Earthen plasters

• Create a clay-based plaster with aesthetic, mechanical and water resistance qualities
Render earthen facades with and without a projectorUse earth as a decorative material (stucco, sgraffito, sculpture, niches)

This course is offered in collaboration with the association Liens, Enseignements, Sens et Autonomie d'Éourres (04).

<1- Understanding the choice of earth materials

Description of earths and components, description of clays

Professional regulations

Testing an earth

Tack coat, preparing mixes

2- Body plaster

Curing test

The different substrates

Playing body and finishing plasters on different substrates

3- Projection practice

Execution methods

Sculpture

4- The finishing plaster and permeability test

Practice with stucco, sgraffito and terredelakt

Projection practice

Execution methods

5-Building arguments and communicating

Identifying and repairing disorders

Other uses of earth

• Certification of prior learning

• All audiences

This course is aimed at craftsmen, builders, interior decorators, chief decorators

No pre-requisites are required for building professionals

• Fully classroom-based training

• Group lessons

Teachers with significant experience in adult education, professional lecturers.

Building professionals, craftsmen.

Access for people with disabilities