Usage Note
Gussform is the mould used in casting processes for sculpture — typically of plaster, sand, or ceramic. After a Gussform is used to cast bronze, it may be destroyed (lost-mould) or preserved for edition casting.
Examples
"Die Gussform für die Skulptur war aus mehreren Gipsteilen zusammengesetzt."
Natural Translation
The casting mould for the sculpture was assembled from several plaster parts.
Literal Translation
The casting-mould for the sculpture was from several plaster-parts put-together.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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