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AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



are selected, plaster molds are made of a series of leaves to secure a 

 variety of sizes. The molds, after being thoroughly dried and 

 immersed twenty minutes in hot paraffin, are ready for use. 



The simplest mold i> the one-piece mold used in the reproduction 

 of many leaves and Mower petals. The leaf or petal is laid face upper- 



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MAKING A MOLD OF A LEAF 



A thick heavy leaf 7 in x 8 in. pressed into a clay bed ready for the pouring of the 



plaster over it to make the mold 



most on a surface of clay, the clay bedded up beneath and around to 

 support the leaf in its natural position and plaster of Paris mixed and 

 poured over it. When the plaster has set, the leaf is removed and the 

 superfluous plaster trimmed away around the impression. 



