Das wonky

I bought this little porcelain statue last year at a vide grenier. I think I paid about 5 euros for it. I love using it as a table decoration when we are having dinner, as it has a view from 360°.

The trouble was though it had a missing foot at the base, so sat rather wonky.

Brian assured me he could fix it, but I have to say it was never a priority and I didn’t really mind it’s wonkiness too much. However, he has been working on fixing it for me bit by bit. It was quite genius how he did it, and with such patience.

He used some white clay called Das, which dries in the air. He first made a cast from one of the other two feet. He used this dried mould to make the new foot, which needed some finessing before fitting it to the statue.

No more wonkiness.