Baltimore Heritage

If you’ve ever tried to patch plaster in your house using real plaster, even a small patch on a flat surface, you know what a devil it is and what skill is involved. Now think of an entire ceiling or intricate crown molding with ogee (s-shaped) or cyma recta (concave at the outer edge and convex at the inner) curves. The crafts people at Hayles & Howe have mastered these and a whole lot more. Among other impressive works, they created the ceiling in the most recent renovation of Union Station in Washington, DC, the dome at the Virginia State Capitol, and closer to home, the First and Franklin Church. For their work, they have received awards from no less than the President of the United States and the Queen of England (the firm started in Bristol, UK and today has offices there and Baltimore, USA).

Please join us and the master crafts people at Hayles & Howe to get up close to plaster manufacturing the old-school way and learn how it is done. We are in for a special treat because they are currently working on an impressive piece for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which we will get to see in progress.