Hundreds of white plaster casts of vaginas, believed to have been on their way to an art gallery, fell onto a road in Irkutsk, Russia, last month after a traffic crash.

New research by Dr. Emma Payne reveals that plaster casts of Parthenon sculptures are better conserved than the original marbles.

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot.

These Pompeii victims choked on ash while covering themselves with garments Study of plaster casts from Porta Nola indicate asphyxiation—but just for these cases.

Cynthia "Plaster Caster" Albritton, an avid music fan who became infamous in the '60s and '70s for her plaster casts of rock stars' erect penises, has died after a long illness. has She was 74.

Is that icon of medicine, the plaster cast, about to be superseded as the best way to heal a broken ankle? The latest evidence suggests that ankles may heal faster and better if patients are ...

Editor’s note: this article includes a photograph of a plaster cast of a person who died at Pompeii. Bits of human bone recovered from Pompeii, Italy, have yielded DNA from people who died ...

A lengthy discussion of the use of plaster of Paris and types of wedging casts is effectively presented, although a detailed description of the chemistry of plaster of Paris is perhaps superfluous ...

The SMK’s extensive collection of plaster casts already included 27 out of around 45 existing Michelangelo sculptures, making it an ideal institution to host the show, Wivel noted.

The old-fashioned plaster cast is effective, but heavy and awkward (and only made slightly better by all the doodles you can collect from well-wishers).

Cynthia Albritton, better known as “Cynthia Plaster Caster” for the plaster casts she made of rock star private parts, died today after what her representatives said was a long illness. She ...

Museum staff thought this fossil was a plaster model, but it turned out to be a new species February 23, 2015 More than 10 years ago Summary (James McKay/University of Manchester) ...