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The material
Plaster can be applied both externally and internally to buildings and historically plasterers did not only apply a render, stucco or harl on walls, they could also produce decorative features such as internal mouldings and creative patterns on external walls, known as pargetting. Plaster was used to create internal and external panels, using locally available materials to form the plaster or daub to cover a wooden frame usually of wattle. The traditional material used for all types of plastering and rendering was lime which was also used to create a mortar and to paint with.
The skill
Today it is usual for crafts people to specialise in either solid or fibrous plastering. Solid plasterers work on internal and external walls, ceiling and floors. Fibrous plasterers are responsible for ornamental decoration on features such as domed ceilings, vaults and mouldings.
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