This Month
We put our Master Plasterer Mr Mark Hardman under the Spotlight
“I have often heard it said if you cut a Plasterer, he will bleed Gypsum”.
On the 14th of March Mark received recognition for all his skills and hard over the years of working in the Plastering Trade with the
Prestigious title of Master Plasterer.
The Prestigious Title of Master Plasterer come as no surprise for a man who not only has spent his entire life working in the Plastering industry covering all aspect of the craft from basic simple plasterer work to more complex work like spinning circular cornice work on a bench then fitting in -situ.
Mark first started working in the plastering trade at the age of eleven working for his father at weekend for pocket money which Mark used to buy his first pair of Doc Martin boots, once he bought the boots he continued to work right up to leaving school at the age of fifteen he then started working as an apprentice plasterer working for his father
Part of Marks apprenticeship was to attend Manchester College of Building several days a week to develop his skills and knowledge of the plastering trade plus gain his City and Guilds qualifications, it was during his time at College that Mark won the apprentice of the year award
Once Mark had completed his apprenticeship he worked as a journey man plasterer in which time he continues to develop his skills and experience required to work independently as a plasterer, at first he worked with his father then later he went working in Spain employed by a company who build bespoke swimming pools, this gave Mark the knowledge of working with different plastering materials that where available in the UK, once he returned to work in the UK he gained employment working for a bar fitting company , traveling around the UK from Scotland to Cornwall. Later he returned to his home village of Norley and continued the family business working locally
Mark along with his siblings have managed to trace the family tree back to the 1700’s, and a direct link can be made that that his Father and Grandfather plus Great Grandfather, and Great, Great, Grandfather, all have been Plasterers and Mark is the eighth generation of Plasterers in his family coming from the village of Norley in Cheshire who have spent hundreds of years working around the Cheshire country side
So back to my initial statement
“I have often heard it said if you cut a Plasterer, he will bleed Gypsum”.
In conclusion Plastering must be in Marks DNA
Lath and Plaster 