David Hayles Presentation IDAL

Hayles and Howe company founder and world scagliola expert David Hayles has been invited to present scagliola techniques at the 25th Annual IDAL Convention & Exposition July 23 in Portland, Oregon. The International Decorative Artisans League (IDAL) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of art stenciling and decorative painting. Although scagliola is not a painted finish, the pigmented plaster technique that has many interior decorative applications.

National Academy of Science building

Hayles and Howe, Inc. have been engaged by Gilbane Corporation to perform historic plaster restoration in the National Academy of Sciences building on Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC. Both flat and decorative plasterwork are in the scope of work, and the architects for the project are from Quinn Evans Washington, DC office.