These are the before and after pictures of the Madonna Della Difesa statue that has been handed down in my family since the early 20th century. My mother recently inherited it and asked a couple of months back if I could try to fix it. With Mother's Day approaching I thought it was the right time to undertake the tricky prosthetic for the baby Jesus. Crafted from "Sculpey" and then baked, it took two tries to get it right. The Madonna received a deep cleaning facial, manicure, a little bling with new gold leaf and refurbishing of her crackled paint gown. A pretty appropriate Mother's Day gift for her! I think I made my own mom very happy yesterday, as the hug seemed to last forever.
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