Ceramic, Porcelain and Pottery repair and restoration
What you'll learn
- How to repair a broken piece of ceramic, porcelain and pottery
- Knowing what materials and tools are needed and how to use them accordingly and safely
- How to wash and remove old glue
- The techniques for filling in radial cracks
- How to make up a missing piece and fix it in place
- Confidently attach your piece or multiple pieces in place, then correctly sand.
- Colour theory
- How to use a airbrush
- How to confidently paint before the final glaze
- How to apply the Kintsugi method
- You will learn the knowledge and skills to finish a piece off china or pottery to a professional standard
- Some health and safety when using materials and equipment
Requirements
- The great thing about this course is that no prior experience or knowledge is required. Just a willingness to learn.
Description
Join me and start learning the skills of Ceramic, Pottery and Porcelain restoration.
This is a step by step guide for the complete beginner.
Most of us have a broken piece lurking in the back of the cupboards which needs a bit o TLC, in this course we will go through all the fundamentals of repairing ceramic, pottery and porcelain, from using appropriate equipment, cleaning, repairing, painting to the final glaze.
This course will take you from having little to no knowledge of restoring ceramics, to having a better understanding of the ceramic restoration techniques.
I will guide you through step by step.
After an introduction I will go through the tools and equipment you will need throughout this course.
You will learn how to safely clean your china.
I will teach you the best adhesive to use, how to correctly glue a piece back on.
How to fill in hair line cracks and also fill in missing pieces.
We will discuss which grades of sandpaper use and how to rub down correctly.
We will cover paint theory and finally painting and glaze, using a brush and airbrush.
I will show you a simple Kinsugi technique.
You will have life time access to the course materials.
After you have completed this course you should confidently be able to restore your own piece of ceramic.
I look forward to you joining me on this ceramic journey.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for the complete beginner
Instructor
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- 4.2 Instructor Rating
- 23 Reviews
- 108 Students
- 1 Course
Hi my name is Alison Singleton, I have had the pleasure of restoring china and pottery for the last 14 years.
My china restoration journey first started with me learning botanical illustration at Wisley Gardens followed on by Sir Hiller Gardens in Romsey England. With a passion for gardening which lead me to then want to paint flowers, I then decided to attend china restoration courses at studios in Oxford, from there I went on to train in Wiltshire.
Since then I have worked for myself.
Most of my work is for private clients and antique dealers although I do enjoy restoring for myself.
I live and work deep in the English countryside close to Stonehenge with my husband, two teenage children, 3 dogs not to mention other family pets. All while restoring an eighteenth century house and garden.
My first career was a hairstylist, which I still keep my hand in, mainly wedding hair as I love the creativity.
My other hobbies include gardening and Yoga.