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An indispensable guide to the processes of mouldmaking and modelling.

Table of Contents

Preface
French Mouldmaking Charter
Introduction
The Model
1. Basic Principles
2. The Model
3. Release Agents and Sealers
Moulding
4. How to Choose a Moulding Technique
5. Alginate Moulds
6. Plaster Bandage Moulding
7. Plaster Moulding
8. Latex Moulding
9. Silicone Elastomer/Rubber Moulding
10. Repairing Picture Frame Mouldings
Casting
11. Casting Materials
12. Casting Techniques
13. Imitations and Patinas
Appendices

About the Author

Jean-Pierre Delpech and Marc-André de Figueres are French artists and teachers. Delpech is a specialist in mouldmaking and Figueres is an artist who works with plastics and resin and teaches at the University of Paris VI.

The translation was done by Sasha Wardell, a British ceramicist who trained at Limoges in France and is known for her own slipcast work. She is also the author of the Ceramic Handbook Slipcasting.