Casts From the Past VI

Casts From the Past is a recurring retrospective of Palladio GFRG projects.

The corner leaf's sole purpose is covering an awkward miter.  To prevent the leaf, often an acanthus or honeysuckle, from overpowering the accompanying ornament, they are both carved on the same plane. The seam of the miter is hidden in the leaf’s midrib.

This medallion for a 20-foot dome has been cast in four pieces. All that remains is verifying the size of the pieces and aligning the joints between them: a meticulous process measured in millimeters!

After a flawless execution of our master plasterer’s case and mould, the first cast of the columns awaits touch-ups and delivery to a historic NYC theater.

The flexible nature of silicone moulds allows cornices to be curved, like this marriage of an egg-and-dart and a palmette-acanthus-rosette tryptic.