Lime plaster: walls with a breathing texture

A close-up of a lime-based plaster wall. The plaster is applied in layers by hand, so the surface is not a uniform color but has extremely subtle cloud-like variations in shade and traces of the trowel's direction. The texture is slightly sandy and granular, completely absorbing light without reflection. The color is a warm off-white, appearing sometimes yellowish and sometimes grayish depending on the angle and light. The corners are gently rounded. Because the surface has tiny undulations, light falling on it creates continuous and soft gradients of light and shadow, making the wall appear to have depth rather than being flat. Only a low wooden stool and a piece of pottery are placed in front of the wall. Light comes in at a grazing angle to best highlight the texture.
Avoid: using the texture of flat latex paint, making the wall completely uniform and without variation, using high-gloss or semi-gloss paint, adjusting the color to a cool gray.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面石灰基塗料的牆面近景。塗料以手工分層批塗,表面不是均勻的一片色,而是有極為細微的雲狀深淺變化與抹刀的方向痕跡,質地略帶砂質的顆粒感,完全吸光不反射。顏色是溫暖的米白,在不同角度與光線下顯得時而偏黃、時而偏灰。轉角處是輕微的圓角。因為表面有微小的起伏,光線落上去時產生連續而柔和的明暗漸層,牆面看起來有深度而不是平面。牆前只放一件低矮的木凳與一只陶器。光以掠射角度打過來,讓質地最清楚。避免:使用平塗的乳膠漆質感、讓牆面完全均勻無變化、使用高光與半光的塗料、把顏色調成冷灰。