Creative Plasterwork in 25 Beautiful Projects.
While the craft of plaster-casting dates at least 3,000 years, it is enjoying a revival as an innovative contemporary art form.
This fully-illustrated book is the perfect introduction to this inexpensive and easy-to-use medium. It includes a variety of techniques, each clearly explained in photographic step-by-step sequences. It also offers advice and guidance on a host of finishing techniques from painting and gilding, to weathering and varnishing.
The book includes ornamental as well as practical designs such as shells, masks, candleholders and frames. It is thus an essential book for anybody seeking to learn how to manipulate this ancient and inspirational material.
