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About Gypsum and Plaster

Plaster is a fine white powder, made by the calcination or dehydration of gypsum, which, when mixed with water, forms a quick-setting paste that dries to form a uniform, solid, and inert mass. It is used in sculpture for making moulds, castings models, patterns and it have various applications in the building industry. When the gypsum powder is obtained from alabaster stone, a quality of gypsum, the plaster is called alabastrine gypsum.
The plaster used to make our products is alabastrine gypsum, the most refined gypsum used in the production of high quality decorations. The plaster mixture is reinforced with glass fiber or mineral fiber and, for special elements, reinforced with galvanized metal rods. It is not a synthetic product like urethane, polyurethane or polystyrene.
Modern production processes, automation, computerization, research of the plaster chemical-physical properties result in new mixtures that can be adapted to answer specific applications.

Among the artists especially known for their uses of plaster were Verrocchio (Italian, 1435-1488), Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), and George Segal (American, 1924-2000).

Links

The Columbia Enciclopedia

ALI - Association of Lifecasters International

San Diego City School

University of Phoenix


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