Plaster molding replicated and installed

Missing plaster molding

 

 

 

Decorative plaster work has a long history. Moldings were originally run in-situ with ornaments cast in carved boxwood, pear-wood  or hard plaster and gelatin molds using composition materials and gauged setting stuff. 

 

 

 

 

 

molding replicated and installed

At a later date fibrous plastering techniques arrived, first used in France, the technique involves the use of Plaster of Paris with hessian/canvass scrim to reinforce casts and timber laths to assist fixing.

With some timber, sheet steel, molding compounds and a few bags of casting plaster, all manner of ornamental plaster work can be created.