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plaster of Paris



NOUN
plaster cast
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The show consists of life-size figures, cast from live models in gauze and plaster of Paris, arranged in installations on two floors of the gallery’s townhouse.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2023

"Looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand."

From Salon Nov. 3, 2022

"It was so cold the plaster of Paris wouldn't set at first. Luckily we got a few dry days and the protective jackets went on."

From BBC Jan. 15, 2022

Beal’s castle was a hallucinatory, improbable cascade of car bumpers, endless Busch beer cans, plaster of Paris archways embedded with abalone shells and dolls, rusted car wheels and driftwood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2019

“This has plaster of Paris in it,” he tells me as he wraps.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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