What You Learn
This course gives strong basic practical knowledge of the sequences and steps in the restoration of porcelain and other types of ceramics. Students learn the properties of materials, tools, techniques, and their correct applications in restoration. Technically, the term 'ceramic restoration' includes restoration of china, porcelain and any other ceramics like terra cotta. Therefore, I will use the term 'restoration of ceramics' as encompassing all types of ceramics in my description below. Also, 'ceramics' may be antique ceramics or non-antiques.
Specifically, this restoration course:
Provides advanced hands-on training in restoration of ceramics
Enables you to understand and correctly utilize various techniques, materials, tools, equipment and safety precautions associated with ceramic restoration
Introduces you to all of the steps involved in the restoration of ceramics with lectures and studio practice
Builds your confidence in solving complex restoration problems involving damaged ceramic objects and/or missing parts
Teaches students how to organize their ceramic restoration working place, observe safety precautions and efficiently utilize time during the process of restoration
Provides intensive personal guidance to each student on their particular restoration projects
How This Course Works
Students obtain and bring to class a minimum of five different ceramic objects with different types of damages.
The Little Studio provides its proprietary brochure, 'Step-by-Step' manual, to each student.
Lectures explain every step of restoration for all possible damages, materials required for each particular step, how to use them and where to obtain them.
Students work on their projects under the close supervision of the instructor.
What You Can Do After Completing This Course
This course gives strong knowledge of how and with what kind of materials you can restore any type of damages on any type of ceramics, whether antiques or not. In order to become a good restorer, you need only more practice, which you can do yourself, having the guidance of The Little Studio's 'Step-by-Step' brochure, and knowledges you obtained from The Little Studio. How to start? This is my suggestion after taking this course:
Go to auctions or garage sales, where you can buy very damaged ceramic objects and restore them. When you feel you have made good progress in terms of quality of your work (practice, practice and more practice will give you excellent quality and speed in your work), you can resell the restored object with a profit in auctions or flea markets.
Purchase broken objects from antique dealers and do the same.
After that, if you feel confident and want to choose restoration as your profession, offer your services to restoration companies. Over time, you will not only work, but learn more about restoration and gain more experience.
Now, after you have received practical training, gained experience and built your confidence, it is time to become an independent restorer, building your own clientele and developing your own business.
If you do not choose restoration as your profession, but you enjoy it, this can be a wonderful life interest keeping you quite busy and engaged going to flea markets, garage sales, and auctions, buying ceramic objects restoring them, and receiving additional income by reselling them, or just enjoying the objects as a collector.
Cost and Other Information
The Regular (evening) courses are 3 hours, once a week over 3 months. Cost is $ 1,800.
The Intensive (day) courses are 4 hours every day over 2 weeks. Cost is $ 2,000.
The Little Studio provides all necessary materials, tools and equipment; students are responsible for buying a very few tools.
In Conclusion
I would like to say, it is exciting to bring back life to objects which seem lost forever.
One last important point: learning restoration requires the desire to learn, patience, concentration and precision. If you have these qualities, welcome to The Little Studio!
Please call us at 212-535-2412, or email at littlestudio@aol.com
Welcome to the free introductory lesson.
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