Artisan Plastercraft Contracts Manager Vacancy
Contracts Manager (reporting to the Projects Director) We have an exciting new opportunity to join our expanding and energetic team as a Contracts Manager. You will report into the Projects Director and work alongside an experienced operational team – that has a proven track record of successfully delivering projects of up to £1m. Ideally, you will […]
Lime Plastering Restoration at The Oxfordshire Museum
Lime plastering restoration project secured: The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock We have been chosen as the Lime Plastering restoration company to work on the Oxfordshire Museum, situated in a beautiful 18th century house in the heart of Woodstock. The Grade I listed museum has been undertaking essential building repairs resulting in the closure of some of the galleries until […]
Lime Plastering restoration at National Maritime Museum
Queens House – National Maritime Museum
Measuring cornices – metres and mitres!
We get a lot of great enquiries about restoring or conserving decorative cornices/coving. In order to give an accurate quote for cornice repair or to price up replacement plaster cornices, we require some measurements from you. Any specialist plaster company is likely to request the following bit of homework… How to measure cornice The […]
Dreamland Ballroom – open for dancing!
Dreamland Pleasure Park in Margate re-opened in June 2015 after an huge £18million investment (lottery funded). All under the guidance of flamboyant, artistic director Wayne Hemingway. First opened in the 1860s, the park originally featured a scenic rollercoaster, ice-rink, cinema and ballroom. Coombs (Canterbury) approached us to undertake the restoration and replication of multi-space columns (6 pilasters*), […]
Recruiting for Trainee Fibrous Plasterers
We are recruiting for trainee Fibrous Plasterers to join our workshop. If interested in learning more please email your CV to info@artisanplastercraft.com. Apprenticeships offered in a great working environment and on-the-job training is provided. For more information see our fibrous plastering apprenticeship page.
Christmas Go Karting
This year’s Christmas team event was held at Team Sport Karting. Our operatives challenged the directors to go karting and they almost won! Only losing to one of the directors by less than a second across all the races. 1st place was taken by Paul St John. Congratulations!
St Paul’s Square – heritage building to modern living!
We love a challenge at Artisan Plastercraft and were so proud to be involved in an external lime render/internal lime plaster on lathe project at St Paul’s Square, Bedford. Standing derelict for nearly 40 years, 1-4 St Paul’s Square, Bedford was a unique project, as the properties spanned periods from medieval to mid-Victorian. We were brought […]
Lime Plastering Advice And Tips
Whether you are a contractor needing to procure in this service or an interior decorator needing to understand the nuts and bolts of the differing terms. Here’s our lime plastering tips and advice you should consider before engaging on a lime plastering project. Previous drawings – If you are seeking to replicate or restore a […]
FIS 2015 Gold Judges Award
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Finishes & Interiors Sector – FIS 2015 Gold Judges Award. This was for our fibrous decorative plaster work at The Wallace Collection – The Great Gallery. The Contractors Awards are presented annually to promote and encourage high levels of craftsmanship in different categories. We were thrilled to […]