About the artist
Phil Diers - Sculptor
Phil Diers has been sculpting, making molds and castings for over thirty four years. Most of his professional life has been devoted to the building trades. Since 1985 he has focused in the area of architectural ornamentation, moldmaking and sculpture. His specialties include creating custom fireplace surrounds and mantels from plaster or concrete. He has designed and sculpted fountains cast in resin-stone and concrete. In the area of architectural ornamentation, he has sculpted friezes, gargoyles, decorative mirror frames and cartouches. When provided with a photograph or a drawing, Phil can sculpt to specifications and have it cast in plaster, concrete, resin-stone or even bronze. He has an extensive library of books illustrating various ornamental styles, thus helping the client visualize how a particular decorative scheme might look.
Some of Phil’s major projects in recent years are:
* 1985 - Reproduced ornament for the Old Oakland Project on Ninth street in Oakland, CA.
* 1987 - Modelled a life size figure of Isis for an egyptian beauty spa in San Francisco, CA.
* 1995 - For Stanford University, Phil re-created a Luca della Robia frieze panel from
Florence, Italy using pictures he found in library books.
* 1995 - For a decorator, Phil created an ornate french stye fireplace surround, using a
magazine photograph as source material.
* 2003 - Using a pre 1906 historic photograph of the front of the Ames Building in Mountain
View, California, Phil sculpted (recreated) the 9’ x 4’ frieze that had been lost in the 1906
earthquake. This effort was part of the award winning Ames Building Centennial Restoration Project
* 2004 - As part of a centennial restoration of a colonial style mansion in San Francisco, Phil
restored, molded, cast and installed four new ionic capitals to replace and match the ones from 1904.
Lyncrusta or anaglypta wallcovering.
Since 1987, Phil has responded to the needs of people who want to find replacement embossed wallcovering, but were unable to find it available commercially, He can take an accurate impression of an existing lyncrusta or anaglypta wallcovering design and reproduce it in a product of similar thickness and detail. He also retains some molds in his collection that have patterns that are likely to exist in someone’s home or business.
Phil Diers - Sculptor
1362 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
TEL: (415) 567-3205
WEB: www.phildiers.com
Phil Diers has been sculpting, making molds and castings for over thirty four years. Most of his professional life has been devoted to the building trades. Since 1985 he has focused in the area of architectural ornamentation, moldmaking and sculpture. His specialties include creating custom fireplace surrounds and mantels from plaster or concrete. He has designed and sculpted fountains cast in resin-stone and concrete. In the area of architectural ornamentation, he has sculpted friezes, gargoyles, decorative mirror frames and cartouches. When provided with a photograph or a drawing, Phil can sculpt to specifications and have it cast in plaster, concrete, resin-stone or even bronze. He has an extensive library of books illustrating various ornamental styles, thus helping the client visualize how a particular decorative scheme might look.
Some of Phil’s major projects in recent years are:
* 1985 - Reproduced ornament for the Old Oakland Project on Ninth street in Oakland, CA.
* 1987 - Modelled a life size figure of Isis for an egyptian beauty spa in San Francisco, CA.
* 1995 - For Stanford University, Phil re-created a Luca della Robia frieze panel from
Florence, Italy using pictures he found in library books.
* 1995 - For a decorator, Phil created an ornate french stye fireplace surround, using a
magazine photograph as source material.
* 2003 - Using a pre 1906 historic photograph of the front of the Ames Building in Mountain
View, California, Phil sculpted (recreated) the 9’ x 4’ frieze that had been lost in the 1906
earthquake. This effort was part of the award winning Ames Building Centennial Restoration Project
* 2004 - As part of a centennial restoration of a colonial style mansion in San Francisco, Phil
restored, molded, cast and installed four new ionic capitals to replace and match the ones from 1904.
Lyncrusta or anaglypta wallcovering.
Since 1987, Phil has responded to the needs of people who want to find replacement embossed wallcovering, but were unable to find it available commercially, He can take an accurate impression of an existing lyncrusta or anaglypta wallcovering design and reproduce it in a product of similar thickness and detail. He also retains some molds in his collection that have patterns that are likely to exist in someone’s home or business.
Phil Diers - Sculptor
1362 Hayes Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
TEL: (415) 567-3205
WEB: www.phildiers.com
Phil Diers is also a member of Artistic License, an artisans guild in the San Francisco Bay Area.