Added Info FINE HOMEBUILDING #95 Apr-May 1995 pg. 6
Tip: Use softened plastic milk-jug material to form knife-edge protectors, molds for plaster casting, etc.
FINE WOODWORKING #63 Mar-Apr 1987 pg. 10
Carving in the round. How to prepare a clay model of a persons head, followed by a plaster casting, and then create a sculpted wood copy of the casting.
FINE WOODWORKING #64 May-Jun 1987 pg. 74
Tip on casting a replacement piece for a decorative plaster picture frame using auto-body filler.
FINE WOODWORKING #126 Sep-Oct 1997 pg. 34
A plaster workshop for miniaturists. Includes information on using purchased molds and on making molds (rubber, press and two-piece).
NUTSHELL NEWS Sep 1996 (v.26#9) pg. 60
How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 3. Duplicating plaster cornices. How to duplicate in wood or plater and make templates for wall molding and for wall/ceiling molding.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Feb 1974 (v.2#2) pg. 7
How to restore damaged plaster and how to replace that which is beyond hope. Part 4. How to duplicate ornamental plasterwork with plaster castings. Covers making the mold, building a mother, casting techniques and installing the plasterwork.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Mar 1974 (v.2#3) pg. 1
Photos show steps involved in duplicating ornamental plaster.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Dec 1978 (v.6#12) pg. 141
How to shape decorative plaster elements using a cake decorator.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Jul 1979 (v.7#7) pg. 80
Decorative plaster. Part 1. Running plaster moldings. Bench work from mixing to mounting.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Aug-Sep 1984 (v.12#7) pg. 136
Decorative plaster. Part 2. Running cornices.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Dec 1984 (v.12#10) pg. 213
How to cast ornamental plaster to replace damaged or lost wall and ceiling ornaments.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Nov 1985 (v.13#9) pg. 186
Use a pastry bag (piping bag) and an assortment of tips when repairing decorative plasterwork.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1988 (v.16#5) pg. 14
Tip on using a pastry bag to repair decorative plasterwork.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1993 (v.21#1) pg. 14
Steps for creating a gelatine mold for plaster casting.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1995 (v.23#1) pg. 50
Award-winning medallions. Steps for making decorated ceiling ornaments from plaster.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1995 (v.23#5) pg. 38
Ceiled with a kiss. How a homeowner restored an intricate, 140-year-old ceiling medallion. Details creating a latex mold and casting a new piece in plaster of paris.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1997 (v.25#2) pg. 48
The art of making bench-run plaster moldings.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Jan-Feb 1999 (v.27#1) pg. 56
Tips on using Silastic RTV to make molds from which plaster castings can be made.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jul 1966 (v.126#1) pg. 146
Making castings in rubber molds. The mold is made by painting a rubber compound over any model and then filling with plaster or special casting compound.
POPULAR MECHANICS Apr 1968 (v.129#4) pg. 117
Tips on doing plaster casting using reusable flexible molds.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1975 (v.143#2) pg. 64
Restoring ornamental plaster. Some tips.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jan 1988 (v.165#1) pg. 10
Make plaster of Paris castings from molds which you form in the sand while at the beach.
SUNSET Jul 1983 (v.171#1) pg. 112
Formula for a plaster mixture used in the application of decorative relief work to items like picture frames and mirrors.
WOODWORKER #1010 Jan 1978 (v.82) pg. 37
How to fabricate and turn ornamental balustrades, etc. from Keene's cement (a slow setting, but very hard gypsum plaster).
WOODWORKER #1079 Oct 1983 (v.87) pg. 655
Finishing plaster castings so that they look like bronze castings.
WORKBENCH May-Jun 1969 (v.25#3) pg. 56