What is concrete venetian plaster? Interior design is an ever-evolving industry. When visiting the multiple design shows worldwide, it never ceases to amaze me how many new products and styles enter the ranks each year. Some are newly emerging, and some return around a second or third time. Upon visiting the design shows each year, I will see many trends come and go. But one material that … [Read more...]
Why Learning Venetian Plaster At GoldTrowel is More Than Just A Course
Lots of plasterers ask me on The Plasterers Forum about Venetian plaster and whether there is a big enough market for it in the UK and my response has always been yes!!! The next question is where is the best place to learn the art and skill of Venetian plaster and my response is always the same, and that is to go and see Andy at GoldTrowel in Essex. I have been dropping in and seeing Andy for … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster – What Is it?
Venetian plaster is a widely used way of describing plasters that were manufactured in the north of Italy and primary in places like Venice. However, most people within this industry use the term Venetian plaster more as a technique or style rather than the actual product, and it can also be described as marble plaster or polished plaster, although not all finishes are polished up, yes it can get … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #5
It's my last day at Gold Trowel North where I have been learning the basics of venetian plaster and it is most definitely been an eye opener into the venetian plaster industry. Today is all about buffing and polishing and applying waxes and polishes to our finishes and generally making our sample boards shine and look stunning.... well thats the plan. The first sample board I will be polishing … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #4
Its thursday already and I am feeling the strain of the early starts and the drive from Macclesfield to Bury, so tonight I am treating myself to a night in a hotel right near the training school and it was pretty cheap as well which is even better as the TPF coffers are running desperately low this year. So today I was going to finish up my sample boards ready for fridays buffing session and … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #3
I was once again in bury today bright and early but I am now starting to feel tired, the commute in now is getting tiresome but we are nearly at the end of the week. Today was a day where we are going to be working on our sample boards and start to see some of the finishes come together which is good. I learnt something to day that everything we are doing is a Marmorino finish as its the type … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #2
Today was the first proper day of venetian plastering, yesterday was great but we spent a lot of the time getting settled and today was the day we really got cracking. The first task was to get the end wall base coated and this was just a warm up for the rest of the day just to get you in to the swing of things. We use Veneziano Medio as a base coat and put it on in small random strokes. It is … [Read more...]
Venetian Plastering Training Day #1
Venetian plastering has always been on my list of skill sets that I wanted to learn and this week I have the pleasure of bing the first group of plasterers to go through the new Gold Trowel training facility in the north of England in Bury. I live so far south that if I was any souther, I would get wet feet so the journey up north was a long one but my sister is this way, so I get to stop at her … [Read more...]
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