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Anyone out there? We have, in the very near future, a corridor of 8no. 6' square cross-vaulted ceilings (image of near-complete mould). These join a gallery with a lantern good light which is coved with the same profile as the vaulting. It all sits on a lighting trough which is scribed to...

We have loads of nice work on at the moment, and could really use some extra help. If you fancy some fibrous work in and around Dorset, please message me.

Siniat/prestia factory now shut down for at least two weeks due to staff infection. Formula or nothing for a while. Also no lard (my lube of choice) available in my neck of the woods. Who the f@#k is panic-buying lard???

Best I can manage is a couple of yards of scrim.

It is ruining the whole job.

Doesn't have to be at all. I was curious about this plaster as it is said to have a slow and steady set. We have a couple of moulds to be making where these properties would be desirable; a 12' diameter hemispherical dome and 6'square cross-vault (lots of casts required). I am not trying to...

Asking for a friend...

Didn't invest at all. Both times the client had already drawn a digital model of exactly what they wanted, and neither time was it remotely straight forward to produce the item by hand. I subcontracted Bournemouth Arts Institute on one occasion, and a firm in Newbury (whose name escapes me) on...

Yep, only on a couple of jobs.

Builder came th the workshop a few weeks ago with a sample of a plain-run cornice to be matched, and a required meterage. No need for preliminary site visit. Went to site this morning to fix said cornice, and the Old Man had been there before me. He and brother did this barrel vaulting in 1988...

Mate! That isn't the coolest thing I have ever seen, but it is definitely in the top three! Did you buy it? Did it come free with fan-club membership? Is it your own handy work with a marker pen? Well envious!

Stagg & Pegg first came into my life in 1983 when I was a four year old. The Old-Man's copy (white and pink cover, grumpy spread w/ big moustache) was always laying around the house or workshop. As a youngster I was fascinated by the line drawings. As a 40 y/o I now appreciate what a couple of...

Tell me more. Are you using ceram for two-gauge casting, running, bedding-up etc? Roughly what are you paying per bag presuming you are buying by the pallet? The Guv'nor buys a pallet of Fine Casting Plus every other week, and moans constantly about how much he dislikes it! I fancy trying...

Keenes cement scagliola pressed into reverse mould for decoritive face, back-filled with plaster? Looking on small phone screen without my glasses!

Sorry. That happened from my phone in my pocket! Don't waste too long looking for hidden meaning!

A9:baba::baba::bananas:

Thanks for tip-off. They do look the same as the ones supplied by Industrial Plaster that we had little luck with; the rims soon cracking making it neigh-on impossible to pick the bowl up one handed for splash coats. Perhaps I need to re-evaluate my perceptions as to what the life expectancy of...

Any suggestions? The workshop has one good bowl left, bought over 20 years ago from a kitchen shop. The black bowls from SWIP and the like have been tried, but aren't up to much, and are only big enough for firstings on a moderate cornice anyway. The Guv'nor is currently buying bowls 20 at a...