Old Cathedral museum tour impresses educators

In a article titled “Divine Review”, the St. Louis Review featured Restorations Plus owner Michelle Bowman and her work restoring religious statues and artwork. To read the entire article visit: stlouisreview.com/article/2013-08-01/divine-makeover

Couple brings back old religious icons by William Flannery of the Post Dispatch – Monday, August 17, 1998   Photo Courtesy Larry Williams/Post-Dispatch It’s something of a lost art, and Michele Bowman-Dumey and Michael Dumey freely admit it. Their business is the repair and restoration of ecclesiastical statuary. I’ve been doing restoration for eleven yars […]

Rigali will bless Holy Family Church Shrine by Glen Sparks – Staff Writer Wednesday, July 22, 1998   Photo Courtesy of Dennis Caldwell Michele Bowman-Dumey figures the statues are about 100 years old. They’re probably from Germany, most likely sculpted by Sebastian Ostereider, a Munich artst. She guesses a priest brought them from Europe to […]

Michele Bowman-Dumey owns Restorations Plus in the 5400 block of Virginia in the Bellerive neighborhood. She repairs and restores sacred statues and also creates new ones. By Theresa Tighe of the Post Dispatch – January 1, 2001   Photo Courtesy or Wayne Crosslin/PostDispatch Everyday, Michele Bowman-Dumey and Michael Dumey work with the angels and saints. […]