Wax

Wax

Intervention on various objects mass colored wax or painted wax either conservation measures, or reconstitution of missing pieces.

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Restauration complète d'une crèche d'Eglise


Restoration of wax santons from a church nativity scene


Cleaning of the base wax and clothing, restoration all elements that can be conserved, sculpture some parts to replace those missing, wax printing, retouching of the entire color by retouching or complete depending on the condition, then cleaning and recreating identical costume elements to replace damaged originals eating by bugs.


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nativity scene mary

Complete restoration of a Mary’s santon.  Creation of a new nose and hand reissue, facial retouching and clothing cleaning.



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nativity scene joseph

Santon Joseph - recreation of missing wax hairstyle - touch-up of make-up restoration of wax hands and cleaning of clothing

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nativity scene Jesus

Sculpture of the missing elements for a nativity scene Jesus hasv missing  foot, leg and arm. Sculpture of identical according to the remaining elements. Retouching of color and creation of a garment.

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Late 19th wax doll

This pretty very realistic doll is the heartbeat in an auction despite the absence of a hole in the head related to the proximity of a heat source and broken or missing limbs.

At first, it was important to spot the aesthetics of the remains of feet and hands to sculpt pieces identical.

Close the hole in the head and collect hair from behind on the back of the neck to fill the gap

Then color it while keeping the nuances of the wax, and style the natural hair.

Jesus in painted wax around 1870

Restoration of a Jesus in the context of the restoration of a complete nativity scene found at the Church of Yssac la Tourette

The wax Jesus being the room in worse condition. The symbolic grandeur of the object is much larger than the rest of the santons.

Restoration includes restoring and making missing parts, reconstructing the hairstyle and making clothes with old fabrics.

Article on the restoration of the nativity scene in the bulletin of the



crêche 19ème sous globe
crêche 19ème sous globe

19th century nativity scene under globe

Cleaning, rebuilding broken parts, making missing pieces, cleaning and restoring silk clothes.

This beautiful nativity scene presented under a glass globe has the particularity of using several techniques for its manufacture. The background includes painted wax animals, the figures are mass colored wax , the  German virgin Mary head made in papier-mache, the  fruits  decoration are also made in painted wax. We can note the peculiarity of the child Jesus made with open-closed eyes.
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