The Voice of Plastering

A Magazine and Podcast for the plastering trade

“If You Can’t Do It, Teach It”
🧱 Heritage Work
A Costly Mistake on Site: The Day We Broke a 300-Year-Old Church Statue
A Historical Timeline of Plastering Trowels in the UK
A Momentous Occasion at the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers
A Tale of Two Churches: Why Lime Still Delivers
Achieve a Stylish Industrial Look with Concrete Panels Effect
Amelia Island Lighthouse, Florida
An absolute beast of a job
An interview with Peter Carter the inventor of the Socket Beads
Andrew Maguire – Master Plasterer
Articles
As Meat Loaf Once Said: “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad”
Ave a go !!!
Basic Fibrous Part 1
Basic Fibrous Skills – Part 1 Tools, Mixes & Getting It Right
Bill Sargent
Built by Place: Regional and Vernacular Building Traditions of the UK
Celebrating 25 Years: Dutch Guild of Plasterers in the UK
Celebrating Women in Craftsmanship: Mary-Havana’s Plasterwork Journey
Christopher Watson (the plasterer)
Circular window reveal
Cockups, Banter and Disasters
Colin McCaughey – Errigal Academy Trainer/Assessor
Colins Blogs
Contact us
Contact Us
Cornice repairs at Leeds
CPD Visit: Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
Crafting a 16th Century Ceiling in the Cotswolds
Creating Stunning Venetian Marble Finishes by Rachel Tanith
Custom Coat of Arms Design: My Recent Projects
Daniel McCallum – A Career in Plastering
Discovering Plastering Skills at Lancashire Cricket Club
DIY Plastering: Fix Your Ceiling Like a Pro
Durrant & Daughter
Elizabethan Strap Ceilings
Explore Suffolk Open Studios: Your Guide to Local Art
Exploring Pargetting: A Cultural Workshop in Transylvania
Feedback
Flag House
Fluffy Dogs with Pink Heads
Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers
From Apprentice to Expert: Christopher Kelly’s Plastering Career
From Apprentice to Freeman: The Journey of the Plasterer, from 1600
From Apprentice to National Finalist: Blake’s SkillBuild Journey
From Heritage Cornice to helical staircases
From Tree to Lath
From Trowel to Teacher series
From Vision to Reality: The Shark Bag Success Story
Grade 2 listed property
Grass Roots Plastering
Hands That Shape History: Carolyne Chardac Story
Haunting Secrets Behind the Walls
Heatons Plasterers
Heritage Plasterwork
Historic Bickerstaffe Windmill and Cottage Get Restored
Historic Bunnell City Hall
Historic street in Putney.
History of Plastering Part 2
History of Plastering Part One
History of Plastering Part Three
How a Fall Led Me to Becoming an Author
How Mary is Transforming the Plastering Industry
In-situ repair to a Cornice Mould
Inspiring Speakers: 282 East Ham Air Cadets’ Evening
Introducing in this corner, Randy Clark
Introducing In-situ Running Render: A Heritage-Grade Solution for Cornices & Mouldings
Introducing Master Plasterer Mr Colin Morris
James Blog’s
James Collier the Pargeter on Fix radio
James contracted for Pet Portraits
Jethro Marsh
Keith’s Blogs
Kevin Byrne Goes under the Spotlight
Keys
Lady Master Plasterer Dolcie Ross Keogh.
Large Cornice Repairs at Bootham Terrace, York
Large Georgian cornice (coving) restoration in Filey, North Yorkshire
Large high relief cornice coving restoration
Late to Work: Chaos in a Plastering Job Gone Wrong
Lath and Plaster
Learn Plastering: Skills for Beginners
Lessons Learned: My Experience as a Teacher After 30 Years of Plastering
Lets Hear it for the Girls 2
Lets Hear it for the Girls
Lets hear it for the Girls issue 4
Lilia Campbell
Louie the lip
Mark Hardman goes under the Spotlight
Mark Hardman Master Plasterer.
Mary competes in upcoming BBC programme Race Against the Tide
Mary designs a New Splash Brushes – Handmade in England
Mary Little
Mary’s Blogs for Lath and Plaster
Master Plasterers and Freemen
Mastering the Art of Plastering: A Personal Journey
Material Matters: Rediscovering the Craft of Traditional Building Materials
Media wall
Meet the team
Memorable Tales from the Construction Site
Micks Blogs
Mr Gary Blackburn Master Plasterer
Mr Justin Brimmer Master Plasterer.
Mr Mark Shepherd of Eazymix
My Motorcycle Tour: Discovering Building Skills in Europe
Myths of Plastering
N & E Woodhouse Family Plasterers
National Association of Plastering Lecturers Meeting – 14 October
Obituary for David Hayles
Our Friends across the Pond
Our Friends Down Under
Out on the Black
Pargeting
Passing on the Craft:
Paul Mulinganie Master Plasterer mpcp , mtag
Plaster On / Plaster Off
Plasterboard: Revolutionising Wall Construction Since 1894
Plastering Books & e-books
Plastering, the Traditional Way
Portland Cement: The Invention That Changed Building Forever
practice
Preserving History: Lime Plastering Completed at St Peter’s Church, Formby
Preserving the Past
Preserving The Past with Thomas Parkes
Quick grab a bit of silicone out of the van
Quick Turnaround Plastering Services
R T Plastering: Expert Transformations for Kitchens and Bathrooms
Rachels Blogs
Rachel’s Latest Venetian Plastering Contract
Repairs to a 12th centaury cottage in Suffolk
Restoration of Historic Hotel Ceiling in Stratford-upon-Avon
Restoration of Ornate Cornice at Royal Hotel Scarborough
Reviving Norfolk Craft Heritage: A Pargetting Journey
Ryan goes to Rome to learn the art of Scagliola
Ryan’s Workshop
Ryan’s story
Showcasing Exceptional Plastering Techniques
Silicone Render: The Smart Choice for Longevity
Studio Update: Preparing for the Christmas Fair and Upcoming Teaching Adventures
Swart Plaster Mouldings: Crafting Heritage, Restoring Elegance
Taylor Plastering
Teaching Heritage Skills in Traditional Plasterwork
That’s Skimming Alright
The 1972 Building Workers’ Strike
The Day I Ruined a Hotel Room: A Plasterer’s Tale
The Dome Project
The Evolution of Plaster Mixing Equipment in Britain
The First Use of the Darby in Plastering
The Heritage Plasterers Handbook
The Historic Importance of the Lath Hammer
The History of Fibrous Plastering: From Ancient Art to Modern Design
The Making of Traditional Unfired Clay Festival Idol
The Plasterers Podcast
The Plasterers Podcast – The Mick & Dave Show
The UK Building Trade Strike of 1972 and the Shrewsbury Seven
Tranby School – independent school in hull.
Two lads, one mic, not a clue – and that’s exactly how we like it.
Under the Spotlight
Under the Spotlight with
Under the Spotlight with Alexander Devyatkin
Under the Spotlight with Keith Langton
Under the Spotlight with Master Plasterer Mr Bernard Cunningham
Under the Spotlight with Pargeter James Collier
Under the Spotlight with Philip
Under the Spotlight with
Venetian
Venetian Plastering with R.T Plastering
We welcome Kerry Smith
Weekend Pargetting Courses Success in Jersey City
Welcome
Who are the NAPL?
Why Traditional Plastering Skills Are Disappearing
Why Yellow Pine is Ideal for Devil Floats
Winter Gardens Project
Work by day, black stuff by night, life on the London sites.
You are a cowboy and you will never make a plasterer as long as you live

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