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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
The builder is not the owner of the house.
To make the mould, I had to encase the carving edges in plywood about 6" thick. Then they filled everything with silicone. Silicone comes, like epoxy, in two liquids that react chemically to become rubbery. This flexible particularity allows separation of the mould from the "plug" (original artwork) . The silicone itself for this unit cost 5000$.
Once they had this casting they set it on a vibrating staging plate and poured in the concrete. A moulding like this is good for about 30 reproductions without major repair.
The house walls were made this way too. I made some of the detail moulding around doors and windows out of wood. Those they dealt with themselves.
I'm adding a picture of the "plug" on the day of delivery.
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all i can say is i'm dumbfounded, that's amazing ...