From his basement studio in Brooklyn, New York, American sculptor Justin Ryan Kendall creates affordable plaster casts of classic masterpieces. At any one time, he could be simultaneously casting a mask of Mary from Michelangelo’s “Pietà,” a bust of Costanza Bonarelli by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, or a fragment of a work, perhaps the nose of “David” by Michelangelo. Kendall is so keen to preserve important historic masterpieces via his plaster cast reproductions that he’s somewhat pausing in his career as a sculptor to develop his plaster cast business, he said in a telephone interview.  Recently, he won first place for his sculpture “Prometheus” in the Fully From Life category at the Art Renewal Center 14th International ARC Salon Competition (2019–2020).   Primarily traditional art teachers and students order his plaster casts as study aids to copy and to develop their skills. But the casts also appeal to lovers of art and …