[Special Coating] What is Aging Painting | Technique for Designing 'Time' in Space

Aging painting is a special painting in which the texture and color fluctuations born over time are intentionally expressed by human hands.
However, its essence is not "making it look old".

What we do in aging painting is to understand how materials change over time and incorporate that "process" into the space.

For example:

Soft shadows created by lime walls while breathing
Expression of wood drying, scraping, and losing gloss
Color tone of metal oxidizing and increasing depth

By reproducing these natural changes reasonably without discomfort, the space acquires "calmness" and "depth" for the first time.

What is the charm of aging painting?

"Texture" becomes the protagonist, not the surface

The greatest charm of aging painting lies in tactile texture rather than patterns or colors.
Unevenness emerging when light hits, shadows changing depending on the time of day.
These are never born in mass-produced uniform finishes.

That is why natural luxury dwells in the space.
It is not decorative gaudiness, but "quietness close to the real thing".

Can create a "familiar space" even in new construction

Ideally, a space immediately after completion has somewhat tension.
By incorporating aging painting, you can create an atmosphere as if it has been there from the beginning.

Especially in stores and accommodation facilities, there are major merits such as:

Becoming a space with a high degree of perfection from the first day of opening
Less discomfort even in photos and SNS

Perspective of Renovation and Upcycle

Another major feature of aging painting is that expressions can be reconstructed while utilizing existing walls, floors, and substrates.

Leaving scratches and unevenness as "flavor" rather than "defects"
Adjusting from above without removing

This way of thinking reduces waste materials and deepens attachment to the building.
Aging painting can be said to be a method of updating the value of space rather than mere repair.

Types and Techniques of Aging Painting

Aging expression by painting

Crack (Fissure) Painting

Using natural drying and interaction with the substrate, cracks including coincidence are created.
What is important is "irregularity of cracking". Cracks that are too uniform give an unnatural impression.

Rust / Metallic Painting

Instead of simply reproducing metal oxidation, we make you feel rust through depth and overlapping of colors.
Color composition with depth, not just the surface layer, determines the finish.

Old Wood Style Painting

It is important to imagine "how it has been used" rather than drawing annual rings or scratches.
We change the expression depending on where it is stepped on or touched.

Aging utilizing Plaster / Plastering

Lime-based plastering materials are materials that themselves change beautifully over time.
Rather than making it look old artificially, natural aging begins by daring not to arrange it too perfectly.

Coating unevenness
Trowel marks
Fine cracks

By incorporating these into the design without denying them, the space continues to have a living expression.

How to choose aging technology according to purpose

In the case of Stores / Commercial Spaces

First, it is important to clarify the concept of the space.

Profound feeling / Unusual feeling -> Stone tone / Plastering aging
Vintage / Casual -> Crack / Old wood style
Modern / Industrial -> Metallic tone / Concrete tone

The important thing is "not to overdo it".
Aging is aesthetics of subtraction.

In the case of Residential Spaces

In housing, whether it can coexist with aging change while living becomes important.

Incorporate into only one side of the wall
Consider how light enters
Look at the relationship with furniture and floors

By combining with natural materials and plaster finishes, the taste deepens as you live.

To avoid failure in Special Painting / Aging Painting

Do not judge only by photos
Check samples with actual light
Consult a craftsman who understands the characteristics of the material

Aging painting is a field where experience speaks more than technique.

For Special Painting on Interior / Exterior, go to Stucco Co., Ltd.

At Stucco Co., Ltd.,
We combine Italian plaster and domestic plastering materials to design "expressions of time" that differ for each space.

For housing, stores, and commercial facilities,
We propose special painting considering bringing out the power possessed by the material first.