Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Is this thing on?

This blog is about making a small building out of Light Earth.

I decided to have a go at a blog because friends have asked to see photos and progress reports, somewhere accessible.

I really don't know what I'm doing, blog-wise.  But here it is.  First blog post, first photo. 

The photo looks like it's just straw.  But if you look closely, each strand of straw is covered in a thin film of mud. And it's flat, because the muddy straw was shoved between formwork and patted down a bit.
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown16 February 2011 at 15:10

    Is that what the walls will look like or will they be plastered over with mud? Did it stand up to the storms ok?

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  2. Unknown16 February 2011 at 15:17

    yay liz - keep it up!

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  3. Lockon Liz17 February 2011 at 01:09

    Thanks Janet! Donna, the walls will have two layers of mud render (a rough layer and a smooth layer) and maybe a layer of mud paint if I'm keen. I did this to another small building and it stands up just fine to all sorts of mad weather. In a later post I'll show a small amount of storm damage to a wall of this building, and I'll repair it.

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