Shifting focus

Welcome visitor

I could spread mud on the walls all day.  It is such a meditative pass-time.  Just me and the wind in the trees and the butterflies that come over for a drink.  

The actions are repetitive, but every moment is slightly different and every section has its challenges, like edges and height. 

One more panel and I'll be half way around the inside of the shed!

It is satisfying to create order out of chaos, by taking a rough lumpy wall and making it smooth.

Some walls are lumpier than others.  The south wall is where I hide the experimental mixes and the first goes at things.  If you come over, don't examine it too closely.  Today I finished the first coat of render and a bit of patching. 

South wall - before

 When that dries, I'm going to have a crack at the second coat of render, just to test the mix and play with colour using oxides.

South wall - after!

Trevor made a neat box for the solar power equipment - the regulator, distributor and so on.  He used a picture frame from the tip and some odd bits of wood.  Now it's there I'm going to have to take some courage and bury a few wires in the walls.

Neato 

He has also made some concrete and poured it into that formwork from the other day. For the next few days we will shift focus from my jobs (mud) to TJ's tasks (carpentry and heavy stuff). Time to get cracking on that north wall and the floor.

Concrete at high tide, waiting for an earthen floor