Arched plaster passage with sheer curtains and warm light — the MarkOn® Walls finish library
§ 01 · Mineral library · F-01 → F-05 The finishes.
§ 01 · LIBRARY · F-01 — F-05

Mineral
languages.

Five mineral systems. One studio. One pair of hands — Vlad's. Lime, marble dust, cement and bronze, troweled and burnished the slow way.

Library Tadelakt · Marmorino
Venetian · Lime Wash
Microcement
Tadelakt hearth in smoked charcoal — burnished Moroccan lime, hand-polished by Vlad Markov for MarkOn® Walls
F-01 / Tadelakt Hearth · Wet
From Fès. Burnished by river stone, sealed in olive soap. The plaster that loves water.

Tadelakt.

OriginMorocco
Coats5 — 7
SealOlive soap
SheenHigh
LeadFrom 8 wks
Marmorino Carrara — cream Italian lime + marble dust plaster with curved white-oak staircase and olive tree, Greenpoint residence — MarkOn® Walls / Vlad Markov
F-02 / Marmorino Polished · Stone
Venice, by way of the marble cutter. Lime bound to Carrara dust, three coats burnished until stone breathes back.

Marmorino.

OriginVenice
Coats3 · burnished
SealBeeswax
SheenSatin — polished
LeadFrom 6 wks
§ — Atelier note · No. 02
Plaster is patience made visible.
Three days of trowel work, then a fourth of stillness.
— Vlad Markov · MarkOn Walls, Greenpoint
Venetian plaster powder room in hunter green — mirror-polished Stucco Veneziano with brass fittings and marble, Park Avenue — MarkOn® Walls / Vlad Markov
F-03 / Venetian Mirrored · Veined
Six coats of light, then nine. Sealed in carnauba until the wall holds its own reflection. Saturated jewel tones, a specialty.

Venetian.

OriginVenice, 16th c.
Coats6 — 9
SealCarnauba
SheenMirror
LeadFrom 8 wks
Tribeca arched cream lime-washed salon, sunlit with soft cloud variance — breathable mineral wash by MarkOn® Walls / Vlad Markov
F-04 / Lime Wash Matte · Mineral
Mediterranean shadow on cream. Breathable, self-mineralizing, dead-matte — the only finish that softens the light it stands in.

Lime Wash.

OriginMediterranean
Coats2 — 4
SealSelf-mineralizing
SheenDead matte
LeadFrom 4 wks
§ — Atelier note · No. 04
Nothing here is painted. Every wall is built — layer by layer, the slow way the trade was taught for nine hundred years.
— The MarkOn studio · By appointment, by invitation
Microcement architectural ledge in modern grey with LED cove and windows — Greenpoint detail by MarkOn® Walls / Vlad Markov
F-05 / Microcement Architectural
Cement, resin, four troweled coats. Continuous surface across wall, floor, vanity, stair — one material, no joint.

Microcement.

SystemCement + resin
Coats4 · troweled
SealPolyurethane
SheenMatte / satin
LeadFrom 6 wks
Hand-troweled plaster macro detail — visible trowel marks and mineral variation in monochrome cream — MarkOn® Walls material specimen
Specimen · The hand · 1:1 detail By hand.
§ 02

Beyond plaster.

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