By Hawthorn Plaster Repairs Specialist. www.hprs.net Tried replicating a large original cornice profile to match an existing one, but it was too heavy, in the end found one off the shelf that could be used,.
Please keep this sort of thing alive! Old world craftsmen such as Mr. Dunstone are becoming a thing of the past and that is such a shame. Hopefully your videos will peak the interest of the younger generation! Wonderful work!
Just a few questions after watching this video..... If there are 24 lengths that need to be cast, there must be some mitre cuts to be made? What are they going to cut the cornice with? Going by all the timber in the back. Why no laps/brackets across the back of the cast? Strike off to strike off. No loose piece on the cove/gutter. Lovely to see work like this still going on!
Hi Edward Good questions, there was going to be another mould made. Was not easy to take the casts off, Joe modified the gutter so it would come off, but it was not easy to get off. As it turned out it was just going to be too heavy, to use for the job. They found a cornice off the shelf that did the job for them, in the end. If we needed 24 lengths we would have needed a couple of moulds to get them. One plaster mould would not have made 24 lengths. Probably would have made it easier a loose piece on the gutter, it was still pretty tight. Not sure about the lap brackets, something else to help to get it off, may have helped. I went to Joe's from the 80's or 90's was certainly interesting to go down there and have a chat Joe worked from the 30,'s to about 2015 a great effort. All the best Neil
Yes James, you are exactly right, it was so heavy we could hardly lift it, they finished up buying one off the shelf, in the end, it was a good experience running that cornice though
