Connect with Natural Earth
Sustainable, breathable, and versatile, clay finishes provide limitless aesthetic potential to meet all styles of architecture. Inherently dynamic, walls come alive as clay surfaces engage the senses with rich textures that dance in the light. Make modern spaces soar with one of the world’s oldest building materials.
It Just Feels Right. The timeless allure of clay is hard to pin down. Those who live with earthen finishes know there’s just something special in the way they enrich a space and imbue a depth of character to the surfaces they grace. We absolutely love clay and know that you will too.
It’s Good to Breathe. This ancient material breathes as day-to-day temperature and humidity fluctuate, resisting trapped dampness and yielding fresh indoor air filled with small, negatively charged ions — like that near the sea or the forest.
Ancient beauty. Humanity’s constant companion through time, clay is soft and inherently sculptural. In the hands of our skilled artisans, clay finishes can be taken to the apex of modern elegance or made to reverberate with a deep connection to raw materiality. This oldest and greenest of building materials is immune to the endless parade of trends and perfectly aligned with human sensory experience.
Benefits of Clay Plaster
- Breathable: Vapor open and hygroscopic by nature, clay finishes keep a building’s bones dry and help create a healthy indoor environment by passively buffering relatively humidity. Trapped moisture and condensation are primary threats to building components, clay passively manages moisture and aids mechanical systems maintain a stable comfortable indoor climate.
- Non Toxic: Clay finishes are all-natural and safe to work and live with. They will not offgas and contain no VOC’s, petroleum products, or unpronounceable chemicals. Tools and waste can be cleaned with water directly onto the ground.
- Sustainable: Clay is one of humanity’s most sustainable building materials. Many of our products qualify for LEED points and come with Declare statements.
- Repairable: Most clay finishes are very easy to repair and can be reconstituted and even reused indefinitely.
- Versatile: Clay is an ideal surface for interior walls and ceilings. Despite clay’s susceptibility to water damage, it can be used to great effect in areas where spikes in humidity are common like bathrooms and kitchens so long as it is protected from direct splashing. Many clay plasters and paints can be sealed with non-toxic breathable mineral sealants for added protection from mechanical abrasion and direct spills.
Versatility of Clay plaster
Smooth finishes: Clay plaster can be troweled to a smooth finish, matte, or lightly polished.
Textured finishes: The possibilities for textural effects are limitless. Examples include raked, brushed, rigato, stippled, and textured ombré.
Relief work: Clay is an excellent material for carving, stenciling, anaglyptic designs, and various other applications.
Rammed earth effect: This is a signature finish from (add text here) clay plaster distributor, Clayworks Clay Plasters.
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Custom finishes: This is where the imagination truly comes alive. From Arakabe (straw) to ombré and undulating finishes, the possibilities are endless.