered to models' hands using this substance seem especially prone tocoming loose.) So I avoid any purchase on which I can detect obvious traces of this yellow substance. In myexperience, most adhesions of decorative elements in Lladró and other fine porcelain are made with liquid porcelain "slip" that makes the attachment appear seamless - which is only as it should be!
If you have a project that requires gap bonding or filling, surface repairs or laminating, the best glue for porcelain or ceramic repairs will be an epoxy. An epoxy consists of two parts: resin and hardener. When mixed together, they produce a durable, high strength bond. Other features include:
A Brief Overview of Our Business
Invisible Repair is a family-owned-and-operated business that has been providing nationwide antique repair services since 1997. We combine the latest technologies with our two decades of experience to provide the best antique restoration services that money can buy. Our techniques are totally reversible, stable, and long-lasting. Whether you require simple conservation or complete item restoration, we are here to help in whatever way we can.
Damage to figurines is not always easily noticeable at first glance. The photos below show some first glance and up close pictures of damaged figurines. Parts can be broken, missing or repaired. Glue residue can be a sign of a repair or a missing part.
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