THIS COURSE REQUIRES PREVIOUS FINISHING/TROWELING EXPERIENCE. THIS IS AN ADVANCED PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE AND ARTISTIC PROGRAM!

This 4-day Novacolor Signature program will introduce applicators to an extensive and intensive line-up of Novacolor Signature products from Forli, Italy. Previous troweling experience is required. We will produce a great sampling of Novacolor products that can be used for interiors, exteriors, walls, countertops, and floors. Applicators will create portfolio quality boards.

Featured products and applications include:

• Metallo Fuso, molten metal done two ways

  • Solid finish smooth or with texture

  • Two tones blended in a very unique aged or industrial way

• Oxidation coatings are a Novacolor specialty. Apply and oxidize -

  • Ironic & Rstone – A textural masterpieces of industrial, urban, and mountain modern current design.

  • Verderame & Rstone – In a sculptural multi-color effect with beauty of natural verdigris.

  • Ironic & Zeus – Cold press blue steel, a crowd pleaser.

• Novacolor’s high-demand metallic products with finishes that will set your portfolio aglow. Whether your style is elegant, industrial, contemporary, or traditional, Novacolor has a metallic product to fit your needs.

  • Africa - Surprises with velvet visual sensations and elegant and trend-setting textures. Africa is capable of creating light and reflection games.

  • Animamundi – A decorative architectural trowel-on coating with gentle gold and silver highlights.

  • Eclat, Zeus, Marmur Medio & Florenzia – Simply exquisite!

  • Luce’ – A decorative finish for interiors with gentle and soft metallic effects that ensure elegant games of lights and shades.

  • Dune - A decorative architectural trowel-on coating with stunning metallic patterns

• Minerals are Novacolor’s specialty world-wide. With the right protection, many of the products can be installed in vertically wet areas or horizontally as countertops and furniture

  • Mirror – Contemporary high-gloss stucco in smooth but visually textural finish with incredible depth. Glossy or matte.

  • Florenzia – Old-style air dried slaked lime. We will don an interpretation of multi-color stonework/veining in a modern, natural way.

  • Archi+Big – A big grain cement for a big effect.

  • Marmorino KS – A two-tone effect of natural stone or Carrara marble.

  • Marmur Fine, Eclat, and Florenzia – A perfect harmony of elegance and natural style.

  • Archi+ Argilla – Powdered Mineral coating based upon clay and aerial lime and select aggregates.

  • Archi+ Tadelakt – Moroccan style plaster.

  • Archi+ Pietra Intonaco – Hydraulic lime with large mica chips.

  • Walls2Floor Micro-cement – Extremely sough-after for seamless, beautiful floors, walls, and shower installs.

  • Calcecruda and Cruda Tinta A Stucco – Stencil and a new technique to look like polished metal.

Course fee of $ 1,699 includes instruction, stainless steel trowel, flat-blade, miscellaneous specialty tools, support materials, daily lunches, and refreshments. Pre-registration is required.

Instructor: Beth Schafer