Tag Archive: Lime plaster

Tadelakt ….the “Red City”

LunchRiadMaalemMajid 150x150 Tadelakt ....the Red City A fellow Tadelakt lover recently wrote to me with some of her experiences during a visit to Marrakesh,where she participated in real world application of true Moroccan Tadelakt….here is an excerpt from that email.

“What I really loved about Marrakech is that Tadelakt is everywhere in the red city, indeed I would say it is the red city because of the Tadelakt and all the beautiful pigment you can mix into it. In some of the very old palaces (Bahia and others) you can still see Tadelakt on the walkways and in the pools hundreds of years after, so it clearly withstood the test of time. Maalem Majid said

Interior Tadelakt of the Villas of L’Amandier

tadelakt finish room 150x150 Interior Tadelakt of the Villas of LAmandier Check out this web blog  about the  Villas at L’Amandier in Marrakech there are plenty of photos with Tadelakt lime plaster either being applied,or already finished in the background. Personally I find it interesting to see the Tadelakt being applied in its native setting,all of the interior walls are finished with Tadelakt lime,and then protected  using “savon

Making lime plaster and mortar,a lost art

The World is our Oyster

lime rick

Check out this video from the Colonial Williamsburg video library showing the building and history behind a lime rick .

As the rick burned, temperatures of at least 1800 F  were were obtained. This is essential if the conversion from calcium carbonate to calcium oxide is going to occur. Ricks were constructed with several tiers of logs supporting layers of smaller logs then covered with the oyster shells.

Lighthouse Sustainable Building Center

Intonachino lighthouse

Authentic plaster fx was recently invited to install both Intonachino lime plaster to the new entrance to the lighthouse sustainable building center