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Are you looking for inspiration? For more information about a cast? The blog contains posts about casts and artists as well as posts about our history, philosophy, and news!

Photo of a meal with meat, vegetable, and fries on a plate and silverware

Would you eat a delicious meal in just 15 seconds?

By Lisa Benson

It’s going to be a great night. You’ve made reservations and put on your best outfit. The hostess greets you. You pair your choice of...

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"Cast Anew" - Design New England article on the Giust Gallery

"Cast Anew" - Design New England article on the Giust Gallery

By Kayla Malouin

If you want a little refresher about the Giust Gallery, we were featured in Design New England magazine back in 2011 in the May/June issue....

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Photo of someone's hands holding a pencil and holding Michelangelo's David mouth cast in the gallery

Those far off days

By Robert Shure

When the prolific American portrait painter George P. A. Healy talked about taking a journey to France in 1834 he said, as quoted in The Greater Journey: Americans...

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Photo of Kayla taking notes in the gallery

We’re not just a store…

By Kayla Malouin

We’re also a collection. Caring for a collection of objects, whether public or private, is an important responsibility. In regards to this part of our work, the...

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Caproni Collection gallery view

The Vatican, Accademia and the Louvre all in one place

By Kathleen Shure

When Pietro Caproni started the Caproni Collection in the 1890’s, his vision was to make great works of art available to the public, and we...

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Caproni Casts for Sculpture Study, Part Three

Caproni Casts for Sculpture Study, Part Three

By Lisa Benson

Albert Toft Recommended Studying Casts along with Nature “This confidence is an all-important factor in the student’s progress, as he should not start by being...

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scanned page of P.P. Caproni and Brother catalog with black and white photos of plaster casts of various small animal sculptures

Caproni Casts for Sculpture Study, Part Two

By Lisa Benson

In The Sculptor’s Way, Putnam addresses a certain readership from the start: “The later and more advanced chapters will probably be most useful to a rather...

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scanned tan book cover of Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure by Edouard Lanteri with sculpture detail of two bronze hands

Caproni Casts for Sculpture Study, Part One

By Lisa Benson

If you flip through the clay-stained pages of Lanteri’s Modelling and Sculpting the Human Figure, you’ll understand why it’s held an important place on our...

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black and white photo of Caproni building facade with large storefront and with gargoyles on roof front corners on Washington Street in Boston

The Stories and the People, Part 1: Caproni

By Kayla Fletcher

Plaster reproductions of classical sculpture were once an integral educational tool in teaching people classical history in the United States. Casts were widely used in...

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