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3 days ago · Next he uses a 50:50 mix of patching plaster and hydrocal (or Plaster of Paris) brush-applied to cheesecloth. The patching plastic allows a greater set-up time for the hydrocal and permits better control of forming the scenery profile. Allowing the first coat to dry overnight, two more coats one hour apart are enough to make a firm scenery base.
4 days ago · THE CEILINGS AND MODELLED PLASTER WORK. Ceilings & friezes. Of modelled plaster ceilings three only remained, & are shown on plates 3-4. There were also three plaster friezes, two of them complete, along the top of the walls of the north-west rooms on the ground and upper floors, the former illustrated by the lithograph on plate 33, and the latter by the photograph on plate 34.
2 days ago · Install a Finish Coat: Plaster walls can bring many unique looks, colors, and styles to the table.“Many people are choosing to install a Venetian finish coat that has a 40% marble dust content called a marmarino finish,” says Riley “This coat can be extremely shiny, it can encompass many bright or dark colors, and it can be blended with a mix of colors for a unique finish look.”
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2 days ago · While waiting for fiber fabrics that I plan on experimenting with to arrive, I wanted to make something. George Greenough’s surfboard fin innovations led me to look into biomimicry and I plan on using the fiber fabrics to make different types of surfboard fins based off of different fish.
3 days ago · Paris, city and capital of France, located along the Seine River, in the north-central part of the country. Paris is one of the world’s most important and attractive cities, famed for its gastronomy, haute couture, painting, literature, and intellectual community. Learn more about Paris in this article.
3 days ago · Hotel Lutetia in the Saint-Germain-de Près area. Paris was liberated and in August 1944, and when the hotel was abandoned by the Germans, people once more flocked to its doors, not to escape but ...
4 days ago · Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19; in the Louvre, Paris. Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence, and it now hangs in the Louvre ...
