plaster castingn.
/ˈplɑːstə ˌkɑːstɪŋ/, /ˈplastə ˌkastɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplæstər ˌkæstɪŋ/ The action of casting in plaster or of applying a plaster cast. Also concrete: a plaster cast.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [noun] > casting methods
plaster casting1849
cire perdue1876
waste moulding1911
lost wax1933
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > modelling > [adjective] > plaster-casting
plaster casting1970
1849 G. W. Francis Art of Modelling Waxen Flowers 16 Wax moulds for plaster casting.
1959 P. Murray & L. Murray Dict. Art & Artists 248 Plaster Casting is an intermediate stage in the production of a piece of sculpture which is often the last process actually to be carried out by the sculptor himself.
1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 880/1 The Vienna Academy..had a plaster-casting workshop of its own and devoted a whole floor of its palatial building to its collection of casts.
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. 11cn 18 John Rogers, a turn-of-the-century sculptor noted for his small plaster castings of American subjects.
2004 Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. [They]..had seen children suffering pain and distress during plaster casting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1849