#plaster casts

[nemfrog]

Body parts. Catalogue of plaster reproductions from antique, medieval and modern sculpture. 1911.

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[nobrashfestivity]

Giorgio Sommer Impronte umane (Pompei), scoverta 1873 1873 plaster casts of remains, Pompeii, discovered 1873] Albumen prints Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

[anaratto]

Cynthia Dorothy Albritton aka Cynthia Plaster Caster

[charlesreeza]

The Cast Collection at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

This collection survives as the largest architectural cast collection in the United States, rivaled internationally only by collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in the Musée National des Monuments Français, Paris.

[rebeccachesney]

I’ve been looking into folklore surrounding plants for my Astley Hall commission, and found an old  Anglo-Saxon 9 herb charm. There is some debate as to the exact 9 plants, but I have been trying to find specimens of each to make plaster casts. 

More information can be found on the 9 herb charm here.

I’ve not found all 9 on the list yet, but have already made 6 casts: plantain, nettle, apple, mugwort, bittercress and fennel. All but the mugwort were growing on my allotment. I’m yet to find chamomile (or mayweed perhaps) fumitory and chervil.... but it’s now October and my chances of finding them while I have fresh plaster in my pocket are pretty slim. 

So the charm is incomplete at the moment...

[glencairnmuseum]

Have you ever noticed the large plaster cast of the Rosetta Stone just outside the entrance to Glencairn’s Egyptian Gallery? Although not ancient, this reproduction, and several others on exhibit at Glencairn, are more than 100 years old. Plaster casts of ancient sculptures were widely collected by museums and universities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The British Museum and the Louvre made casts of important works in their collections and sold many to American museums and collectors. The casts at Glencairn were first acquired in 1914 by the Academy of the New Church’s museum, located on the top floor of the library in Bryn Athyn:

“The Academy's Archeological Museum has been enriched, recently, by the acquisition of a fine set of facsimile casts of treasures such as the Rosetta Stone, the black obelisque of Shalmaneser II; two beautiful statues of Osiris and Isis; large tablets showing the Siloam inscription in the ancient Hebrew characters; Ashurbanipal and his queen in their garden; Shamash, the Assyrian sun-god, in his temple, etc. The Reading Room in the Library, moreover, has been furnished with a series of fine busts of Greek gods and classical heroes and writers, which lend a delightful sphere and finish to the beautiful room. We need not mention the name of the generous friend who has provided these lovely additions to our educational equipment.” (New Church Life 1914, pp. 159-160; we suspect that the “generous friend” was John Pitcairn.) 

[intelligentliving]

This Revolutionary New Cast Is Itch-Free And Waterproof

This cast is a lightweight, waterproof, and breathable alternative to plaster that can even be worn while exercising, swimming in the ocean, and bathing!

[miasmes]

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