Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . the upperpart, about 1^ to 2 inches deep, right across, and fill itwith water, which by permeating between the clay of therelief and the plaster of the mould will already help toseparate the one from the other. At the lower part of themould introduce a chisel, and bear lightly on it, placing athin piece of wood between the blade of the chisel and themould, so that the latter shall not be damaged. Do thesame all round, keeping meanwhile the cutting at the topfull of water. In this way the mould will gradually separatefrom the clay. In the case of a
Modelling; a guide for teachers and students . the upperpart, about 1^ to 2 inches deep, right across, and fill itwith water, which by permeating between the clay of therelief and the plaster of the mould will already help toseparate the one from the other. At the lower part of themould introduce a chisel, and bear lightly on it, placing athin piece of wood between the blade of the chisel and themould, so that the latter shall not be damaged. Do thesame all round, keeping meanwhile the cutting at the topfull of water. In this way the mould will gradually separatefrom the clay. In the case of a relief on a large scale andvery deep, one cannot proceed thus, and it is necessary, themould being complete, to remove the clay and its armaturefrom behind, taking away first the wooden back, then thecross-pieces and the clay, leaving finally the mould standingalone. But before doing all this, arrange strong woodensupports nailed to the floor and fixed to the back of themould with plaster. The mould complete, wash it to remove all traces of. [To fiicc /ngc 226. Fig. 181.—Photo of i\ Clav. r^w * . ?•*! KfiB ,t *:if .^I-^^ •> ^^^r^- 1^- I! iKf \_To Jollozv Fig. i8i. Fig. 182.—Photo showinc; First Layer of Plaster (Yellow).
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