Thursday, March 18, 2010

Carving Repairs

Replacement of missing piece based on historical data.















Replacement by matching



Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Welcome to John M. Lake, Ltd.

Intro to what I do here-

Repairing a broken scroll piece on a carved chair back.


1. Square the chip to take a piece of wood.

















2. Glue in piece of matching wood.

















3. Carve

















4. Finished product- matches the right side which wasn't broken.