In Minneapolis, for example, he devised a 20th-century counterpart of a 19th-century coffered ceiling by setting plaster cube-like forms into the ceiling.
If you had never heard the music and only read the biographies (or seen the documentaries with the sound off), you'd be left with a sense of bigness: big voice, big manner, big entertainer — a brawling guy, a sort of pop Pavarotti, a crooner Caruso, a guy blessed with a giant instrument that sets plaster falling from the ceiling, but who didn't use his instrument well or have much taste.
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Ms. Jobin drew efficient work from her 13 instrumentalists, and Laura Jellinek designed a handsome multi-tiered set plastered with photographs evoking Conrad's milieu.
Her Tony-winning set for Peter and the Starcatcher was decidedly retro, imaginative and magical, whereas Bare, which features a grid-like set plastered with Instagram photos, has probably the most contemporary set around.
"I think we as humans are essentially half plastered," Little told HuffPost of 19th century psychologist William James' theory that our personalities are "set like plaster" by the time we're 30.
"He's been told it won't need surgery and the leg has been set in plaster of paris.
Her photographs of various beauty queens (literally female trophies tops set in plaster) pose in pristine all-white scenarios- holding a bouquet in front a cabinet of donuts, perched on a bed surrounded by shopping bags from Chanel, Gucci and YSL, and standing in front of a mirror that adds pounds to the waistline.
The building's central area also contains a series of stone mortars set into plaster platforms on the floor, which may have been used to grind wild plants.
The 20th century Harvard psychologist William James said that after age 30, the personality has "set like plaster".
