And more modern bisque repairs....

This is a modern bisque doll who fell off his perch and sustained a nasty arm fracture.

There are many pieces of arm in a bag.
It is unknown if all the pieces are present and accounted for.

A 2 part epoxy glue is used to piece his arm back together.
This side looks good.

But this side shows that several of the shards were chipped and not all his arm pieces were found.

There are different ways to deal with a missing piece of ceramic.
Here I have already placed a metal mesh underneath the missing area.

Here, the metal mesh has been secured with an epoxy putty.
Once it hardens it becomes a good base for modeling clay to finish off contouring the repairs.

Here he is after his arm has been filled, sanded and painted.

And his clothes got put back on!

Ready to back on his shelf.....hopefully no more falls.....

Modern bisque repair

This poor little doll is a modern all-bisque doll. Her injuries include a broken left arm, a broken stringing hook in her right leg and a previously repaired left leg.

A closer look at some of her issues.

The first steps are to extract the broken hook from the right leg and to glue the broken arm together.

Holes filled in, new hook set into right leg, a bit of paint to disguise the repairs and he is ready to be strung.

Done!