Ellen McGauley of Veranda Magazine has written a brilliant article in the November/December issue on the venerable artform of plaster ornament and decoration and its indelible imprint made though the centuries. We are so pleased to be included in Ellen’s piece and wanted to share some if the insights and the article with you.

...But the success of the medium was also a reflection of its ease. “There’s an amazing freedom to it,” she adds. Stephanie Croce of JP Weaver Co. agrees, adding that what further distinguishes plasterwork is “its luster or gentle sheen” and, when finished, the fineness of the carvings and reliefs.

...Her California-based plaster studio houses a library of more than 10,000 historic pieces, from rosettes and swags to cameos and urns, for fabricating new pieces. “We have based much of what we design on references from 18th-century France and the palaces of Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal,” she notes. “But there’s inspiration everywhere.”