In advance of Endeavour’s upcoming Make Your Own Clay Finish Plasters workshop on November 26 & 27, we thought we’d direct your attention to an article that Chris wrote recently for Our Green Home magazine. There is still room in this workshop… contact us to register and you too can be making beautiful, healthy walls! Clay Plasters: Beautiful [...]
Our first workshop at Endeavour, Tadelakt and Advanced Lime Plastering, was a great success! Tadelakt is a historical means of applying and treating lime plasters to make them waterproof. Originating in Morocco, the plasters are applied in successive thin layers, troweled smooth and then burnished with hard stones using an olive oil soap. The soap [...]
November 26-27, 2011 Instructors: Jen Feigin, Chris Magwood Endeavour Centre Peterborough, Ontario www.chrismagwood.ca Workshop Description Clay finish plasters bring the beauty and benefits of natural building to any home, affordably and approachably. These homemade plasters can be applied on any typical wall surface, including drywall (painted or new) and plasters or masonry of all kinds. The [...]