Repairing/Rebuilding broken glass object?

Buttcleft

I have a glass something that fell off a shelf, and some of the thinner parts of it shattered on impact and is irrepairable.

There is some emotional value to this , so I'd like to reconstruct it somehow..But the fragmentation of the glass makes it impossible to simply glue it back together.

This is where you come in H/A.

Is there any type of epoxy or some kind of, i don't know, compound that dries perfectly clear, that I can use and mold to a rough resemblance of the damaged parts so atleast from a distance this looks ok?

matt has a problem

Most epoxies are pretty liquid, so trying to do anything but hold two pieces together with a thin layer won't work. You could try sculpting individual pieces out of plexiglass, then gluing those in place, if you really were dedicated to repairing it. Otherwise, simply get as many usable pieces as you can and reassemble the object, leaving empty spaces where pieces would've gone that were broken too small. My parents have a piece from a nativity set that a cat knocked over 20 or so years ago that my dad repaired using as many pieces as he could, and it's only added to the sentimental value of it, being able to tell the story about the year the cat knocked it off the bookcase and my dad spent two months gluing it back together bit by bit.

Improvolone

I can't think of any specific product names, but head to your favorite hardware store and check out their adhesives. They list what they adhere to.

Buttcleft

Thats the thing, there is no pieces to glue back together.

Literaly shattered into dust. Thats why I'm looking into some kind of compound i can adhere and mold instead of simply gluing things back together.

Phoenix-D

If there's no pieces left you're pretty much shit out of luck.

matt has a problem

Your best bet is honestly to take it to someone who makes glass sculptures (those tacky unicorns you see in Hallmark stores), and see if they can fix it. Or even a place that does stained glass windows. Aside from carving pieces yourself out of plexiglass, you need someone who can heat and shape glass.

NightDragon

You could try finding a glassblower, too. I'm not sure how much luck they'd have with the object, but it's worth a shot. Sometimes jewelry/bead shops know local glassblowers, if there are any.

Buttcleft

I'll look into it, chances are the monetary value for repair is greater than the emotional value of the object however.

Thanks for the help.

Improvolone

Some pictures would make it easier to let you know if you could manage it with some plexiglass.