Paret, Anna Parmly, [from old catalog] ed · New York and London. Harper & brothers · leaf 170
aymodel of any size will need some support, as clay is heavyand settles, and if not properly supported will soon becomedistorted and the composition spoiled. You will also needsome old soft cloths that can be applied wet to the clay, apair of calipers, and a small trowel or spatula. 153 HANDY-BOOK… … Fig. 2 wood-carving to use glue moulds; otherwise the carvingwould become firmly embedded in a plaster mould, due tothe undercut in the carved ornament. To begin with,choose some simple object to copy, such as a vase or some 154 CLAY-MODELLING AND PLASTER-CASTING small ornament; then, when a…
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