This piece of plaster typography has been cast using white Gedeo Resin Plaster in a mould made from my own hand-carved original plaster ampersand. The mould picks up the beautiful texture of the carved plaster, even the little bubbles and irregularities I found as I was carving. Each ampersand is hand finished to remove any oddities, and sanded flat on the back.
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This ampersand stands up by itself. Unlike any of my previous plaster typography, this one has been made to a thickness which means it will be self-supporting. It's balanced really nicely too - even though the base is curved, it doesn't roll off to one side and look uneven! It measures about 13cm (5in) wide, 11cm (4.25in) high, and has a depth of 1.8cm (0.75in). It weighs just under 350 grams (0.75 pounds) - so it's a nice weighty object.
For the typographically-curious, this ampersand is based on the one found in the font OPTIBeaver - I did change the interior shape slightly in order to be able to carve it well.
Gedeo Resin Plaster is a very hard, dense plaster designed for superfine white casting. It's certainly not a lightweight material like regular Plaster of Paris! This ampersand is pretty sturdy, but is likely to break if you drop it.
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