Formatore in gesso
A specialist mold-maker and plaster worker who takes molds and produces plaster casts or working plaster models from sculptural originals.
Italian Terms
Formatura
The mold-making process by which the surface of a sculpture is captured in a negative form so that it can be reproduced in another material.
Calco in gesso
A plaster cast produced from a mold, reproducing the surface of an original sculpture or model.
Forma in negativo
The negative mold that records the inverse surface of a sculpture and receives casting material to produce a positive replica.
Scultura diretta
The Italian expression for carving directly in the final material without systematic transfer from a full-scale model by formal pointing.
Restauro del marmo
The conservation and repair of marble sculpture or architectural stone with the aim of stabilizing material, preserving evidence, and recovering legibility without falsifying the original.
Macchinetta del Giannoni
A named Pietrasanta workshop apparatus associated with Renzo Giannoni, preserved in the oral technical vocabulary recorded by Le voci del marmo.
Meccanizzazione delle tecniche scultoree
The introduction of powered, mechanical, and later digitally controlled systems into stages of sculpture once performed entirely by hand.
Carbone da tracciatura
Charcoal used on marble as a temporary dark marking surface so compass points and reference marks can be seen clearly during point transfer.
Formatore in creta
A workshop specialist associated with the formation and development of sculptural models in clay, recorded as a distinct competence in the Pietrasanta bottega tradition.