To create an individual look of a house, a cottage, many decorative elements are used. However, I would like to talk separately about one of them. Namely - what is a bas-relief. This is a way of decorating the walls, facades of the room. A relief sculptural image is created on the surface, which is visible in half of the volume.
From the history of the bas-relief
This architectural element has an ancient history. It was used in India, Persia, Egypt, America, Assyria. Most often, they were decorated with the pediments of temples, religious buildings in ancient Rome and Greece were decorated with relief images. However, in modern design, it has not lost its relevance. Most often in everyday life it is called stucco molding, decorative molding or three-dimensional panels. Sculptural images can decorate not only the interior of the premises, but also the facades of buildings, their decoration outside. In the 19th century, only noble gentlemen, people who enjoyed great respect and honor, could decorate their houses in this way. Now it is available to everyone. A modern bas-relief is an opportunity to convey respectability and comfort. Only a professional can create such sculptural elements.
Practical application of stucco
Decorative three-dimensional panels are used not only to give the design a certain mood, belonging to a particular style, but also to adjust the space. Relief paintings will help create a kind of charm of the room and hide surface flaws, as well as disguise engineering communications. They are different in size, in accordance with the chosen plot and the task at hand. For example, use this technique. The landscape, created as a relief composition, occupies the entire wall and smoothly turns into decorative plaster.
How an image is created
Landscapes, human figures, objects, buildings, plants are chosen as a drawing. Sometimes masters create real paintings, artistic compositions. Depending on the method of manufacture, a hand-made or cast bas-relief is distinguished. The first is created using putty, primer and polyurethane glue. These are works of art that allow you to give the interior an individual unique look. The second option involves the use of polyurethane, gypsum bas-reliefs are also made. Use stone, metal, marble, clay. Designer panels are created on a pre-prepared wall. The work is difficult and painstaking. At the request of the customer, the sculptural figures are either covered with monochrome wax or tinted with a certain color. Then do the backlight. The created effect is favorably emphasized by such materials as bronze, stone, gold. To create an antique relief image, itplated in platinum.
Plots
Modern masters of bas-relief will be able to satisfy practically any requests of customers. After all, the choice of techniques is rich, and there are a great many plots for creating three-dimensional images. For example, it can be landscapes, a city panorama, ancient deities, flower arrangements, heraldic elements and much more that a design fantasy will offer. You can choose a volumetric panel of a certain style. For example, in the spirit of baroque, bas-relief is floral compositions, ornaments. If you want to recreate an antique interior, then images illustrating myths are suitable. The children's room will be complemented by fairy-tale castles, as well as fairies and other magical creatures. Symbols of abundance, still lifes with vegetables, flowers, fruits will look great in the kitchen. Of the recognized masters, we can mention the French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who worked in the 18th century. He took part in decorating the palace at Versailles. Modern professionals are adopting the best practices that they inherited from the past and new technologies.
Interior decorations
In design, sculptural panels are used to recreate the classical style, since the bas-relief is an integral part of it. And since this element can be performed using various techniques, it can be successfully entered into any interior. It allows you to place accents, set the main theme of the design of the room. For example, in the living room, he will create a feelingsolemnity, on the contrary, in the bedroom it will serve for an atmosphere of peace, in the corridor it will become the embodiment of movement. Very often, the bas-relief in the interior serves as an excellent decoration for the fireplace, it is framed by arched openings. Sculptural panels are perfectly combined with natural materials, stone and forging. In the classical style, it is inherent to use relief images to fill the space between the doorway and the ceiling. This archaic, but at the same time timeless element will be perfectly combined with modern audio and video equipment. Stucco images will complement the interior of the kitchen. False fake shelves, doors or windows are created, as if open to another world. Magnificent are the shallow niches, decorated in bas-relief and complemented by lighting that will emphasize the convexity of the image. In the bedroom, a bas-relief on the wall opposite the bed or above its head would be appropriate. If your country house has a column that does not fit into the interior, it is enough to decorate it with relief figures to give it splendor.
Facade solutions
Stucco decoration not only decorates the interior of the home, but also serves as a magnificent decoration outside a country house, villa, cottage. As a rule, relief images are made in the form of a floral ornament. Apply the same techniques as when creating the interior.
