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The craft of modelled plasterwork, inspired by the style of the early modern period, was revived by the designers of the Arts and Crafts movement in late-19th- and early-20th-century England. Notable practitioners were Ernest Gimson , his pupil Norman Jewson , and George P. Bankart, who published extensively on the subject.
In the Earliest European settlers' plasterwork, a mud plaster was used [5] McKee [4] wrote, of a circa 1675 Massachusetts contract that specified the plasterer, "Is to lath and siele [6] the four rooms of the house betwixt the joists overhead with a coat of lime and haire upon the clay; also to fill the gable ends of the house with ricks and ...
Articles relating to plasterwork, construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior or exterior wall structure, or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls.
The pyramids in Egypt contain plasterwork executed at least four thousand years ago, probably much earlier, and yet existing, hard and durable, at the present time. [2] From recent discoveries it has been ascertained that the principal tools of the plasterer of that time were practically identical in design, shape and purpose with those used today.
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Recently it has become a contemporary art form, with modern artists using traditional sakan (plasterwork) techniques in new styles. One of the most prominent contemporary sakan (plasterwork) artists is Naoki Kusumi. [3] He is the 3rd generation of a sakan (plasterwork) artisan family. He started learning the art of plasterwork from the