Folder 12
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Leaf mold sheets, circa 1950-1970s
Item — Folder: 12
Identifier: Mem_inv_1210
Scope and Contents
Six plastic vaccum-formed leaf sheetes. They were used to create big amounts of leaves casts for exhibits, possibly between the 1950s and 1970s. Plastic sheets of cellulose acetate and other types of synthetic thermo-plastic resins were used for molding or drawing. These sheets were made through vacuum-forming. A machine vacuum-draws hot pliable plastic sheets over the leaf plaster molds. This process picks up and transfers all the details of the leaf mold to the plastic sheet....
Dates:
Usage: circa 1950-1970s
