Da Prato Angel Restoration

I saw this beautiful statue in its battered, deteriorated condition at Irish Fest.  They told me it was beyond saving.  I  convinced the Calvary Cemetery Chapel group that owned it to let me restore it. 

 Newspaper article on damage  

First, the flaking paint had to be recorded for color and then entirely removed          Da Prato Company ID

         Existing base               New shell in clay                  Mold and cast                    Installation

       Sculpting a new face                                 Refinements                           Sanding and smoothing the face

                         Old photo of original face                                      Before painting                     

Shattered wing arrives          New wing tip armature             Wing installed             Wing  reinforced

All reconstructed, sanded down, and ready for painting

            The Angel restored, painted with pearlescent acrylic paints and blessed by a Catholic priest

TOTAL TIME:  120 hours