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"The ultimate way to repair pottery and porcelain is to use the original materials, clay or kaolin. In some cases, to achieve the correct texture, it is even necessary to use clay from the original location, and to fire at the same temperature in a kiln as near as possible to the one used by the original potter. In many cases, records of firings and temperatures have been lost, or did not exist anyway. Potteries have closed down and other things have occurred to make the ultimate repair sometimes impossible, and at all times very expensive. For this reason, there are very few people who undertake this type of repair, and those that do are very highly skilled, using equipment into hundreds of dollars, and restoring only those pieces of a value that warrants the cost. Fortunately, modern technology has come to our rescue, bringing with it materials that are cheap, easy to use and readily available, so this fascinating and rewarding pastime is now within reach of anyone who cares to have a try, whether they have artistic skills or not. A famous memory man once said that there is no such thing as a bad memory, only an untrained one. The same thing applies to almost anything you underta

Author

Everett, David, 1938-

Publisher

New York: Hawthorn Books

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801562860

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24