China Repair For Grandmother’s China Set
20 November 2009Many people across the United States are embracing the “less is more” philosophy with popular television shows teaching homeowners to clean out their closets, purge their attics, get rid of all of the extra stuff in their lives that they don’t use on a daily basis. This includes grandmother’s china set that is stored in the dusty corner of the basement.
For most, it’s generally thought that you don’t want to throw out the set because it was grandmother’s, and you remember as a child having Thanksgiving dinner with one of those plates only after you were old enough to not break a piece of the set so carefully cherished for years.
But it’s chipped and maybe stained, and you don’t know what else to do with it, except store it in a box in the basement. There are a few things you can do to move that set from the corner of the basement into your showcase.
Repurpose:
You can repurpose your set into another function. An artfully designed mosaic can be a beautiful use for your broken bits. You may choose the most beautiful part of the piece to create a small piece of jewelry or a put a small piece of the choice painted bit on display.
The drawback is of course that a mosaic only uses pieces and parts of the whole.Having grandmother’s beloved china further broken up doesn’t quite feel right. And what happens to all of the discarded pieces?
For some people this is definitely not the way to address their nostalgia. It may be chipped maybe, but at least they’d like to keep it whole.
China Repair:
There are a few artists who specialize in china repair and porcelain restoration. The techniques they use are incredible with invisible repair lines and museum quality restoration. It is important to remember that these repairs do not usually allow the owners to use the china for meals. It’s generally discouraged to eat food from a repaired plate.
However, a professional china repair can allow you to display grandmother’s china set in your hutch as a whole set. A displayed platter sitting next to several teacups with an entire stack of plates artfully arranged can allow you and your modern family to always enjoy the nostalgia, history, and family tall tales at every special family event.
You should also be aware that you need to clean and your repaired items carefully. If you have monetarily valuable china pieces - beside sentimental value - you must clean them with care. A thorough scrubbing can damage and greatly reduce the value of your item. It can simply remove the patina of age and indeed its antique value or perhaps even its sentimental value.
A professional china restoration artist is experienced in cleaning pieces with tremendous attention to the value of the piece, with museum accepted solvents, and professionally standard cleaning agents.
If you have a set of grandmother’s dinnerware that you would like to bring out of the basement and use in your family’s home, china restoration should be a definite consideration for displaying your set in a beautiful arrangement and setting.
Antique china repair artists use specialized techniques to revive the beauty of heirlooms pieces, antiques and collectibles. To see how a broken object can be restored to its original beauty, visit the site here http://www.luelstudio.com.
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