Girl, 16, Burns Off All But 2 Fingers in Art Class Accident Oct 13, 2009
A school district in England must pay $30,000 to a 16-year-old girl who lost all but two fingers in a horrific plaster of Paris accident. The girl's hands became stuck in a bucket of plaster of Paris during an art lesson in January 2007 ... She was eventually freed after paramedics at Nottingham City Hospital used power tools to break through the plaster. (Fox News)
Do it yourself, but keep the peace Oct 11, 2009
Cut the 3-inch by 6-inch peel-and-stick tiles with a saw or utility knife and apply them to any substrate such as drywall, plaster, paneling or old tiles for a sleek look. They come in brushed stainless, copper and champagne and are made from 60 percent recycled material. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Art review: Mitzi Pederson and Pae White Oct 11, 2009
Yet they can ignite references to things as seemingly distant and artistically hard core as Richard Serra's enterable works in rolled steel and the ingrown wood and plaster creations of John Duff. To visitors familiar with artists such as Duff, Tuttle and Al Taylor (1949-1999), Pederson's work will appear resourceful, even brilliant at times. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mamounia hotel reopens in Marrakech Oct 9, 2009
Here sculptures in the Moroccan Zellige mosaic style are carved all over the plaster walls, overlooking a 7,500-square-foot swimming pool filtered with ozone. Colonnades and corridors reminiscent of the Alhambra palace in Spain lead to the Churchill bar, complete with black and white photos of jazzmen, a panther-dotted carpet and red leather seating. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Wenham seniors tour Mullen property Oct 8, 2009
The extensive renovation required opening every inside wall for a long period of time, unfortunately allowing water damage to affect more of the interior especially the plaster ceilings. According to Mullen s tour material, other than the carved wood surfaces, the interior you see today is replica, albeit faithful to the original design. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Big dino prints found in Jurassic park in France Oct 8, 2009
Mazin said the dinosaurs are believed to have left their tracks near the water in mud, which then dried in the sun and was set like plaster. The sea slowly washed sediment onto the prints, trapping them and sealing them off _ which protected them throughout history, even during dramatic changes to the landscape. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Preserving the faces of the Holocaust Oct 4, 2009
His shirt was off so the plaster bandages could go on his neck and face ... " Keeping the story alive Herman Shine, the Auschwitz escapee, says he has not stopped talking about what happened since the day he was liberated by the Russians. As Sutz prepared his plaster bandages and plaster mix, Shine spoke of his life and escape. His wife, Marianne, whom he met in Auschwitz when he was 17 and she was 15, was nearby. "I was born in Berlin in 1922," Shine said. "My mother was German, my father was... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ga. museum displays forgotten da Vinci sculptures Oct 2, 2009
ATLANTA Leonardo da Vinci once spent nearly two decades creating a 26-foot sculpture of a horse to honor a royal Italian family, only to have the plaster masterpiece destroyed by French soldiers ... He even mapped out the machines he needed to invent to cover the giant plaster horse in bronze and how to transport it once it was completed ... When the French army invaded Milan, the plaster horse was destroyed by soldiers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The Storybook Cottages of Carmel by... Oct 1, 2009
He plastered the inside walls by hand mixing pine needles in with the plaster. Comstock's Fairytale Style Caught On Quickly. (Suite101.com)
Berkeley's UC Theatre to become a concert venue Sep 25, 2009
The seats are coated in plaster that's chipped off the ceiling. Three Musketeers wrappers, Coke bottles and at least one dead rat litter the floor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stay active with Brookline Recreation Sep 22, 2009
Upcoming trips include mini golf, dinner at P.F. Chang s, a trip to the Topsfield Fair, Plaster FunTime and more. Please visit www. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Sonoma happenings Sep 19, 2009
"H H HHeart of Sonoma Valley Association presents "Sonoma Valley CRUSH-A Harvest Celebration" this weekend throughout Glen Ellen and Kenwood wineries. This is a rare chance to participate in the harvest in different ways, with each winery offering different opportunities. The weekend tasting pass costs 30, with crush experiences 25 to 70 extra, with Riedel Crystal as sponsor. .H H HSonoma Valley Museum of Art's recent opening of its juried biennial exhibit was loaded with fabulous art and art... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
The Berlin Wall and beyond: great walls worth the trip Sep 15, 2009
Leonardo da Vinci used the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Milan as a plaster canvas to render "The Last Supper". Pharaoh Ramses III figured the massive walls of his funeral temple in Egypt were as good a place as any to boast about his military exploitsan early example of government propaganda. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Unusual objects Sep 13, 2009
We also work in more permanent materials plaster and resin. However, even those permanent works are often precarious they are carefully balanced structures that are easily toppled. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Brian Dettmer turns books into sculptural pieces Sep 13, 2009
Three fiberboard panels along one wall, each with a pristine plaster slab of different dimensions attached, read now as a single work, now as a series or even as excerpts of a series. These possible readings correspond to - and so, objectify - different ways of thinking about the things at hand. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mummy's not dead, she's just having a little lie down Sep 10, 2009
A woman of about 30, who lived in the area of Thebes on the west bank of the Nile about 2800 years ago, she was mummified and placed inside a decorated cartonnage of papyrus or linen coated with plaster, which was then placed inside a coffin. For her trip to Australia, she has been further enclosed in balls of packing paper and several metres of Bubble Wrap, and placed in a big, red box labelled Kunsthaus, after the Viennese museum where in death she normally resides. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Remastered Beatles: Get this into your life Sep 9, 2009
And yep, engineers didn't plaster over the catch in McCartney's voice on If I Fell. (1970). (USA Today -- Life)
Read Indepth Article Sep 7, 2009
The exhibit will consist of a number of works on paper, as well as three-dimensional works in plaster and Masonite ... Using common materials, such as graphite and plaster, he creates simple hard-edged forms, using slight gestures to "let the materials present themselves." ... Likewise, through his use of plaster (the resulting forms moving into three-dimensional space) he addresses the assigned values within each composition through the conscious manipulation of geometric volume. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Want texture on your walls? Sep 6, 2009
She has started teaching others how to use plaster and glaze to enhance their homes ... She can turn any space into a plaster textured haven or colored illusion ... Basic layering techniques using trowels, plaster and glaze add unique characteristics that cant be obtained with brushes, rollers and paint. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Marc Sijan at Sausalito Art Festival Sep 4, 2009
Clothed in the fruits of Sijan's endless thrift-store expeditions, they're cast in polyester resin from negative plaster molds he's made from living subjects and then sculpted in painstaking detail. Then begins the monthslong process of reproducing the glow of life, not to mention the infinite variations of eye color, skin texture, varicose veins and cellulite. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
9 creative ways to dress up your walls Sep 2, 2009
With a faux finish, you can replicate the look of another material, such as Venetian plaster, marble or antique wood. A fun do-it-yourself project, faux finishing begins with a base coat of paint and a topcoat of tinted glaze, applied with a sponge, rag or textured roller. (AZCentral -- Home)
When lights come up, he restores movie palaces Aug 25, 2009
There are two decorators I work for also, doing Venetian plaster and silver leaf ceilings and the like, sometimes very modern-looking. My partner and I just finished cleaning and restoring the Sciocchetti frescoes in the old St. Joseph's Hospital chapel (on Buena Vista Hill), now part of Park Hill Condominiums. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sotheby's hit by protesters over 'racist' busts Aug 25, 2009
Five protesters led by two staff from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre were demonstrating outside Sotheby's at the proposed sale of "racist" 19th-century black plaster busts of Van Diemens Land Aboriginal chief Woureddy and his wife Truganini, who to the offence of Aboriginal people is often referred to as the last "full-blood" Tasmanian Aboriginal. Sotheby's had withdrawn the works from sale just hours before the auction after it learnt of the protest and growing attention in Tasmania, where the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Arts and crafts with a twist: Sonoma remodel Aug 24, 2009
The interior walls are a mix of hand-troweled Italian plaster and Honduran mahogany wood paneling. The main floors are made of integral colored concrete, while in the kitchen, crafted by Berkeley Mills, De Meza used stained end-grain oak. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Click to read: Perfect Potties: America's Best Bathrooms Aug 22, 2009
Top Restroom Features: - Custom-made mosaic tile artwork - Carra marble floors - Venetian plaster - Murano Glass chandeliers and washbasins - Limestone water fountain - Private restroom suites MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Share. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Aboriginal busts auction sparks outcry Aug 21, 2009
The patinated plaster busts, about 75cm tall, were originally bought by Hobart convict turned businessman Judah Solomon and were made by Benjamin Law, who knew Truganini and her husband, in the 1830s. The Solomon family has always owned the works but they were on loan to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for 26 years until they helped open the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra last year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
German Police Confiscate Fake Giacomettis Aug 20, 2009
(AP) German police have confiscated hundreds of bronze and plaster statues alleged to be the works of Alberto Giacometti and arrested an art dealer and two others on suspicion of selling the fakes across the globe. Prosecutors in Stuttgart said Wednesday a 59-year-old man in Frankfurt, as well as a 61-year-old art dealer and his wife have been held in detention since their arrest a week ago. (CBS News -- World)
Town gets back its heart Aug 18, 2009
The floors were red cement, and the high ceiling was edged with plaster crown molding that was incised and painted with truncated pyramids, stepped mountains, stepped diamonds and water signs in blue, red, gold and green. "The architectural style is Art Deco and Pueblo Revival with Native American inspired design motifs, which came to be known as the Pueblo Deco style," wrote Otwell Associates, who completed a historic building preservation plan for the depot in January 2009. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Rock and Roll Love: Groupies Then and Now Aug 15, 2009
Artist Cynthia Plaster Caster became a fixture in Los Angeles clubs, following Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin to name a few ... Born Cynthia Albritton, she began going by Plaster Caster while pursuing an idea she got in art school: to immortalize the male anatomies of famous rock stars in plaster cast. (ABC News)
BUSINESS: The bright side of broken bones Aug 15, 2009
Desperately wanting an artsy cast, she sought out a company to help decorate the dull, black plaster that would be on her arm for eight weeks. Finding none, she succumbed to glitter and "puffy" paint, then resolved to start her own business. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Towering project: Aging Main Hall receiving a thorough makeover Aug 11, 2009
Other subcontractors involved in the project are Valley Electrical, Precision Plaster and Stone, and New Concept Coatings, all of Missoula. Reporter Bill Schwanke can be reached at 523-0493 or bschwanke @missoulian. (Missoulian, MT)
Shooting in the dark Aug 10, 2009
The first step was to chisel the rock surface to make it rough enough to hold the plaster (of clay, hay, dung and lime). After the plaster had dried, the drawings were done and the colours applied. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The dying art of touching up tombs Aug 10, 2009
Plaster was missing, a brick wall had collapsed and daily visitors only promised more damage ... In keeping with tradition, they used lime-based plaster to repair the tomb and lime-based mortar to rebuild a crumbled fence around it ... Organizers hope the program, made possible by several local and national foundations as well as Tulane and the Preservation Trades Network, fosters respect for traditional trades, such as masonry, plaster work and carpentry, said Rudy Christian, executive director... (Nola.com -- Sports)
New Acropolis Museum looks forward, honors past Aug 10, 2009
In the early 20th century, in compensation for what looks like plunder in post-colonial perspective, the British sent to Athens plaster casts of metopes from the Parthenon frieze that Elgin had removed. These now form part of the New Acropolis Museum's Parthenon gallery display, their plaster whiteness contrasting - reproachfully, to those aware of the controversy - with the marble warmth of the surviving originals. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Knox County Fair Open Class Results 2009 Aug 9, 2009
Plaster craft No entries. Resin No entries. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
PinkNProud hits the road to raise breast cancer awareness Aug 7, 2009
Woodruff saw the Keep A Breast campaign featured on "The Bachelor" TV show and thought its "I love boobies" and artistic breast plaster castings were perfect for the rally, said Kimmy McAtee, Keep A Breast marketing manager. McAtee takes castings of torsos at the Chip booth, which are then sent to artists for painting. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Tony Rosenthal, 94; scupltor created ‘The Cube’ Aug 2, 2009
He took sculpture classes at the Art Institute of Chicago during high school and decided on his career after seeing plaster reproductions of the work of the Russian sculptor Alexander Archipenko at the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor s degree in 1936. On returning to Chicago, he approached Archipenko, who was living in Chicago at the time, and arranged to receive lessons in exchange for casting some of Archipenko s terra-cotta figures. (Boston Globe)
Don't trample freedom Aug 1, 2009
A reader wrote on Jul 31, 2009 12:38 PM:" Not to say it was right, but I watched the piece being built. It was in no way designed well enough to be placed in a public park. It was more or less plaster covering chicken wire, and simply was not strong enough. Public art pieces NEED to be metal, as things like this will happen. Look at other public art pieces that have stood the test of time, ALL of them are metal. This piece has had issues with strength since the very beginning. Next time it is... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
New Orleans hotel reopens 4 years after Katrina Jul 30, 2009
One of the delights of the restoration, Chambers said, was finding architectural details hidden by past renovations, including ornate plaster work under dropped ceilings and mosaic tile set in intricate patterns under heavy duty industrial blue carpeting. And in the Sazerac Bar, the Art Deco murals by artist Paul Ninas are again on display. (MSNBC -- Travel)
No comments posted. Jul 24, 2009
Recently restored by Rob and Jo Broussard, the house features 12-foot-high ceilings, walls planked beneath modern plaster and a flat, macadam-like ceiling of tar and pebbles over the entire top of the house beneath the high-pitched roof. Gardens behind the brick house and barn at 7890 Route 81 and across the road at 7901 Route 81 will be open to the public for viewing. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
4-H skills helped career, education of fair judge Jul 23, 2009
Charles City Angels 4-H member Sydney Keifer, 11, shows a plaster mask to 4-H judge Donna Ricks, a former Floyd County 4-Her and fair queen. By Staci Schwickerath. (Charles City Press, IO)
PORTION OF 'LAST SUPPER' REMOVED SO DINNER CAN BE SERVED Jul 22, 2009
Da Vinci reportedly used experimental paints on dry plaster, where frescos use paints mixed with wet plaster. And we were told Da Vinci painted some sections over several times until he got just the effect and look he wanted, good for art but not for standing the test of time. (New Iberia, LA)
Belgian museum exposes celebrity underpants Jul 18, 2009
Bucquoy has deliberately sought controversy in previous years by staging a fake coup or trying to decapitate a plaster bust of Belgium's late King Baudouin in Brussels' Grand Place. "My quest as an artist is to try to get rid of hierarchy and they are the top of the hierarchy. By putting underwear on their heads I try to tell the people, we don't need this hierarchy," Bucquoy said. (MSNBC -- International)
Digging deeper: Archaeologists race to show Pompeii daily life Jul 16, 2009
Plaster casts of human remains that were preserved as hollow spaces in the volcanic ash are among famous artifacts of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Instead, the exhibits at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum focus on the good life among Rome's jet set, who re-created Greek art and Macedonian palaces to show off their status among their peers. (USA Today -- Tech)
Tower replicas provide opportunity to aid community Jul 14, 2009
A rubber mold was created from that design and then a plaster cast was made from the mold. Individual pieces were poured, 25 at a time, Conrad said. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Peters, Musser, Lauson earn sweepstake prizes in cultural arts, photography Jul 10, 2009
Decoupage: 1st - Kay Bjork, 2nd - Rebecca Koenig; Dolls (any media): 1st - Sharon Peters, 2nd - Erica Kranich; Glass etching or painting: 1st - Laura Veach; Jewelry: 1st - Shirley Blizek, 2nd - Laura Veach, 3rd - Lois Kressin; Leather work: 1st - Lois Kressin; Plaster: 1st - Vivian McDonald; Pottery: 1st - Nancy McCarthy, 2nd - Rachel Krejchi. Stained glass panel, flat: 1st - Orville Bierman, 2nd - Theresa Simmons, 3rd - Cynthia Yohnk; Stained glass window catcher, small: 2nd - Theresa Simmons,... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Shows at Montserrat College of Art and Jane Deering galleries Jul 8, 2009
Don t. The ball is made of cast plaster. Kick it, and you could break a toe. (Boston Globe)
3D printouts of ultrasounds Jul 8, 2009
Brazilian student Jorge Lopes has pioneered the conversion of data from ultrasound and MRI scans into life-size plaster models of living embryos using a method called rapid prototyping. It s amazing to see the faces of the mothers. (Harper's Magazine)
Clay artist opens studio on Mesa and begins teaching classes Jul 4, 2009
Sgrafitto requires cutting away parts of a surface layer clay and plaster are mostly used to expose a different colored layer beneath. Capelli equates the process to wood carving. (Santa Maria Times)
Arts: Milestones for the Acropolis Jul 2, 2009
The frieze, a mix of honey-coloured marble panels and glaring white plaster casts of pieces in the BM, shows a procession of worshippers carrying offerings to Athena, the temple goddess. It is mounted at eye level on a grey concrete wall, an arresting display that could almost be an installation in a contemporary art show. (The Economist)
• Q & A: HGTV host's tips for designing on a dime Jun 30, 2009
Maybe they'll get a DIY Venetian plaster kit at Home Depot. Q. What good, cheap spruce-up ideas can you give. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Infotainment Jun 30, 2009
She will create plaster cast moulds of womens behinds to try to understand their place in contemporary culture. Daily Times - All Rights Reserved. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Web updates coming for OA parents Jun 25, 2009
Over February vacation the students created artwork from puppets and drawings to plaster creations to tie into the book. DiCenso said a Foundation for Excellence in Education in Easton (FEEE) grant allowed the purchase of the books and next year s book, while a secret, has already been purchased. (Easton Journal, MA)
Entrepreneurial Tightrope Jun 24, 2009
The art is printed on an adhesive film that can be transferred from the film to the cast by using a hair dryer for a few seconds to melt the art into the pores of the plaster cast. Jess calls her Boulder, Colo. (USA Today -- Money)
IT'S SURREALLY STIMULATING Jun 24, 2009
and Marcel Jean's "Specter of the Gardenia" -- a black plaster head with zippers for eyes and a strip of film around its neck. It's faintly shocking, if only because it recalls the gimp in the basement in "Pulp Fiction.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
School's out: Now what? Jun 24, 2009
Saturday Art Lesson: Students ages 6-12 can paint with acrylics, draw with pastels, mold with clay or sculpt in plaster, wire or wood from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Sioux City Art Center. Cost is 5. (Sioux City Journal)
Playing with toys - and gender Jun 24, 2009
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Greece's new Acropolis Museum opens Jun 23, 2009
The museum's top floor displays the section of the frieze that Elgin's agents left behind, joined to plaster casts of the 90-odd works in London. The display is deliberately set to reinforce the fact that there are missing pieces. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Grads can't wait to get the hell out of Ohio; uptight Cincy Jun 21, 2009
Shortly after we arrived, the story was all over the news of the crackhead mother who clubbed her daughter to death with a plaster arm cast, then hid her body in some abandoned factory ... Shortly after we arrived, the story was all over the news of the crackhead mother who clubbed her daughter to death with a plaster arm cast, then hid her body in some abandoned factory ... Shortly after we arrived, the story hit the news of the crackhead mother who clubbed her daughter to death with a plaster... (Cincinnati Nation)
Greece ups campaign for return of lost antiquities Jun 21, 2009
The glass hall displays the section of the Parthenon frieze that Elgin left behind, next to plaster casts of the works in London which Greece hopes one day to replace with the originals from the British Museum ... It is a beautiful space that shows the frieze itself as a narrative even with the plaster copies of what is in the British Museum in the context of the Parthenon itself, said the building s U.S.-based architect Bernard Tschumi. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Acropolis Museum revives spat with Britain Jun 21, 2009
The glass hall with a panoramic view across Athens and the Parthenon itself displays the section of the frieze that Elgin's agents left behind, joined to plaster casts of the 90-odd works in London. The soft brownish patina of the original marble contrasts starkly with the bright white of the copies: battle scenes are cut jaggedly in half, with the torso and heads of warriors and horses in London and the legs in Athens. (MSNBC -- International)
Downtown Development Jun 21, 2009
Plaster experts were brought in to reproduce the crown molding while the hotel's King Edward Grill restaurant is studying the original restaurant's menu. Oysters are a must, Watkins said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
New Acropolis Museum to open with lavish party Jun 20, 2009
The glass hall with a 360-degree panoramic view onto central Athens and the Parthenon itself displays the section of the frieze that Elgin left behind, joined to plaster casts of the works held in London. The soft brownish patina of the original marble contrasts starkly with the bright white of the plaster casts sent by the British Museum in 1845: battle scenes are cut jaggedly in half, with the torso and heads of warriors and horses in London and the legs in Athens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Greece to open new Acropolis Museum this weekend Jun 19, 2009
The highlight is the top story where Greece's Parthenon sculptures will be displayed in their original alignment in a glass hall, next to plaster casts of the works in London. "It is a beautiful space that shows the frieze itself as a narrative even with the plaster copies of what is in the British Museum in the context of the Parthenon itself," Tschumi said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Maya Cultivated Manioc 1,400 Years Ago Jun 17, 2009
Ash hollows in the manioc planting beds at Ceren left by decomposed plant material were cast in dental plaster by the team to preserve their shape and size, said Sheets. Evidence showed the field was harvested and then replanted with manioc stalk cuttings just a few days before the eruption of the volcano. (Science Daily)
