- Creator:
- Mills, John W
- Title:
- The technique of casting for sculpture [by] John W. Mills.
- Published / Created:
- London, Batsford; 1967.New York, Reinhold, 1967.
- Physical Description:
- 168 p. illus., diagrs. 26 cm.
- Collection:
- Reference Library
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Also issued online.
- Contents:
- Casting -- Plaster of Paris -- Waste moulding -- Piece moulding -- Filling -- Release or parting agents -- Reinforcement of casts -- Filling the mould--Plaster of Paris -- Filling the mould--Terra-cotta press moulding and slip casting -- Filling the mould--wax -- Filling the mould--synthetic resins and polyester resins -- Plastics -- Polyester resin -- Polyvinyl chloride and gelatine -- Cold curing rubber compounds -- Expanded polystyrene -- Rigid polyurethane foam -- Clay, wax and sand -- Metals -- Lost wax -- Pre-determined core -- Sand moulding -- Furnaces and melting -- Alloys -- The lost pattern process -- Lead -- Machines.
- Subject Terms:
- Sculpture -- Technique. | Plaster casts. | Plaster casts. | Sculpture -- Technique. | Plaster casts | Sculpture