Plaster Mold and Model Making

If you find this book you will pick up a lot of tricks. Once you get over the cheesy objects that they choose to illustrate as demonstrations...you will see excellent model making methods. If you work with plaster...you should have this book around. It is excellent for teaching students. Beginners will get something from it and so will the seasoned professional. I think these authors really have skill...Only complaint is aesthetic...I wish they had a stylist and bigger budget for a more comprehensive book.

If you find this book you will pick up lots of tricks. Once you get over the cheesy objects that they choose to illustrate as demonstrations...you will see excellent model making methods. If you make models or work with plaster...you will want to get this book. I was laughing half of the time and the other half I was taking notes. I think these authors really have skill...Buy their book if you can find it. Only complaint is aesthetic..I wish they had a stylist and bigger budget for a more comprehensive book.

I used this book when it first came out in ceramics classes and was hoping to use it again. Having looked at three or four others, it is still the most clearly written and informative work on the subject I have found.

I think this book is a great book for several reasons and I can't understand why they discontinued it. I teach a class in ceramic mold making which is what this book is about. I gained quite a bit of knowledge from this book and highly recommend it to my students if they can find a copy to beg, borrow, or steal. I consider it one of the foremost authorities on the subject. And although it was written in 1973, it is pretty much still current today as the technology hasn't changed all that much. I can't say enough about the authors or the book. To sum it all up I think it is a really great book. Glenn Pourteau Houston, Tx. USA