Hand-Carved: Plaster Moldings Carved One Stroke at a Time

A close-up of a ceiling cornice and wainscoting: all the bas-reliefs are hand-carved on-site from wet plaster, one stroke at a time, not pre-cast modules glued on. Therefore, the same motif has subtle variations in different locations—the angle of the leaves, the tightness of the scrolls, the changes in depth, all bearing the marks of the hand. The patterns at the corners are continuous, not two sections joined together. The surface is only thinly coated with white paint, allowing shadows to be the only color. Next to it, a craftsman is refining an unfinished section. Unidirectional side lighting maximizes the three-dimensional effect of the bas-relief. Avoid: using pre-cast cornice modules, patterns that are completely identical without variation, obvious joints at corners, spraying thick paint on the surface to fill in details.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段天花線板與壁板的近景:所有的浮雕都是在現場以濕的石膏一刀一刀手工雕出來的,而不是預鑄的模組黏上去。因此同一個母題在不同位置有細微的差異——葉片的角度、捲渦的鬆緊、深淺的變化,全部是手的痕跡。轉角處的圖案是連續的,不是兩段對接。表面只上薄薄的白色塗料,讓陰影成為唯一的色彩。旁邊有一位師傅正在修整未完成的一段。單一方向的側光讓浮雕的立體感最大。避免:使用預鑄的線板模組、圖案完全一致沒有差異、轉角處明顯對接、表面噴厚漆填平細節。