The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 585
ast first with thickerclay, as without suchhelp they might bebroken down by theweight and pressure ofthe plaster. Where youare casting from a bustmodelled expressly forthat purpose in clay, the firmer support afforded by pieces of wood or iron skewersstuck into the head to support the divided… … Having mastered casting from the inanimate bust, cast aboutin your mind for some very patient, good-natured friend, whowill allow you to model his face for what is technically calledthe mask, or obtain a cast from his head. If he has a beard,reject him, for then the difficulties of casting would be…
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