It is used to make molds and casts for ceramics and sculptures, to precast and hold ornamental plasterwork on ceilings and cornices, and for orthopedic bandages (casts).

可用于制作陶器的模具和雕塑艺术品等，也可预制装饰构件固定在天花板和檐口上，还可用于整形外科的模子。

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Stevenson gallery, which also has a branch in Johannesburg, exhibits an international collection of contemporary paintings, sculptures, ceramics and mixed media that reflects the current creative scene n South Africa as well as Africa and its diaspora.

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Launched in Toronto in October 2010, the show brings together the whole range of El Anatsui's creativity, from his early ceramics to his wooden sculptures and assemblings of driftwood, finishing up with the huge, shimmering wallhangings made from the metallic tops of whisky and other bottles which were the centrepiece of a recent Venice Biennale.

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They're arranged in domestic settings alongside paintings, sculptures, ceramics, enamels and other artworks by his Pomona Valley contemporaries, including his mentor, the painter Millard Sheets.

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