Restoration Catholic

From Saint Stanislav to Saint Philip. Father arrived with a broken statue of Saint Stanislav Kostka for us to transform into Saint Philip...

Restoring a neo gothic saint - or two... When the statue of Saint Teresa of Avila arrived she was wearing some uncharacteristic green...

A gift from a son We were asked to restore this carved wooden statue of Saint Joseph and the child Jesus by a local man, who had bought...

This nodding angel made everyone who saw it in my repair shop smile. Smiles are something we have all missed, having worn masks for far...

Saint Joseph is a wonderful saint. As the parent of a family and a man who worked with his hands, we chose him as the patron of our...

Art and ancestors My dad didn't want me to work with plaster as he had done. He said it was messy and dusty and he wanted something...

Sanctuary Angels broken wings restored Lewis & Lewis

The first statue of Our Lady of Lourdes The statue at the grotto of Lourdes is the work of sculptor Joseph-Hughes Fabisch. He was...

Ireland has three Patron saints; St. Patrick, Saint Columcile, and Saint Brigid of Kildare. This statue of St. Brigid had been restored...

Artists throughout the ages have striven to depict the beauty of the Blessed Virgin. In many paintings and sculptures, her face expresses...

St. Anthony is a familiar figure in our churches, he either holds loaves of bread, or is depicted holding a book, with the infant Christ...

History that shaped our statues in England. We love our church statuary, from humble crib figures to great masterpieces; yet some...

Restoring a statue of Saint Joan of Arc. Restoring Statue of Saint Joan Visionary & Martyr We are much accustomed to seeing St. Joan...

Making a statue of St. Catherine of Alexandria Making the statue of St. Catherine of Alexandria Earlier this year,(2017) Reverend Hall...

Praise Him with Strings and Pipe! This Nativity shepherd is from a 40 inch plaster nativity set. It had become rather grubby and damaged...

Appreciation for the art of Saint Supplice One producer of religious statuary, which I encounter often, is "Maison Raffl". The studio had...

This lovely Pieta, originally by Meyers of Munich, had last been polychromed in the 1930's (The decorative artist had dated his work to...

When Fr. Simon brought this statue to us for repair, it came with lots of "extras"... "Extra" layers of paint, "extra" dust, and "extra"...

Explaining the image of Our Lady of Walsingham In the year 2015, at the request of the Carmelite sisters of Prenton; I Created this 24...