Fresco Studio Setup.
| | | | There are many similarities in fresco versus other mediums studio setup, however there also quite a few things that differ. |
Mostly some extra suff that you will need to have and ways to keep plaster and plaster dust away from the rest of the studio. Also you will need a few shelves for storing fresco colors and pigments - that old box housing a pile of paint tubes, just wont do.Ideally you will have a few plastic shelving units (available in most home/office stores) with drawers size about 10" wide 3" deep and 14" long for your dry pigments. A separate heavy duty shelf with table for your plastering and about 6'X 6' section of the wall prepared with scratch and arriccio plaster coats for practice. Also you will need a drafting table (can be any table) and 8'X 8' wall section to work on your fresco cartoons and to line up with a cork board when it is time to perforate the cartoon tracings (cork board can also be layed flat on the table or floor). Lets compile a list of everything you will have in ideal situation, later in this chapter I will break it down into smaller sections "decorative boun fresco tile studio setup", "buon fresco panel studio setup" and "wall/ceiling buon fresco studio setup" as well as provide descriptions of items in the list.
General Fresco Studio Setup List
- 3 Foldable Tables
- 2 shelving units
- 3-4 sets of plastic drawers (usually 4 3X10X14 drawers in a set)
- 2 sets of halogen lights
- projector (for enlarging)
- light box (for tracing)
- strong floor easel
- table easel
- mounted fresco practice wall panel 6'X 6'
- mounted cork board (8'X 4' or so)
- tree 20 gallon buckets (Home Depot)
- few 5 gallon and 2 gallon buckets
- fresco materials
- fresco plastering tools & equipment
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Below is the "ideal diagram" (if you have a large studio) of basic fresco studio floorplan. However if your studio is small, you can use the diagram as reference and perhaps move "plaster room" to the garage. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | work tables and shelves | | w | | | | | | | | | | | i | Mixing Area | | | | | | n | | | | | | d | | | | | | o | | | | | | w | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sink | | Practice (or Strappo) Fresco Wall | | | | | Working Wall - cartoon & perforating | | Sink | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Color Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Easel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | work tables and shelves | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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