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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!

How to Hang Art in Your Home

How to Hang Art in Your Home

By Lisa Benson

We realize it can be a big investment to purchase and hang a piece of art in your home or other personal space, and we’re...

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photo of Victory of Samothrace sculpture at the end of a path bordered by green plants in a glass-roofed conservatory with tan colors and warm lighting

A Touch of Art at Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House Complex

By Kayla Fletcher

Our company has a long history with famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and it’s a partnership based on preserving both architecture and sculpture...

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Student drawing in class with colored pencils

Gifts for Artists Who Draw

By Lisa Benson

We’ve compiled a list of great gifts for the draftsperson in your life, so you can get more creative than the usual sketchbook. Some are...

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photo of restored plaster cast sculpture bust of Hagen's Beethoven

As good as new: Restoring a plaster bust of Beethoven

By Kayla Malouin

Did you know we regularly perform restorations of sculpture? We can restore your antique Caproni plaster cast, your bronze heirloom, your marble figure, and more! One...

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photo of plaster cast sculpture of winged, headless female figure with flowing drapery on top of an ornate, floral pedestal on a black background

Frozen Moments in Art

By Lisa Benson

Empty pedestals stood alone while windswept marble drapery and painted smiles were laboriously and carefully transported. This was Paris in the late 1930s, when much...

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photo of cast of sculpture relief of robed figure, head now missing, reaching for her sandal in Terra Cotta Patina on a dark gray background

Fool the Eye!

By Lisa Benson

Happy April Fools’ Day! We are not here to fool you, we promise—but we can fool your eye! Have you taken a look at the different patinas we offer...

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Happy Birthday, Houdon!

Happy Birthday, Houdon!

By Kayla Malouin

278 years ago today, the famous French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was born! Houdon was active during the Enlightenment and is known for his many sculptures of...

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photo of plaster cast sculpture of boy from shoulders up with light tunic slipping off left shoulder with black background

Art in Heaven

By Kayla Malouin

From their start, P.P. Caproni and Brother organized their collection - both in the showroom and in the catalogs - into different categories of art....

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photo of plaster casts of two statues and two busts of Venus de Melo arranged against a black background with blue hydrangeas in the foreground

Love from Venus

By Lisa Benson

Your love for plaster casts and art keeps us going, and we thank you for that. We thought we'd share the above photo on the day...

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