# HOW TO MAKE A PLASTER OF PARIS CAST

HOW TO MAKE A PLASTER OF PARIS CAST Produced: 1941 Description ART INSTRUCTIONAL FILM: On Simon Moselsio's technique in casting a clay portrait bust. Reel 1: Displays tools and equipment. In close-ups, shows mixing of two batches of plaster of Paris, bust preparation, and application of both coats of plaster. Reel 2: Mr. Moselsio separates mould halves, digs out the clay model, and soaks cast in water to remove air bubbles. He ties halves together, fills mould with plaster, removes cast and smoothes seams of the clay bust. Close-up of bust. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/94987

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1941
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/h-hf-253)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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