Imagine not just applying plaster as a protective and decorative finish but as the primary material for the walls themselves.

Many plasterers make a good living with rendering skills alone. However, once mastery of rendering has been achieved, a plasterer may progress on to run molding work.

In our two previous articles, Ryan Chivers and I considered the means, methods, and materials of traditional Tadelakt in Morocco, aspects of which extend back to Roman times.

Clay is a simple word for a very complex material. 

In our previous article, Ryan Chivers and I considered the tradition of Tadelakt in Morocco that extends back for many centuries. 

Enigmatic, exotic, artisanal, rustic, seductive—just a few of the superlatives that attempt to capture the essence of Tadelakt, the plaster of Marrakech that has in recent years fascinated the imagination of the Western design world. 

Fibrous plaster is the common name in the Great Britain for the type of plasterwork that is more commonly referred to as plaster moldings or occasionally pre-cast plaster in North America

I’ve been using natural cements and natural hydraulic limes in the traditional plastering craft for many years. However, I never had the opportunity to visit a quarry where the unique limestones used to produce them are mined.

For the past few years here at Walls & Ceilings magazine, we’ve been considering the fundamentals of traditional plasters.