Recently, one of my long term clients brought me a very precious piece: a Buddha figure that she acquired for her shrine. She just "fell in love" with this statue because she felt a special connection with its irregularities and the "traces" of time reflected on its surface. However, she din't want to have a "decapitated" Buddha on top of her altar!...and that's when she contacted me.
She requested a minor treatment, specifically to re-attach the head and the body, and then to stabilize the Statue. She did not want the corrosion to be removed or minimized...she didn't even want the surface to be cleaned! So the treatment aimed at solving the major damage and the cleaning was reduced to simple dust removal.
The first stage of the treatment was to rejoin the two pieces and then complete some of the missing areas around the neck.
The fillings and in-painting were intended to be completely merged with the original, by using a very delicate
rigattino (in-painting with little color dots). Although imperceptible at a distance, a closer view will reveal the work done.
And this is how her special Buddha figure came out: ready to sit on top of the shrine!
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