This course is for those who wish to push the envelope using methods from European
craftsmen creating finishes that are both organic in nature and made with traditional methods
used in Italy.
The instructor is Barry Affleck expert in the field of plasters, he is well known to local applicators
and artists and will feature a range of high-quality lime-based products under the label
‘Intonaco’.
The market is saturated with imports from everywhere on the planet, why another
plaster?
As of late manufacture has become costly and as these products are hard to define properly
and standards do not exist, water is cheap, certain less scrupulous manufacturers dilute
products so they become less expensive. This is particularly noticeable when coloring lime
plasters they will turn to soup when high pigment loading is added.
After visiting several manufacturers in Italy, our company settled on a source that has been
manufacturing plasters for over 50 years, whose plant is state of the art, using certified raw
materials. The limestone is fired in kilns using recycled combustibles. This produces a green
product with no VOC’s and a containing high percentage of renewable sourced raw material.
Very careful attention is given to quality control and micro filtration to produce the best Grassello
(lime putty) in Italy, combined with graded white marble and sands producing one the finest
Marmorino and lime plasters available today.