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Mouldmaking and casting : a technical manual / Nick Brooks.

By: Brooks, Nick [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Ramsbury : Crowood, 2005Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1861266685 (hardback); 9781861266682.Subject(s): Pottery molds | Plastics -- Molds | Casts | Precision castingDDC classification: 738.142
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 738.142 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00230438
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Mouldmaking and Casting is a technical manual of the many techniques of this ancient craft and art form. With step-by-step illustrations, it explains the materials required and the processes involved to create reproductions of a range of pieces. The book covers traditional techniques as well as today's more advanced technical methods. Topics covered include: · Plaster waste and multipiece moulding · Silicone and vinyl moulds · Clay press moulds · Casting from a life model · Wax casting · Polyester resins and fibre glass · Cold-cast metal casting · Cement casting

CIT Module ARTS 7043 - Core reading.

CIT Module ARTS 7042 - Supplementary reading.

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Library Journal Review

The ancient arts of mold making and casting are used largely by sculptors, prop makers, and puppeteers. Brooks (fine art, Central St. Martins, London) teaches the old methods, which rely on clay, plaster, and wax, and modern techniques, which involve silicone, vinyl, fiberglass, and polyester. He imparts a lot of highly technical information while showing how to create exciting faces, vases, and abstract pieces in myriad textures and styles. This is a worthy successor to Bruner F. Barrie's Mold Making: Casting and Patina. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.