A common casting medium, plaster is also a popular pick for making molds. Using this substance, which is manufactured in powder form, is ideal when you want a rigid structure to make casts as an ...

If an artist is judged by the company his work keeps, Peter Agostini is a pop sculptor. At the current sculpture exhibition in Manhattan’s Jewish Museum, Agostini’s plaster popovers are on show across ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Copy print of original silver gelatin ...

Q: We recently purchased a 1926 colonial house with mostly horsehair plaster walls. This is my first experience with plaster walls, and I’m afraid they are going to crumble when I hang artwork, etc.

When Ian McMahon's "Sojourn" at T+H Gallery closes on April 22, the artist will destroy his work. He has to. It's the only way he can get his giant sculpture out the door. He spent 12 days building ...

“We have a patient. We have placed him in a plaster cast. We keep him there until the wound heals,” said Premier George Papadopoulos, the colonel who is strongman of the current Greek military regime.

While at a quick glance it appears to have an impressive wood-filled interior, not all of the details inside this 1920s New Rochelle are as they appear. Beams lending a medieval air to the interior ...