Casts From the Past XXII

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

No, we didn’t accidentally mix our plaster with custard – though that might be delicious for the mouth AND eyes. Here, we deliberately tinted the gypsum as a base from which the finishers can work. Virtually any color can be matched..

Sometimes restoration is more of a re-creation, and you use any vestiges of the original piece to resurrect details that have been lost to time or the wrecker’s hammer.

The borders between the arts are water-colored blurs, not absolute boundaries defined by pen and ink. Our crew has skills in design, painting, sculpting, and in this instance, illustration.

Perhaps the most abstract skill required by plaster-crafters is the ability to mentally translate a two-dimensional plan or drawing into a 3D object.

Make it stand out

A wall full of our Wol 3D tiles demonstrates the impact of pattern and scale. The effect will become even more profound with well designed lighting.