Plastering

The plastering small tool. This traditional tool enables enormous walls to be hand carved, provided the scaffold, the fresh cement and a skilled plasterer are available.

It is a straight-forward procedure - spread a base coat of sand and cement.

As soon as the base coat can support a second coat, apply it. Then cut into the second coat, exposing the base coat of a different colour. In this example, a lift shaft outer surface is decorated with an organic design, which appears to grow out of the planter at ground level.

In an office building in Rotterdam.