Orlandini Studios

09/02/2025

Guess who came by the shop last week? John McGivern and his Main Streets crew are filming an episode about Walker's Point and we're delighted to be included in it! We had so much fun showing John and the crew what we do here and around the city and the state. We'll let you know when the episode airs next spring.

03/05/2025

Here we are laying the first layer of plaster in the arch. The interesting thing is that this will all be enclosed later, so you won’t see the back like this again.

03/05/2025

Update on St Bernard’s: we’re back in Madison working on the next phase, the three entryway arches. You can also see the spaces where the screens we’ve made will go. The interior of the church has been newly painted and it is stunning. What a privilege it is to be part of this work.

02/24/2025

Support Historic Milwaukee, Inc. and get unique artwork at their silent auction. Items up for bid from around the city, including us, of course. Link to our plaque in the comments

There are many unique and interesting gift bundles up for auction as part of Historic Milwaukee’s 2025 Online Silent Auction running now until March 2nd, 2025! Go to https://www.32auctions.com/historicmilwaukee2025 to start bidding today!

– Plaster Plaque by Orlandini Studios
– Pabst Blue Ribbon Camera and Bling - HMI (Pabst Blue Ribbon Retrospekt)
– Happy Days Cookbook and Shotz Keychain - HMI
– Milwaukee Map Pillow - HMI (Daisy Mae Designs)
– Milwaukee Skyline Bundle from Lynndale Print
– Milwaukee Skyline Weekender Tote by Anne Cate - HMI (Anne Cate)
– For the Love of Architecture - HMI

This auction helps support Historic Milwaukee's year round mission to share our city's architecture, history, and neighborhoods. By bidding and donating to our organization you are helping to support programs like Doors Open, Spaces & Traces, student walking tours, and more.

02/14/2025

Just realizing we never posted pictures of our finished work repairing the ceiling at St Willebrord in Green Bay. It came out beautifully, and we’re proud to have been given the opportunity to bring it back to its original glory.

These are from the reopening celebration in June last year.

02/13/2025

Here we unmold the new screen piece. We made the mold by pouring a glue over the model piece and waiting for it to set. The mold can be used multiple times, and the glue can be reused when we’re done with the mold.

Check out our previous post for how we made the model for this mold.

02/13/2025

Next week we’ll be back in Madison at St Bernard’s. We’re doing several things there, and one of them is duplicating a beautiful latticed screen; there were probably originally two but only one remains.) In order to do that we’ve had to remove one part of the screen and use it as a model to cast multiple copies. Here are some pictures of the process.

We’ll show you what it looks like when it goes up!

Check out our next post to see how the piece came out of the mold!

10/01/2024

This was our official last piece of art on Sunday
Thanks so much

09/30/2024

Some of the art work from the kids visiting the studio during Doors Open this last weekend

09/28/2024

We’re delighted to share what we’re doing with so many of our fellow Milwaukeeans! So far about 300 people have been by! UPDATE: about 460 overall today!

09/28/2024

Doors Open is happening! Come see us till 5 today or tomorrow. Learn about how we make decorative plaster and the 90-year history of our family business in Walker’s Point!