This post covers the other side of my work, traditional Building crafts, in this case Lime plastering onto an internal cob wall. The gypsum plaster that was covering it (on top of the original lime plaster) came away after a water leak in the roof saturated the wall. The stages of application are a first hit to fill out any deep recesses (using fibre binder mixed in) followed by a harl of the whole surface, then a leveling coat to fill to a rough level, a body coat to level the whole wall flat, and then finally a thin top coat of fine lime plaster. There was an opportunity to turn a deep hole into a nice little niche at the turn of the stair.
