PLASTER RAISING PARTY

THREE COAT LIME PLASTER ON RIVEN LATHE

Come and learn the materials and methods of lime plaster on wooden lath.
Howard Hall will have a plaster raising party for two successive
Saturdays, scratch coat then the intermediate coat on the main parlor
ceiling and walls.

(A time will be set up for the finishing coat in the near future.)

We will be:

• mixing lime plaster
• plastering
• celebrating
  

Joining in is free as a learning workshop,
but you will have to work with a trowel. Lunch is provided.

Booking in advance is required. 
Call 518-945-1253
or email: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

Open to people in the trades as well as homeowners eager to learn.

This is a unique and free opportunity to learn about historic lime plaster
in a workshop setting.  We will be practicing on the ceiling of the parlor
at Howard Hall Farm in Athens, New York.


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REMAKING LIME CROWN MOLDING
in July with Rory Brennan, the plasterer from  "This Old House".
This is a structured as a paid class with fee limited
number of students.  Click the classes tab for more information
or contact us: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

PRIVATE MORTAR CLASSES
with Reggie Young on exterior pointing with lime mortars.
We will cover mixing of mortar, proper prep of the area, pointing and curing.
Whitewash recipes and appilcations can also be covered.
For more information, contact: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

Once Again, The Intern Hunt Is On

**Not that kind of hunt...we don't want to shoot them, just invite them over for a nice cup of tea, and a week of restoration.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES We're inviting anyone interested in a week-long restoration or research internship to click on this article's title and read on! We're offering a number of different internships between now and November. We have positions ideal for students (of restoration, historic structures, writing, history, library studies, construction, architecture, antiquarian processes, artisans, etc.) as well as places for people who have their own historic home (or someone else's to work on), and would like a chance to get a feel for our environmentally friendly restoration techniques, and apply them to their own structures! Glean some of the benefits of taking our workshops at off-peak times working as an intern, and have a chance to meet all the interesting characters lurking about this old pile of beams.

Roomful of Corbels

The newest addition to our little crew is the Lady Lorena,who is restoring this roomful of corbels.

Undressing the Panes

Pat spent the morning scraping the old paint off some seriously decaying windows, so he can remove the surviving beautiful panes that were origional to the house and reuse them in a sturdier window frame (being built right now by Harry Klahr).