How to plaster like a master? Watch how a plasterboard is applied to a wall with lime mortar; the basics of plastering. You are invited to try it yourself.

During the workshop, discover how a baluster (the spindle of a balustrade or stair railing) is made in a lathe with a zinc mold and crank handle, just like the original, and learn how to make a plaster or silicone mold from it.

Next, you’ll cast a baluster, a base, and a top plateau using model plaster. Participants will be guided in making a plaster molding, which can then be used to add a dentil molding to the plateau.

You’ll go home with your own baluster.

The Dutch Plaster Guild, the national association of master restoration plasterers, has approximately 45 independently operating member companies throughout the Netherlands, all of whom have proven themselves in the field of decorative and/or restorative plasterwork.

They work both indoors and outdoors, preferably on monumental facades or interiors. They are also skilled in all modern plastering techniques. The plasterers work with air lime, hydraulic lime, gypsum, cement, and resin-bound materials, and master specialized techniques for creating glossy plasters, concrete finishes, frescoes, graffiti, moldings and ornaments, stucco marble, and gilding.

Marcel Vlasblom is a member and secretary of the Dutch Plastering Guild and the owner of Marcel Vlasblom Plastering Company in Geervliet. The company specializes in restoration and decorative plasterwork, both indoors and outdoors. Marcel enjoys spectacular stucco designs and has a predilection for Art Nouveau and Art Deco design, as well as geometric shapes and patterns. He also teaches at the restoration training program for plasterers in Veenendaal.