Casting

Description

• Casting allows for a fast and simple manufacture of repetitive pieces.
• Depending on the plaster used for casting, these pieces can go indoors and / or outdoors. Similarly, hardness varies a lot.
• The mould is first made from a model in silicone or polyurethane.
• The pieces are cast in the mould with the aid of a brush. The resulting plaster mix is relatively liquid.
• Upon hardening of the plaster it is removed from the mould.
• The mould is available again for another piece.
• Once turned from the mould the pieces are placed to dry.

Tips

• Plaster integrally colored is not to be painted.
• Various treatments (washing, brushing, sandblasting i.e.) can obtain a variety of textures.

Tools

• Traditional ornamental plaster equipment : mixers, flexible brushes, straight edges etc...
• Silicone