The Texas Lathing & Plastering Contractors Association Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held June 13-15 at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Conroe, Texas.

The Texas Lathing & Plastering Contractors Association Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held near Houston this year. The event takes place at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Conroe, Texas, from June 13-15.

In response to a request from Joanna and Chip Gaines’ Magnolia Network, brief footage (aka a “cutdown”) from the GA’s archival Lathing and Plastering film (circa 1950s) will be featured in the Friday, Feb. 17 episode of First Time Fixer.

The Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii. Raphael’s Villa Farnesina. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. All are iconic classical and renaissance examples of decorative art closely allied to architecture.

Subcontractors buy materials, hire labor, bid against competitors and then have crews install materials. 

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.

Clay is a simple word for a very complex material. 

In the past decade, 3-D printed concrete technology has made significant strides moving from theoretical concept to practical process for building of homes, schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants and other structures.