Restoration Catholic

' Capturing Cardinal Newman's iconic distinctive features wasn't all I wanted to achieve with this bust.

This nodding angel made everyone who saw it in my repair shop smile. Smiles are something we have all missed, having worn masks for far...

Art and ancestors My dad didn't want me to work with plaster as he had done. He said it was messy and dusty and he wanted something...

The crucifix painted by the Master of the Blue Crucifixes was discovered by an art collector in a convent garbage skip! Little did the...

The first statue of Our Lady of Lourdes The statue at the grotto of Lourdes is the work of sculptor Joseph-Hughes Fabisch. He was...

Our lady of Lourdes restored for the shrine of St. Walburger in Preston Artists throughout the ages have striven to depict the beauty of...

St. Anthony is a familiar figure in our churches, he either holds loaves of bread, or is depicted holding a book, with the infant Christ...

Just before we closed business for Christmas in 2018, we were invited to St. Joseph's to set up the newly built stable and crib figures...

Carved in Belgium 1858, restored in the U.K. 2018 ​Father wanted his Gothic stations of the cross to look as beautiful as possible....

Appreciation for the art of Saint Supplice One producer of religious statuary, which I encounter often, is "Maison Raffl". The studio had...