{"product_id":"9780865718708","title":"Essential Natural Plasters: A Guide to Materials, Recipes, and Use","description":"\u003cp\u003eNatural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes. Fun to work with, low-impact, and allowing infinite creativity, they are high performance and provide proven, centuries-long durability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet until now there's been no resource that has pulled together the best North American plaster recipes and how-to into one place. \u003cem\u003eEssential Natural Plasters\u003c\/em\u003e covers it all:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSourcing and selecting materials, including site-soils \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClay, lime, and gypsum plasters as well as fibers and amendments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterior and exterior use and specialty plasters such as tadelakt for bathrooms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparing substrates, from straw bales and cob to lath and sheetrock \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to set-up a safe, efficient worksite \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixing, testing, tinting, and applying plasters and plaster repair \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoveted recipes from leading plasterers in Ontario, Vermont, New Mexico, France, and New Zealand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated and deeply researched, \u003cem\u003eEssential Natural Plasters\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e must-have resource for owner-builders and professionals alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Henry\u003c\/strong\u003e plastered his way across Ontario for a decade. His research, attention to detail, and mad-scientist plaster experiments have made him a noted expert and teacher in the field. Michael lives in Peterborough, Ontario with his wife and two children. He shares his knowledge at thesustainablehome.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTina Therrien\u003c\/strong\u003e started plastering in 1997 with Camel's Back Construction, Ontario's first straw bale building company. A founding member of the Ontario Natural Building Coalition, she is co-author of \u003cem\u003eMore Straw Bale Building\u003c\/em\u003e and operates Shelter By Hand, a timber framing company, in Low, Quebec, where she lives with her partner and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032884297968,"sku":"9780865718708","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865718708_p0.jpg?v=1763836442","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865718708","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}