Ivory plaster

Ivory plaster , also ivory mass or Cauer mass , is an ivory-like mass made of hard plaster of paris with a fine crystal structure, other mineral substances and a binding agent . The material, developed in 1842 by the German sculptor Karl Cauer , can be poured into molds . As an alternative to the relatively expensive bronze casting or the less durable plaster process, sculptures can be easily reproduced and manufactured inexpensively and persistently. In addition, the surface of ivory plaster is easy to clean.

literature

Otto Lueger : Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences . Volume 3, Stuttgart, Leipzig 1906, p. 435.

Web links

Ivory mass , website in the zeno.org portal

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus Freckmann (ed.), Angela Nestler-Zapp: The sculptor family Cauer. Artistic designs and social requirements (= series of publications by the Sobernheim open-air museum, 17). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7927-1824-3 , p. 40
^ Cauer-Haus - a house of the German Foundation for Monument Protection , website in the portal denkmalschutz.de ( German Foundation for Monument Protection )

[1] Klaus Freckmann (ed.), Angela Nestler-Zapp: The sculptor family Cauer. Artistic designs and social requirements (= series of publications by the Sobernheim open-air museum, 17). Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7927-1824-3 , p. 40

[2] Cauer-Haus - a house of the German Foundation for Monument Protection , website in the portal denkmalschutz.de ( German Foundation for Monument Protection )