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Natural Plasters and Finishes
Course Description: Henry Beston noted how the hand-made thing has the mark of the living soul. This course will teach you how to create and apply beautiful hand finished plasters and paints on many wall surfaces. People around the world have been using clay, gypsum, and lime as plasters and paints for millenia, and these materials have shown a timeless aesthetic and utility. The course will cover at a basic level three principle plaster and paint mediums: clay, lime, and gypsum, and finish with plaster coats, paints, and washes of clay, lime, casein, wheat paste, mica, pigments, and other natural ingredients. Students will leave this course with practical experience mixing and applying a wide variety of finishes on various wall systems, from rough straw bale to finished gypsum wall board. Emphasis will be given on learning the working properties of the materials and developing critical thinking skills to apply the knowledge in real-world situations, rather than on specific recipes for specific conditions. All Levels. Credits: 35 AIA Learning Units available Suggested Reading: Using Natural Finishes: Lime and Clay Based Plasters, Renders and Paints - A Step-by-step Guide by Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce Things to Bring Sturdy work gloves (well-fitting) Favorite trowels and hawks Notebook and pens/pencils Clothes to get dirty in (long sleeved shirts and long pants to protect from the straw) Eye protection Dust mask Camera Rough Course Outline Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Schedule subject to change slightly due to inclement weather or the desires, requests or focus of the students.
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