Studio Shot: Inside Surface

After view

In my obsession with earth plasters, I stumbled upon a site describing tadelakt, a Moroccan lime finish for walls. It is so waterproof, that it can be used to make sinks. The surfaces get their wonderful soft shine from olive oil. The olive oil, however, is saponified –turned into soap. So plasterers brush a liquid soap on the walls and burnish them with smooth stones. I received some beautiful olive green Olivella soap for Christmas– saponified olive oil. I brushed this on the inside surface and burnished with a river pebble.

Before view