tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40271147345942389802024-03-13T19:47:02.972-07:00mud for everyoneerica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-30627176957203602372012-04-08T17:46:00.011-07:002012-04-08T18:06:01.436-07:00Aprovecho Sustainable Shelter Series 2011: Inside Insulation Course<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XqYWh_PD0Qk/T4IzRa-E5gI/AAAAAAAACYQ/v2hq_n2eHWA/s1600/IMG_2522.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XqYWh_PD0Qk/T4IzRa-E5gI/AAAAAAAACYQ/v2hq_n2eHWA/s320/IMG_2522.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729198050359174658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Welcome to Aprovecho! This year is the first of an annual offering called the Sustainable Shelter Series. It's an amazing overview of natural construction techniques at a very beautiful place near Cottage Grove, Oregon. I'm here teaching the week-long insulation section of the series. This first picture is of the structure as I arrive to it, a beautiful hybrid timberframe ready for strawbales on the northwall, light clay straw on the east and west and chip-slip infill on the south. Talk about a lot going on in a little playhouse!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtn-mzXfqgo/T4IzQ6mu2lI/AAAAAAAACYE/rhxIPHxyxJI/s1600/IMG_2523.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtn-mzXfqgo/T4IzQ6mu2lI/AAAAAAAACYE/rhxIPHxyxJI/s320/IMG_2523.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729198041671326290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bale infill begins the first day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c1yFkQJXJOU/T4IzQ3V0joI/AAAAAAAACX0/J2R5d_v6N24/s1600/IMG_2525.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c1yFkQJXJOU/T4IzQ3V0joI/AAAAAAAACX0/J2R5d_v6N24/s320/IMG_2525.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729198040795090562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gwjNa2TgMGA/T4IzQmpSjzI/AAAAAAAACXs/onIJhAHjijI/s1600/IMG_2528.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gwjNa2TgMGA/T4IzQmpSjzI/AAAAAAAACXs/onIJhAHjijI/s320/IMG_2528.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729198036313345842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t1qsAoWOKT8/T4IzHa8VzRI/AAAAAAAACXY/AAx0DSpFRgk/s1600/IMG_2535.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t1qsAoWOKT8/T4IzHa8VzRI/AAAAAAAACXY/AAx0DSpFRgk/s320/IMG_2535.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197878553201938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BgHY_ERvfzA/T4IzHBatQxI/AAAAAAAACXQ/RBsj7z__yd4/s1600/IMG_2538.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BgHY_ERvfzA/T4IzHBatQxI/AAAAAAAACXQ/RBsj7z__yd4/s320/IMG_2538.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197871701246738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Bales make great scaffolding too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KC8fwbnRxQg/T4IzGxJvOBI/AAAAAAAACXI/GGbqjlnId9c/s1600/IMG_2537.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KC8fwbnRxQg/T4IzGxJvOBI/AAAAAAAACXI/GGbqjlnId9c/s320/IMG_2537.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197867335104530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3BYxwevMhuI/T4IzGco-vqI/AAAAAAAACW8/yN0muuyajAM/s1600/IMG_2541.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3BYxwevMhuI/T4IzGco-vqI/AAAAAAAACW8/yN0muuyajAM/s320/IMG_2541.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197861829000866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aoKwWWV4R_4/T4IzGZpUymI/AAAAAAAACWw/GMAZgsj1aR0/s1600/IMG_2549.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aoKwWWV4R_4/T4IzGZpUymI/AAAAAAAACWw/GMAZgsj1aR0/s320/IMG_2549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197861025139298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">starting the mud mix for the light clay straw</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-guz4nL_S8s8/T4Iy-usn19I/AAAAAAAACWk/Ni-5k515Wc8/s1600/IMG_2542.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-guz4nL_S8s8/T4Iy-usn19I/AAAAAAAACWk/Ni-5k515Wc8/s320/IMG_2542.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197729237161938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7pr3-jUsnZ8/T4Iy-AGhN5I/AAAAAAAACWY/PIks6u-Ln7M/s1600/IMG_2551.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7pr3-jUsnZ8/T4Iy-AGhN5I/AAAAAAAACWY/PIks6u-Ln7M/s320/IMG_2551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197716729313170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">this is a great screen system for a wheelbarrow, I want one of my own!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbSr-QCBBew/T4Iy981ZqlI/AAAAAAAACWM/GYrnRuvB_Jw/s1600/IMG_2552.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GbSr-QCBBew/T4Iy981ZqlI/AAAAAAAACWM/GYrnRuvB_Jw/s320/IMG_2552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197715852208722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">chinking the bales</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GOAY4Chmgh4/T4Iy9rF1wGI/AAAAAAAACV8/aD-urXxCbto/s1600/IMG_2556.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GOAY4Chmgh4/T4Iy9rF1wGI/AAAAAAAACV8/aD-urXxCbto/s320/IMG_2556.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197711089320034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">ramming the straw clay</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JMuB-nhNsU/T4Iy9ZroAYI/AAAAAAAACV0/9vzOqlC4AwI/s1600/IMG_2559.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JMuB-nhNsU/T4Iy9ZroAYI/AAAAAAAACV0/9vzOqlC4AwI/s320/IMG_2559.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197706415964546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">mixing table</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ya393xoXUmA/T4IyytrKIYI/AAAAAAAACVk/1CqNFeivMPk/s1600/IMG_2563.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ya393xoXUmA/T4IyytrKIYI/AAAAAAAACVk/1CqNFeivMPk/s320/IMG_2563.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197522804154754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HjvPz_7yDNE/T4IyyOW6EKI/AAAAAAAACVY/TDSXLjfGWTg/s1600/IMG_2583.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HjvPz_7yDNE/T4IyyOW6EKI/AAAAAAAACVY/TDSXLjfGWTg/s320/IMG_2583.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197514397716642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lhNdHVrK-8o/T4Iyx9O6ksI/AAAAAAAACVQ/fdtQBSAMlYQ/s1600/IMG_2602.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lhNdHVrK-8o/T4Iyx9O6ksI/AAAAAAAACVQ/fdtQBSAMlYQ/s320/IMG_2602.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197509800792770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_RpGNxB4Ibg/T4IyxapCnuI/AAAAAAAACVE/2JPR_6sI-Eo/s1600/IMG_2596.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_RpGNxB4Ibg/T4IyxapCnuI/AAAAAAAACVE/2JPR_6sI-Eo/s320/IMG_2596.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197500515131106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YyoCKCt6fCo/T4IyxbzWLaI/AAAAAAAACU4/gFj2_L80qjQ/s1600/IMG_2591.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YyoCKCt6fCo/T4IyxbzWLaI/AAAAAAAACU4/gFj2_L80qjQ/s320/IMG_2591.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197500826791330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-02txFOBMQ8o/T4IyiWfKjlI/AAAAAAAACUk/pv1aT6IuBz4/s1600/IMG_2594.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-02txFOBMQ8o/T4IyiWfKjlI/AAAAAAAACUk/pv1aT6IuBz4/s320/IMG_2594.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197241701928530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFq7Vb_BBa0/T4IyiMcde3I/AAAAAAAACUY/UJpxnRpTk6g/s1600/IMG_2553.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LFq7Vb_BBa0/T4IyiMcde3I/AAAAAAAACUY/UJpxnRpTk6g/s320/IMG_2553.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197239006231410" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRTXX4Bgn3k/T4IyhxUsyOI/AAAAAAAACUQ/OPyHU_obATQ/s1600/IMG_2651.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRTXX4Bgn3k/T4IyhxUsyOI/AAAAAAAACUQ/OPyHU_obATQ/s320/IMG_2651.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197231725922530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">making slip from the nearby pond's pure clay, what a resource!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W2wQgwarFXU/T4IyhjaxhPI/AAAAAAAACUE/AhhlOFXaGgQ/s1600/IMG_2643.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W2wQgwarFXU/T4IyhjaxhPI/AAAAAAAACUE/AhhlOFXaGgQ/s320/IMG_2643.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197227993302258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">more mixing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B0sdeCVA9E8/T4IyhVcRJdI/AAAAAAAACT8/Tvqkr6uhBAU/s1600/IMG_2595.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B0sdeCVA9E8/T4IyhVcRJdI/AAAAAAAACT8/Tvqkr6uhBAU/s320/IMG_2595.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729197224241472978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WrtmTELyOu0/T4IyS_kvMZI/AAAAAAAACTs/jC41wqoHx14/s1600/IMG_2586.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WrtmTELyOu0/T4IyS_kvMZI/AAAAAAAACTs/jC41wqoHx14/s320/IMG_2586.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196977853247890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tD82EXPJ-1s/T4IySjLVaNI/AAAAAAAACTg/a4WWvxDkOo8/s1600/IMG_2642.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tD82EXPJ-1s/T4IySjLVaNI/AAAAAAAACTg/a4WWvxDkOo8/s320/IMG_2642.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196970230507730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the forms leap-frog up and before you know it, we've got solid walls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lw8kfwO_Xok/T4IyR4k9fDI/AAAAAAAACTY/ghdrLe_JKuM/s1600/IMG_2659.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lw8kfwO_Xok/T4IyR4k9fDI/AAAAAAAACTY/ghdrLe_JKuM/s320/IMG_2659.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196958795267122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-em_qcQrww5E/T4IyR4qIdoI/AAAAAAAACTI/Yxir-4RBqQE/s1600/IMG_2638.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-em_qcQrww5E/T4IyR4qIdoI/AAAAAAAACTI/Yxir-4RBqQE/s320/IMG_2638.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196958816958082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U73DPij0u04/T4IyRm8AIbI/AAAAAAAACTA/vKDEzFowQGs/s1600/IMG_2639.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U73DPij0u04/T4IyRm8AIbI/AAAAAAAACTA/vKDEzFowQGs/s320/IMG_2639.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196954060071346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">reed mats for forms for the chip-slip sections</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSJXbel2Ksc/T4Ix9ibSP_I/AAAAAAAACSw/eFn9pSy_qeg/s1600/IMG_2646.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSJXbel2Ksc/T4Ix9ibSP_I/AAAAAAAACSw/eFn9pSy_qeg/s320/IMG_2646.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196609251721202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">uh-oh, no workshop complete with out a mud fight!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0QS2L7ak14/T4Ix9PHccuI/AAAAAAAACSo/CyJxeQnlUww/s1600/IMG_2647.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0QS2L7ak14/T4Ix9PHccuI/AAAAAAAACSo/CyJxeQnlUww/s320/IMG_2647.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196604068229858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hscAe6xwPvk/T4Ix87fo-aI/AAAAAAAACSU/TpHjKvz2bXQ/s1600/IMG_2648.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hscAe6xwPvk/T4Ix87fo-aI/AAAAAAAACSU/TpHjKvz2bXQ/s320/IMG_2648.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196598801004962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-04LGY-B2m30/T4Ix83boVSI/AAAAAAAACSM/J8O8dnoUZv8/s1600/IMG_2654.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-04LGY-B2m30/T4Ix83boVSI/AAAAAAAACSM/J8O8dnoUZv8/s320/IMG_2654.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196597710443810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">one week and a dozen hard workers... and we've got some naturally insulated walls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-grgES7Yntos/T4Ix8SlQ3qI/AAAAAAAACSE/ecg3vNm2tQA/s1600/IMG_2607.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-grgES7Yntos/T4Ix8SlQ3qI/AAAAAAAACSE/ecg3vNm2tQA/s320/IMG_2607.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729196587818737314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-57846674023661901812012-04-06T12:53:00.007-07:002012-04-06T13:24:13.911-07:00VBC 2011 - Boise Eliot Marketplace<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QVn-hzF14sQ/T39K9DVDIiI/AAAAAAAACR0/erhCosKB1Rc/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252811%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QVn-hzF14sQ/T39K9DVDIiI/AAAAAAAACR0/erhCosKB1Rc/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252811%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379663764628002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span>This year at the Village Building Convergence, Portland's premier natural building and place-making event, I have teamed up with Mark Lombard to create a couple of cob benches for the future Boise-Elliot Marketplace at Fremont and Williams, in NE Portland.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g4Ln6yQB_4s/T39K8XWYiFI/AAAAAAAACRo/8TY1iYEojKg/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g4Ln6yQB_4s/T39K8XWYiFI/AAAAAAAACRo/8TY1iYEojKg/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379651959064658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Preparing the round poles for the roof structure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUxYbGCk_8s/T39K8auWtnI/AAAAAAAACRY/OLcfWbWiIHI/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUxYbGCk_8s/T39K8auWtnI/AAAAAAAACRY/OLcfWbWiIHI/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379652864915058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">urbanite foundation for the benches</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EuZajdd6Y6k/T39K8IvV9MI/AAAAAAAACRM/PgDOoX9aPZ0/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EuZajdd6Y6k/T39K8IvV9MI/AAAAAAAACRM/PgDOoX9aPZ0/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379648037221570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">mark lombard :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3wfK7bt_JAs/T39K73htynI/AAAAAAAACRE/U2vqUauFIi0/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25286%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3wfK7bt_JAs/T39K73htynI/AAAAAAAACRE/U2vqUauFIi0/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379643416660594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">teaching cob</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcaRUa5e0uE/T39KpIclMwI/AAAAAAAACQ0/Hba21wSjR-o/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25287%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AcaRUa5e0uE/T39KpIclMwI/AAAAAAAACQ0/Hba21wSjR-o/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25287%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379321541014274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7pd2cHEjGMI/T39Kokftl-I/AAAAAAAACQo/MjF6bWJLXgg/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%25289%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7pd2cHEjGMI/T39Kokftl-I/AAAAAAAACQo/MjF6bWJLXgg/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%25289%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379311890470882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-84m6HEVBfU8/T39KockI1SI/AAAAAAAACQY/Ihre5TEGRXE/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252810%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-84m6HEVBfU8/T39KockI1SI/AAAAAAAACQY/Ihre5TEGRXE/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252810%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379309761549602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">adorable round pole roof structures going up simultaneously</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeTRhTCno5w/T39KoB53k5I/AAAAAAAACQQ/Pw_e3tHn1j8/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252812%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeTRhTCno5w/T39KoB53k5I/AAAAAAAACQQ/Pw_e3tHn1j8/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252812%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379302604936082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">more cob!</div><div style="text-align: center;">dozens of people, from all walks of life get involved!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-X0Z7m5JQ/T39Kn5Et-KI/AAAAAAAACQE/K2w7d1uvTcE/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252813%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2d-X0Z7m5JQ/T39Kn5Et-KI/AAAAAAAACQE/K2w7d1uvTcE/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252813%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379300234524834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtobjmcUShc/T39KaY9iuiI/AAAAAAAACP4/NxCmG_O944Q/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252814%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtobjmcUShc/T39KaY9iuiI/AAAAAAAACP4/NxCmG_O944Q/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252814%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379068276193826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FvqmjjAM25c/T39KaMrG3LI/AAAAAAAACPo/q8QiWyI9pW8/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252816%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FvqmjjAM25c/T39KaMrG3LI/AAAAAAAACPo/q8QiWyI9pW8/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252816%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379064977644722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0HxBij4PoU/T39KZbNqRZI/AAAAAAAACPg/0dvPDZyEMHg/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252817%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0HxBij4PoU/T39KZbNqRZI/AAAAAAAACPg/0dvPDZyEMHg/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252817%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379051700798866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">earth plaster base coat over the fresh benches, amazing how much we could accomplish in just one week</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sd-HrIw_gPg/T39KZPQgB9I/AAAAAAAACPQ/1VT_CGOMnRA/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252818%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sd-HrIw_gPg/T39KZPQgB9I/AAAAAAAACPQ/1VT_CGOMnRA/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252818%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379048491485138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dO9e32yKpBE/T39KY5XbyjI/AAAAAAAACPI/Qo9pehfuxEU/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252819%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dO9e32yKpBE/T39KY5XbyjI/AAAAAAAACPI/Qo9pehfuxEU/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252819%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728379042614987314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">new friend kate!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6v2Hm3A9eJc/T39KMIzDeDI/AAAAAAAACO8/JcSUbStcvgs/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252820%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6v2Hm3A9eJc/T39KMIzDeDI/AAAAAAAACO8/JcSUbStcvgs/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252820%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728378823419066418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2vc8aLBzehk/T39KL5WvaJI/AAAAAAAACOw/IaNTDzn1hf4/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252821%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2vc8aLBzehk/T39KL5WvaJI/AAAAAAAACOw/IaNTDzn1hf4/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252821%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728378819273779346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">living roofs planted as well!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UMQFFvi35-Y/T39KLmYQnaI/AAAAAAAACOk/DlSZX6N3EMA/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252822%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UMQFFvi35-Y/T39KLmYQnaI/AAAAAAAACOk/DlSZX6N3EMA/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252822%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728378814179876258" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYR95rBQYyA/T39KLLnaqnI/AAAAAAAACOU/X0758hAjr2k/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252823%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYR95rBQYyA/T39KLLnaqnI/AAAAAAAACOU/X0758hAjr2k/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252823%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728378806995692146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KDi9OOiTjAk/T39KKyjs6nI/AAAAAAAACOM/LMbSqm6L88A/s1600/VBC%2B2011%2B%252824%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KDi9OOiTjAk/T39KKyjs6nI/AAAAAAAACOM/LMbSqm6L88A/s320/VBC%2B2011%2B%252824%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728378800269224562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Join us next year!</div><div style="text-align: center;">visit www.cityrepair.org for more info</div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-8625933512775768912012-04-06T12:37:00.008-07:002012-04-06T12:52:22.886-07:00Clary Rose Cob Oven<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg"><br /></a></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374823163000674" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg">Welcome to Clary Rose Farm!</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg">A wonderful new permaculture demonstraiton site near Fort Jones, California</a></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKqFR09I-MQ/T39GjHN_xuI/AAAAAAAACNY/uuxVES1TKJY/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25281%2529.jpg"><span ><span style="font-size: 100%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKqFR09I-MQ/T39GjHN_xuI/AAAAAAAACNY/uuxVES1TKJY/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374820085679842" /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9kcQc7hBYA/T39GipYaCEI/AAAAAAAACNM/DQyx-HTBDY0/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9kcQc7hBYA/T39GipYaCEI/AAAAAAAACNM/DQyx-HTBDY0/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374812076279874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">As per usual, I'm here to get dirty and show a bunch of people how to make a functional oven out of mud and some salvaged materials</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKJ69W2HSdU/T39JM8UFWmI/AAAAAAAACOA/Nc0s4hM-UL0/s320/oven%2Bdrawing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728377737736182370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-NVYcMHT4/T39GiZ2sMEI/AAAAAAAACNE/yPfQTWY-TSc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-NVYcMHT4/T39GiZ2sMEI/AAAAAAAACNE/yPfQTWY-TSc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374807908331586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Laying the insulative layer, old bottles make great air pockets in a bed a slip-coated sawdust.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKfFiYRUaYk/T39GbXJDriI/AAAAAAAACM0/24BA0oHUt6U/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKfFiYRUaYk/T39GbXJDriI/AAAAAAAACM0/24BA0oHUt6U/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374686920977954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Starting the cob</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJpmYWzQeCM/T39Ga89ZrCI/AAAAAAAACMs/o10WD0t_fNc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJpmYWzQeCM/T39Ga89ZrCI/AAAAAAAACMs/o10WD0t_fNc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374679892765730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Laying the hearth floor with fire bricks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oD8sZ5q5nr8/T39GaUTM2VI/AAAAAAAACMg/amiO-5XgkmU/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25286%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oD8sZ5q5nr8/T39GaUTM2VI/AAAAAAAACMg/amiO-5XgkmU/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374668978346322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the sand dome form</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZABTal8vy4o/T39GaHpEXCI/AAAAAAAACMQ/7aEw3zw5bZM/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25287%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZABTal8vy4o/T39GaHpEXCI/AAAAAAAACMQ/7aEw3zw5bZM/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25287%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374665580403746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the arched doorway</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VGbV2USs7g/T39GZ6hAwOI/AAAAAAAACMI/Zvgb5PbtBbE/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25288%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VGbV2USs7g/T39GZ6hAwOI/AAAAAAAACMI/Zvgb5PbtBbE/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25288%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374662056952034" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfDrebqmFQk/T39GPfnhdTI/AAAAAAAACMA/Rs5eto7YjyQ/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25289%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfDrebqmFQk/T39GPfnhdTI/AAAAAAAACMA/Rs5eto7YjyQ/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25289%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374483037812018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">we also build benches into either side of the oven and integrate existing fence posts into the structure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yUu85r0vdgE/T39GPG2_JqI/AAAAAAAACLs/yBQOr0MB-aU/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252811%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yUu85r0vdgE/T39GPG2_JqI/AAAAAAAACLs/yBQOr0MB-aU/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252811%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374476391786146" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">straw-clay for insulation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qObA7Z6BaJw/T39GOuNK04I/AAAAAAAACLk/MkG8_hPL-jY/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252813%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qObA7Z6BaJw/T39GOuNK04I/AAAAAAAACLk/MkG8_hPL-jY/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252813%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374469773939586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">sculptural cob holds it in</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmeMg6T_RoY/T39GOZ6rBsI/AAAAAAAACLU/rAaOlfI8F0g/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252814%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmeMg6T_RoY/T39GOZ6rBsI/AAAAAAAACLU/rAaOlfI8F0g/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252814%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374464327648962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">almost to the top!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIU-i0QQhFA/T39GOF5A6YI/AAAAAAAACLM/DslAJDrdtOQ/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252815%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIU-i0QQhFA/T39GOF5A6YI/AAAAAAAACLM/DslAJDrdtOQ/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252815%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728374458951985538" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Carrie is going to do decorative earth plaster once the oven is dry.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoy pizza the first night!</div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-22713563325397571682012-04-04T19:34:00.008-07:002012-04-04T20:12:01.197-07:00Chip-Slip Sauna<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f86ZPIYZ304/T30MiaG26SI/AAAAAAAACLA/s8mBPKjWU-M/s1600/a.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f86ZPIYZ304/T30MiaG26SI/AAAAAAAACLA/s8mBPKjWU-M/s320/a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727748086348310818" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">This project is one of the most refined natural buildings I have had the opportunity to work on.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">It's a 10'x10' wood-fired sauna with chip-slip insulated walls and site soil earthen plasters.</span><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--3Kb5sGtUZ0/T30MiOi4ocI/AAAAAAAACK0/ykAIW5_Jz98/s1600/frame%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--3Kb5sGtUZ0/T30MiOi4ocI/AAAAAAAACK0/ykAIW5_Jz98/s320/frame%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727748083244638658" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">The small building is framed with a quartered cedar log for the corner posts and stick-frame Larsen trusses in between.</span><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0vk4Kbzujq0/T30MhpNAKcI/AAAAAAAACKo/xTgBNnuAofc/s1600/k%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0vk4Kbzujq0/T30MhpNAKcI/AAAAAAAACKo/xTgBNnuAofc/s320/k%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727748073220745666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Then we create the integral forms for the chip-slip with large reed matting.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M4rKhbiayaM/T30MhVw3J4I/AAAAAAAACKc/3DnYxtSGgcE/s1600/k%2B%25287%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M4rKhbiayaM/T30MhVw3J4I/AAAAAAAACKc/3DnYxtSGgcE/s320/k%2B%25287%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727748068002441090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yswjspke-no/T30MhBI2s8I/AAAAAAAACKQ/yBtwUnHdhxE/s1600/k%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yswjspke-no/T30MhBI2s8I/AAAAAAAACKQ/yBtwUnHdhxE/s320/k%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727748062465930178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">We unroll the mats and secure them with staples as the walls get filled. These reeds mats will also work great as the plaster substrate.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3DwSXYYthA/T30MPjpJEgI/AAAAAAAACKA/IDtr7DmHAdw/s1600/mix%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3DwSXYYthA/T30MPjpJEgI/AAAAAAAACKA/IDtr7DmHAdw/s320/mix%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747762490511874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wLLDUNP5byA/T30MPEak5DI/AAAAAAAACJ4/QMhynJRVFL8/s1600/mix%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wLLDUNP5byA/T30MPEak5DI/AAAAAAAACJ4/QMhynJRVFL8/s320/mix%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747754107921458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cD7it5CL4xc/T30MO3Sf0zI/AAAAAAAACJs/ZpOjlgpH9qk/s1600/mix%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cD7it5CL4xc/T30MO3Sf0zI/AAAAAAAACJs/ZpOjlgpH9qk/s320/mix%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747750584374066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The infill mix is half a bucket of site soil slip per two buckets of bark-free wood chips. I like to mix them on tarps and carry the tarps directly over to the wall cavities.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtey8C5ZsRk/T30MOVGI3KI/AAAAAAAACJc/P_w6RCNHO60/s1600/mix%2B%25289%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mtey8C5ZsRk/T30MOVGI3KI/AAAAAAAACJc/P_w6RCNHO60/s320/mix%2B%25289%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747741405732002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aBtlqUKGadI/T30MOU1V4rI/AAAAAAAACJU/-sd20TqnEew/s1600/mix%2B%25286%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aBtlqUKGadI/T30MOU1V4rI/AAAAAAAACJU/-sd20TqnEew/s320/mix%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747741335282354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gZwYUWTIqP0/T30L_Uc7TwI/AAAAAAAACJE/FNGzptgpbYc/s1600/mix%2B%252810%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gZwYUWTIqP0/T30L_Uc7TwI/AAAAAAAACJE/FNGzptgpbYc/s320/mix%2B%252810%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747483534839554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md4koLp0YDc/T30L_KEZBqI/AAAAAAAACI8/RuVJBdAteNo/s1600/plaster%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Md4koLp0YDc/T30L_KEZBqI/AAAAAAAACI8/RuVJBdAteNo/s320/plaster%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747480747574946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ad9CqRSZeM/T30L-2CWnhI/AAAAAAAACIs/ZjA3pMY9R40/s1600/plaster%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ad9CqRSZeM/T30L-2CWnhI/AAAAAAAACIs/ZjA3pMY9R40/s320/plaster%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747475370319378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vqoBI_O-toc/T30L-gWUntI/AAAAAAAACIg/PjMb4MOxlTQ/s1600/plaster%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vqoBI_O-toc/T30L-gWUntI/AAAAAAAACIg/PjMb4MOxlTQ/s320/plaster%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747469548494546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">We wait several months for the wall to dry and then it's time to plaster! I add metal lathe and substrate details where ever its needed. The mix is screened site soil, mason's sand and chopped straw.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--WQqS2ZEWog/T30L-VkLXkI/AAAAAAAACIY/IKJtEoqtKic/s1600/stained%2Bglass%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--WQqS2ZEWog/T30L-VkLXkI/AAAAAAAACIY/IKJtEoqtKic/s320/stained%2Bglass%2B%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727747466653818434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoKP0YU4nQA/T30LcExu2qI/AAAAAAAACII/g6I735cKOaQ/s1600/stained%2Bglass%2B%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xoKP0YU4nQA/T30LcExu2qI/AAAAAAAACII/g6I735cKOaQ/s320/stained%2Bglass%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746878031714978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TCZQOaWyc_Y/T30Lb8AJCCI/AAAAAAAACIA/5qXnIlTms_Y/s1600/stained%2Bglass%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TCZQOaWyc_Y/T30Lb8AJCCI/AAAAAAAACIA/5qXnIlTms_Y/s320/stained%2Bglass%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746875676231714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I also did several stained glass windows, including little sliders for ventilation.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNzCj4GmD9s/T30LbX6NTsI/AAAAAAAACH0/AGyOwPyxI3A/s1600/stained%2Bglass%2B%25286%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jNzCj4GmD9s/T30LbX6NTsI/AAAAAAAACH0/AGyOwPyxI3A/s320/stained%2Bglass%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746865987669698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">and a six foot wide arched-top dormer window!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Td8IFkzyb0/T30LbGEZ9tI/AAAAAAAACHk/SJ8eP0_6TRo/s1600/v%2Boiling%2B%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Td8IFkzyb0/T30LbGEZ9tI/AAAAAAAACHk/SJ8eP0_6TRo/s320/v%2Boiling%2B%25284%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746861198603986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zfe_PUdq3NY/T30La7cNCPI/AAAAAAAACHc/dakYMtZAwTM/s1600/v%2Boiling%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zfe_PUdq3NY/T30La7cNCPI/AAAAAAAACHc/dakYMtZAwTM/s320/v%2Boiling%2B%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746858345629938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The finish coat of plaster is the same as the base coat except that the soil and straw has been screened to a finer level. We also add five coats of linseed oil. This darkens the color and protects the plaster from the elements.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-89FydeeqGf8/T30K4w-ZaOI/AAAAAAAACHM/Phk3abxxlxQ/s1600/v%2Boiling%2B%25288%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-89FydeeqGf8/T30K4w-ZaOI/AAAAAAAACHM/Phk3abxxlxQ/s320/v%2Boiling%2B%25288%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746271420704994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1Ji__Jxa9c/T30K4pg_emI/AAAAAAAACHA/Jm8xrawhGdc/s1600/v%2Boiling%2B%25286%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1Ji__Jxa9c/T30K4pg_emI/AAAAAAAACHA/Jm8xrawhGdc/s320/v%2Boiling%2B%25286%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746269418322530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">oiling details</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-Ibm3cq1w0/T30K4f4E4FI/AAAAAAAACG4/ya1pui9GvsQ/s1600/v%2Boiling%2B%25289%2529.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-Ibm3cq1w0/T30K4f4E4FI/AAAAAAAACG4/ya1pui9GvsQ/s320/v%2Boiling%2B%25289%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746266830790738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">rear view of finished building</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S_5Lm8XpPyk/T30K3y-OTOI/AAAAAAAACGs/R8XNRL_dS24/s1600/x.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S_5Lm8XpPyk/T30K3y-OTOI/AAAAAAAACGs/R8XNRL_dS24/s320/x.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746254776978658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">side view of sauna, with stone faced shower area</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ipW6fdlUI5M/T30K3zJGmuI/AAAAAAAACGg/sWWtjXyOJYE/s1600/P1040761.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ipW6fdlUI5M/T30K3zJGmuI/AAAAAAAACGg/sWWtjXyOJYE/s320/P1040761.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727746254822611682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">viola!</div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-58391375819043362212012-04-04T19:13:00.007-07:002012-04-04T19:25:29.885-07:00Raven Oven<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfH8wWbop7I/T30BvkFjslI/AAAAAAAACGQ/KYggogTg2h8/s1600/IMG_7675.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UfH8wWbop7I/T30BvkFjslI/AAAAAAAACGQ/KYggogTg2h8/s320/IMG_7675.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727736217737605714" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">Welcome to the community of Breitenbush Hotsprings!</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-67oKOXQn9PU/T30BvZauGMI/AAAAAAAACGE/6u7xPaO06N4/s1600/bbush_raven%2Bplan.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-67oKOXQn9PU/T30BvZauGMI/AAAAAAAACGE/6u7xPaO06N4/s320/bbush_raven%2Bplan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727736214873577666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iq6PjW2Ayi0/T30Bu7xF20I/AAAAAAAACF8/klSKELOBXxE/s1600/P1000516.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iq6PjW2Ayi0/T30Bu7xF20I/AAAAAAAACF8/klSKELOBXxE/s320/P1000516.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727736206914345794" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">I'm here leading the construction of an earthen oven with attached benches.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; "><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">We decided to shape the oven as a raven, which has a lot of meaning for many of the members of this community.</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iq8o9gkQA_Y/T30BulJSQeI/AAAAAAAACFw/HWsYeNyoF2A/s1600/IMG_7672.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iq8o9gkQA_Y/T30BulJSQeI/AAAAAAAACFw/HWsYeNyoF2A/s320/IMG_7672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727736200841806306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3IuVCTHBAV8/T30BgOpM1LI/AAAAAAAACFo/MnmfRKojtx4/s1600/IMG_7741.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3IuVCTHBAV8/T30BgOpM1LI/AAAAAAAACFo/MnmfRKojtx4/s320/IMG_7741.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735954283484338" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">Patrick has built a beautiful roof structure and stone foundation for the project.</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUpaeJo06Ls/T30BfQamlZI/AAAAAAAACFY/sUTZFZIVspc/s1600/IMG_7684.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nUpaeJo06Ls/T30BfQamlZI/AAAAAAAACFY/sUTZFZIVspc/s320/IMG_7684.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735937579259282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xbEa3wvoF4E/T30BfDphlZI/AAAAAAAACFM/sBcfHYprybM/s1600/IMG_7689.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xbEa3wvoF4E/T30BfDphlZI/AAAAAAAACFM/sBcfHYprybM/s320/IMG_7689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735934152185234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7f8figPuFiQ/T30Begg6S8I/AAAAAAAACE8/_g5nj1cnegU/s1600/IMG_7704.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7f8figPuFiQ/T30Begg6S8I/AAAAAAAACE8/_g5nj1cnegU/s320/IMG_7704.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735924720815042" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">The first workshop is focused on building the oven.</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMRjESte-Ao/T30BeBXAjxI/AAAAAAAACE0/8yxk5hDy8nA/s1600/IMG_7719.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMRjESte-Ao/T30BeBXAjxI/AAAAAAAACE0/8yxk5hDy8nA/s320/IMG_7719.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735916357783314" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">It's classic cob--all ages get involved!</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4eeU6ejT09k/T30BFub0hgI/AAAAAAAACEo/FXBkDsXDS5w/s1600/P1000464.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4eeU6ejT09k/T30BFub0hgI/AAAAAAAACEo/FXBkDsXDS5w/s320/P1000464.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735498960832002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9V8scCTaBM/T30BFYBSXLI/AAAAAAAACEc/GjUz1EYMsKs/s1600/P1000485.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9V8scCTaBM/T30BFYBSXLI/AAAAAAAACEc/GjUz1EYMsKs/s320/P1000485.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735492943961266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">At the next workshop, we build the wings and benches. The wings have an internal structure formed with wire fencing. Here Sara, the lead organizer of this project, is harvesting sand from the creek... This will work great for our plasters too.</span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j7SiVFb4hKk/T30A9kU20kI/AAAAAAAACEQ/Cm_2lWF-1to/s1600/P1000461.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j7SiVFb4hKk/T30A9kU20kI/AAAAAAAACEQ/Cm_2lWF-1to/s320/P1000461.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735358808314434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLOhuZX4G14/T30A1-qqUhI/AAAAAAAACEE/UzPlgKMI9BA/s1600/P1000488.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DLOhuZX4G14/T30A1-qqUhI/AAAAAAAACEE/UzPlgKMI9BA/s320/P1000488.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735228440138258" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">The next workshop will be focused on painting the raven with an aliz, or clay paint. We are planning to do a design with Pacific Northwest Native American motifs. I'll post the workshop when the date gets set.</span><span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pHojwx-MOQ/T30AvIeNGgI/AAAAAAAACD4/eFTWUZkq7_M/s1600/P1000492.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pHojwx-MOQ/T30AvIeNGgI/AAAAAAAACD4/eFTWUZkq7_M/s320/P1000492.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727735110813161986" /></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">Until then, enjoy the pizza!</span> </div></div></div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-44956644339924041742010-12-01T00:45:00.000-08:002010-12-01T13:55:14.083-08:00Strawbale Wall at the Boom Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6W8qYYzI/AAAAAAAACDk/aC2oqouP268/s1600/dsc_0801.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6W8qYYzI/AAAAAAAACDk/aC2oqouP268/s320/dsc_0801.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545824894557119282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome everyone, to Boom!<div>It's an art-based psytrance music festival located in the desert of eastern Portugal. It happens every other year and they are really making an effort to have all of the structures as natural and earth-conscious as we can make it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm here to play with bamboo as much as possible and build a strawbale wall around a movie screen/workshop area that needed some added sound isolation. I didn't know exactly what I was getting in to when I arrived, but it turned out great, and there's a lot of photos here to give you a glimpse at my adventure. I brought along dear friends, Sebastian, Julia and Fezzo to help make it happen. Dozens of other bamboo builders and volunteers from around the world learn to get in the mud and see what we can do with all this clay, sand and straw.</div><div><br /></div></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa5CTDWnrI/AAAAAAAACC8/9UEWPHfcRRg/s320/boom114.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545823440278560434" /><div style="text-align: center;">we start with an outline of the wall created by some locally grown bamboo poles</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa5B2G69lI/AAAAAAAACC0/7I3Pb1I-qPA/s320/boom130.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545823432508896850" /><div style="text-align: center;">I decide to use the bamboo framework as external pinning and stack the bales into columns between them</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa5BZ75hCI/AAAAAAAACCs/Y0FMnzHeZJ0/s320/boom132.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545823424946471970" /><div style="text-align: center;">extensive staking with hand carved bamboo splits help toe nail each bale to the next. Thanks to Danny Pando for making all those beautiful stakes and doing it fast enough to keep up with the flow.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa4OZ5maGI/AAAAAAAACCk/ovrhN2yA4jg/s320/boom131.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545822548763502690" /><div style="text-align: center;">I make a really fancy tying system to hold the external framework together but only reveal a beautiful simple lash once plastered.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa4N_Vs0TI/AAAAAAAACCc/_o_3injkzdU/s320/boom135.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545822541633605938" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">My fearless friends, Sebastian and Ilima, help me get the bales up to 14 courses high! Lots of hammering and balancing involved on this one. We also spend a few days shaving the corners of the bales and shaping the form as much as possible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa4NppgCBI/AAAAAAAACCU/B9j-Ixx4BPg/s320/boom136.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545822535811074066" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then comes the mud</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa4LqoZCuI/AAAAAAAACCE/1Vqjd7B74IQ/s320/boom145.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545822501715118818" /><div style="text-align: center;">The first coat over the bales is a basic clay slip</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa4MCB_nUI/AAAAAAAACCM/Q1NHkPYmV2s/s320/boom138.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545822507996519746" /><div style="text-align: center;">Our head honcho and bamboo guru, Gerard, gets into it!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa3VA09SFI/AAAAAAAACB8/iIOWkyB1SFY/s320/boom148.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821562780600402" /><div style="text-align: center;">working all together we cover 300 bales in about 2 days!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa3TzPTIkI/AAAAAAAACBs/W0kOli4dNyc/s320/boom157.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821541953118786" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, we start a finish plaster mix in two huge pits lined with old billboard material</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa3TQSV4cI/AAAAAAAACBk/4Y1m_7YWSjo/s320/boom161.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821532570640834" /><div style="text-align: center;">and yes, the most fun and efficient way to mix, is to just dive right in!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa3Ui53MsI/AAAAAAAACB0/8r7ejqDlZKY/s320/boom150.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821554748109506" /><div style="text-align: center;">besides, getting coated in mud helps protect us from the scorching sun!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa3SzV1K9I/AAAAAAAACBc/9KpepcFLjHw/s320/boom159.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821524800646098" /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa25zRB1iI/AAAAAAAACBU/3QIGSVR9LKs/s320/boom169.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821095283775010" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa25etSo3I/AAAAAAAACBM/-pE9fXi__t0/s320/boom170.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821089765172082" /><div style="text-align: center;">diving the edges up to the bamboo provides a nice place for a cold joint and gives each volunteer a sense of accomplishment, one section at a time. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s1600/dsc_0717.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa6Ws6q8GI/AAAAAAAACDc/OUJnINBTbnI/s320/dsc_0717.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545824890330476642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">plus the juxtaposition of mud and bamboo is so beautiful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa24GIIcjI/AAAAAAAACA8/PxXvIVcIt8I/s320/boom171.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821065986994738" /><div style="text-align: center;">already a great place for our snack and juice break, i will never forget those white cheese sandwiches!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa24trhgCI/AAAAAAAACBE/uucxraKesAY/s1600/boom199.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa24trhgCI/AAAAAAAACBE/uucxraKesAY/s1600/boom199.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa24trhgCI/AAAAAAAACBE/uucxraKesAY/s320/boom199.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821076604420130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa2cr1qhQI/AAAAAAAACAs/Mflejgv4d9M/s320/boom168.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545820595073746178" /><div style="text-align: center;">we keep plastering </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa23wQ6GVI/AAAAAAAACA0/wb5JlxbO5Dc/s1600/boom164.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa23wQ6GVI/AAAAAAAACA0/wb5JlxbO5Dc/s1600/boom164.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa23wQ6GVI/AAAAAAAACA0/wb5JlxbO5Dc/s320/boom164.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545821060118223186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">even through the night</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa2buMdrgI/AAAAAAAACAk/8qy__LvVHis/s1600/boom167.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa2buMdrgI/AAAAAAAACAk/8qy__LvVHis/s320/boom167.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545820578526375426" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Julia works on a sculptural bench </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa2bAK5eoI/AAAAAAAACAc/k7tYmt1ScVg/s1600/boom176.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa2bAK5eoI/AAAAAAAACAc/k7tYmt1ScVg/s320/boom176.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545820566171777666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">it turns out just lovely</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1ix-MWEI/AAAAAAAAB_0/VFGzvs-2a-s/s1600/boom177.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1ix-MWEI/AAAAAAAAB_0/VFGzvs-2a-s/s320/boom177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545819600287717442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">check out the site-found crystal that we integrate into it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1hGeszFI/AAAAAAAAB_c/xp9eb912pME/s320/boom183.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545819571433032786" /><div style="text-align: center;">on the back side of the wall, we build shelves for the 'marketplace' </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1ifKGT1I/AAAAAAAAB_s/ry-5UVuj2Ew/s1600/boom175.jpg"></a></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1hmMoB3I/AAAAAAAAB_k/R4PMSbwIaZM/s320/boom182.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545819579947157362" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1ifKGT1I/AAAAAAAAB_s/ry-5UVuj2Ew/s1600/boom175.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1ifKGT1I/AAAAAAAAB_s/ry-5UVuj2Ew/s320/boom175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545819595237379922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">i create a nest to hide the joint between the edging branches</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1gj7mF9I/AAAAAAAAB_U/U8PzDAR3TF0/s1600/boom184.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa1gj7mF9I/AAAAAAAAB_U/U8PzDAR3TF0/s320/boom184.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545819562158987218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">meanwhile, I help make this special component that will support the fanning shade sails</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0lJ84TdI/AAAAAAAAB_M/j3FMMYrfhz0/s1600/boom101.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0lJ84TdI/AAAAAAAAB_M/j3FMMYrfhz0/s320/boom101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545818541572771282" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and a shade structure starts to go up around the theater area </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0kUY7FGI/AAAAAAAAB_E/DBwDJjEazF4/s1600/boom201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0kUY7FGI/AAAAAAAAB_E/DBwDJjEazF4/s320/boom201.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545818527194879074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz57ig2RI/AAAAAAAAB-k/U-LuqCF_-MI/s320/boom212.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817798969710866" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0kK-mrhI/AAAAAAAAB-8/SA47LIs4ceM/s1600/boom206.jpg"></a></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz4aA9ChI/AAAAAAAAB-c/tEKRRjE3uAs/s320/boom216.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817772790712850" /><div style="text-align: center;">we spend an entire night spreading out ten dump truck loads of sand throughout the arena</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz34Ah0VI/AAAAAAAAB-U/e7_1crTiPbw/s320/boom224.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817763662123346" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0jM3CP_I/AAAAAAAAB-s/TXazKf2rRsQ/s1600/boom207.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPa0jM3CP_I/AAAAAAAAB-s/TXazKf2rRsQ/s320/boom207.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545818507993825266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz3ZO7bhI/AAAAAAAAB-M/Ij63xIWZ4TQ/s1600/boom234.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz3ZO7bhI/AAAAAAAAB-M/Ij63xIWZ4TQ/s320/boom234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817755401022994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz20f7dZI/AAAAAAAAB-E/JpdF0YU90AQ/s1600/boom241.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaz20f7dZI/AAAAAAAAB-E/JpdF0YU90AQ/s320/boom241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817745540216210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaze4JdocI/AAAAAAAAB98/jCj-NpGv-ek/s1600/boom242.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPaze4JdocI/AAAAAAAAB98/jCj-NpGv-ek/s320/boom242.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817334202868162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazeVEn9UI/AAAAAAAAB90/TsIR2_vkT4g/s1600/boom266.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazeVEn9UI/AAAAAAAAB90/TsIR2_vkT4g/s320/boom266.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817324787332418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">in use!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazeHipeAI/AAAAAAAAB9s/7eag_A-I9yM/s1600/boom269.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazeHipeAI/AAAAAAAAB9s/7eag_A-I9yM/s320/boom269.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817321155164162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After the festival, we take down the sails, but get to leave the wall standing. It's going to be used as a drive in movie theather for the local community.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazdnw6j5I/AAAAAAAAB9k/fkpPXkGmN_k/s1600/boom273.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazdnw6j5I/AAAAAAAAB9k/fkpPXkGmN_k/s320/boom273.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817312625069970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">long distance aerial shot from my campsite</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazdIBzJ6I/AAAAAAAAB9c/AfO2fKolw4c/s1600/boom276.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPazdIBzJ6I/AAAAAAAAB9c/AfO2fKolw4c/s320/boom276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545817304105953186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">hard work pays off!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">photo credits: Julia Bonneheim & Erica Ann</div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-52059923656790501012010-12-01T00:03:00.000-08:002010-12-01T00:44:04.083-08:00the Regi<div style="text-align: center;">This little structure was a great synthesis of bamboo and mud</div><div><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYIDwtfczI/AAAAAAAAB9E/ovYXdWxi0t0/s320/boom181.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628851861680946" /><div style="text-align: center;">I create a canya wattle with bamboo splits for bracing</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYIEHs4JyI/AAAAAAAAB9M/y9mPtxMDSzY/s320/boom186.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628858033121058" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYIEnRNO5I/AAAAAAAAB9U/EdB0zpi-1-U/s1600/boom192.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYIEnRNO5I/AAAAAAAAB9U/EdB0zpi-1-U/s320/boom192.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628866506996626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then, pile up some strawbales and large rocks for seating</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHpmerF2I/AAAAAAAAB88/z-todKlEUyU/s1600/boom194.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHpmerF2I/AAAAAAAAB88/z-todKlEUyU/s320/boom194.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628402438575970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">starting to mud over the canya wattle with a 'heavy clay-straw' mix</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHpMnP7sI/AAAAAAAAB80/YP5E1pJ31dw/s1600/boom198.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHpMnP7sI/AAAAAAAAB80/YP5E1pJ31dw/s320/boom198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628395495222978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">my crew are experts by now</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHosVKKAI/AAAAAAAAB8s/b2eJVpPQUtY/s1600/boom213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHosVKKAI/AAAAAAAAB8s/b2eJVpPQUtY/s320/boom213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628386829412354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">two walls bamboo panels and two walls earthen benches</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHoE_zZDI/AAAAAAAAB8k/7csDs793z4I/s1600/boom232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHoE_zZDI/AAAAAAAAB8k/7csDs793z4I/s320/boom232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628376270857266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">inside is the main DJ and control booth for the two stages in the Drop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHn0PwfnI/AAAAAAAAB8c/WH3BlcxsggA/s1600/boom235.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPYHn0PwfnI/AAAAAAAAB8c/WH3BlcxsggA/s320/boom235.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545628371774373490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">a great spot to rest and neat to see it endure some heavy use during the festival</div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-1997473893891829362010-11-30T16:14:00.001-08:002010-12-01T00:00:08.165-08:00the Drop at Boom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjaqfTf2I/AAAAAAAAB8U/0XuladC4U20/s1600/boom001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjaqfTf2I/AAAAAAAAB8U/0XuladC4U20/s320/boom001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545518194654150498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the Lake Idanha Nova</div><div style="text-align: center;">and future site of the Drop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjaHCDMeI/AAAAAAAAB8M/GT7FkYenS3s/s1600/boom003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjaHCDMeI/AAAAAAAAB8M/GT7FkYenS3s/s320/boom003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545518185136206306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Cleaning the bamboo splits and sorting into different grades of looseness</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjZt7XeII/AAAAAAAAB8E/6mMYRsQG7jY/s1600/boom019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWjZt7XeII/AAAAAAAAB8E/6mMYRsQG7jY/s320/boom019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545518178397288578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Let the weaving begin!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1xQ_XMI/AAAAAAAAB78/mSC7DzVQvdA/s1600/boom020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1xQ_XMI/AAAAAAAAB78/mSC7DzVQvdA/s320/boom020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545516461306371266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1eW2yFI/AAAAAAAAB70/WwU8Oel28GU/s1600/boom022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1eW2yFI/AAAAAAAAB70/WwU8Oel28GU/s320/boom022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545516456230701138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"yip, yip.... back, back" </div><div style="text-align: center;">it's the special language of large scale bamboo wall weaving</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1GZydzI/AAAAAAAAB7s/4-zHkYZnVuo/s1600/boom023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh1GZydzI/AAAAAAAAB7s/4-zHkYZnVuo/s320/boom023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545516449800550194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh0nEGYbI/AAAAAAAAB7k/NjTQpiSP7LI/s1600/boom028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh0nEGYbI/AAAAAAAAB7k/NjTQpiSP7LI/s320/boom028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545516441388081586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh0Wb_jaI/AAAAAAAAB7c/aUVOowNfNcQ/s1600/boom030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWh0Wb_jaI/AAAAAAAAB7c/aUVOowNfNcQ/s320/boom030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545516436924894626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhSRl7CvI/AAAAAAAAB7U/PrDDFcOQmpI/s1600/boom033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhSRl7CvI/AAAAAAAAB7U/PrDDFcOQmpI/s320/boom033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515851508812530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhR1prmtI/AAAAAAAAB7M/wxA-9LaLKUY/s1600/boom035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhR1prmtI/AAAAAAAAB7M/wxA-9LaLKUY/s320/boom035.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515844008385234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhRqxiveI/AAAAAAAAB7E/jlOnVPJQgGs/s1600/boom040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhRqxiveI/AAAAAAAAB7E/jlOnVPJQgGs/s320/boom040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515841088568802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the ends come together in curving organic forms</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhRJdqA_I/AAAAAAAAB68/PqbQE4mQeDw/s1600/boom041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhRJdqA_I/AAAAAAAAB68/PqbQE4mQeDw/s320/boom041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515832146789362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhQjtc9XI/AAAAAAAAB60/JxyFfTyE_SA/s1600/boom051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWhQjtc9XI/AAAAAAAAB60/JxyFfTyE_SA/s320/boom051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515822012495218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the tall end of the wall gradually spreads and will frame the acrobatic stage</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgwLOxxbI/AAAAAAAAB6s/hBXiudyz4xI/s1600/boom044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgwLOxxbI/AAAAAAAAB6s/hBXiudyz4xI/s320/boom044.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515265685570994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the tails become garden spaces</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgv1s6JyI/AAAAAAAAB6k/hx9mJdX5lEM/s1600/boom052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgv1s6JyI/AAAAAAAAB6k/hx9mJdX5lEM/s320/boom052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515259906369314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgvTdd78I/AAAAAAAAB6c/dFn-5KUduwA/s1600/boom055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgvTdd78I/AAAAAAAAB6c/dFn-5KUduwA/s320/boom055.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515250714800066" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">one-of-a-kind wall!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgu1dSbUI/AAAAAAAAB6U/-T0sUlvNp1Y/s1600/boom056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgu1dSbUI/AAAAAAAAB6U/-T0sUlvNp1Y/s320/boom056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515242660982082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWguvzK2RI/AAAAAAAAB6M/jDmlxfn2KLg/s1600/boom071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWguvzK2RI/AAAAAAAAB6M/jDmlxfn2KLg/s320/boom071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545515241142147346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgNKniovI/AAAAAAAAB6E/jLkY2iYx54w/s1600/boom059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgNKniovI/AAAAAAAAB6E/jLkY2iYx54w/s320/boom059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514664225579762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgMntLhMI/AAAAAAAAB58/giOb5eYXUno/s1600/boom060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgMntLhMI/AAAAAAAAB58/giOb5eYXUno/s320/boom060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514654853989570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgMeIBDwI/AAAAAAAAB50/O3VwWoZRB1U/s1600/boom061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgMeIBDwI/AAAAAAAAB50/O3VwWoZRB1U/s320/boom061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514652282195714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgL3VzeEI/AAAAAAAAB5s/E0pjGYHaKlo/s1600/boom074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgL3VzeEI/AAAAAAAAB5s/E0pjGYHaKlo/s320/boom074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514641871042626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">these columns will support the screen on the opposite side of the structure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgLXXp0bI/AAAAAAAAB5k/RHrCeNc-VS0/s1600/boom068.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWgLXXp0bI/AAAAAAAAB5k/RHrCeNc-VS0/s320/boom068.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545514633288864178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWadLvORRI/AAAAAAAAB5U/0eR-MM8So04/s320/boom087.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545508342334375186" /><div style="text-align: center;">making woven panels</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWacnf3d6I/AAAAAAAAB5M/VHQDAXIlotg/s320/boom090.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545508332606289826" /><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWacNYVHEI/AAAAAAAAB5E/6_TGYqDmf-I/s320/boom093.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545508325595356226" /><div style="text-align: center;">installing the panels into meter deep trenches in the ground</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWabg-rQNI/AAAAAAAAB48/6SmwvvHE3jw/s320/boom099.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545508313676595410" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWadgb5BMI/AAAAAAAAB5c/b4Pvm77LkQ0/s1600/boom043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWadgb5BMI/AAAAAAAAB5c/b4Pvm77LkQ0/s320/boom043.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545508347890435266" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">intentionally bending them over</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWduxskUI/AAAAAAAAB40/LR3v99Jab3U/s1600/boom104.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWduxskUI/AAAAAAAAB40/LR3v99Jab3U/s320/boom104.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545503953693479234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWdPe3T0I/AAAAAAAAB4s/0zPBEpyWBRE/s1600/boom108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWdPe3T0I/AAAAAAAAB4s/0zPBEpyWBRE/s320/boom108.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545503945292992322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWciHmS2I/AAAAAAAAB4k/w82Nh0-i4n8/s1600/boom109.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWciHmS2I/AAAAAAAAB4k/w82Nh0-i4n8/s320/boom109.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545503933115812706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the two walls are brought together to form a tunnel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWcMss0WI/AAAAAAAAB4c/PcYSbvrRZWU/s1600/boom112.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWcMss0WI/AAAAAAAAB4c/PcYSbvrRZWU/s320/boom112.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545503927365849442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWb6Ab2dI/AAAAAAAAB4U/jJX7yNq-CWw/s1600/dsc_0660.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWWb6Ab2dI/AAAAAAAAB4U/jJX7yNq-CWw/s320/dsc_0660.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545503922348349906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">then we go around the length of the tube (about 500') attaching the two sides together with bamboo rafters and lashings, not a single nail was used</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVMsj5SLI/AAAAAAAAB4M/GNEcmQy40iw/s1600/boom127.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVMsj5SLI/AAAAAAAAB4M/GNEcmQy40iw/s320/boom127.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545502561529317554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVMOy0UzI/AAAAAAAAB4E/ZwRRUap6PZk/s1600/boom128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVMOy0UzI/AAAAAAAAB4E/ZwRRUap6PZk/s320/boom128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545502553538843442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">we continue working through the night</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWUZxVkGBI/AAAAAAAAB3k/8NZj7zCu1nA/s320/boom172.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545501686638057490" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">the 'roof' is made with lycra fabric stretched and tied down where ever possible</div><div><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWUYVsp4oI/AAAAAAAAB3M/71jLO-vrhts/s320/boom257.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545501662038844034" /><div style="text-align: center;">such an amazing space for a gallery!</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVK-P3o4I/AAAAAAAAB3s/lhpgheJL9-E/s320/boom219.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545502531917423490" /><br /></div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWUZQEyRgI/AAAAAAAAB3c/X0lZrBw4BYE/s320/boom223.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545501677709313538" /><br /></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVLSblSfI/AAAAAAAAB30/ANpu74RVCsA/s320/boom180.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545502537335261682" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVL6N28AI/AAAAAAAAB38/usTYn-YzrPg/s1600/boom156.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVL6N28AI/AAAAAAAAB38/usTYn-YzrPg/s1600/boom156.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWVL6N28AI/AAAAAAAAB38/usTYn-YzrPg/s320/boom156.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545502548015116290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">even the sheep dig it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWUY6v-ODI/AAAAAAAAB3U/sKIfu-VYpJg/s1600/boom244.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWUY6v-ODI/AAAAAAAAB3U/sKIfu-VYpJg/s320/boom244.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545501671984871474" /></a></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-73789619178303476512010-11-30T15:34:00.001-08:002010-11-30T16:13:31.961-08:00the Dance Temple at Boom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRd1VOh3I/AAAAAAAAB28/KH7BuQlI1v4/s1600/boom012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRd1VOh3I/AAAAAAAAB28/KH7BuQlI1v4/s320/boom012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498457894979442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Columns made from bundles of seven</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRX3zK8FI/AAAAAAAAB20/AOoDmVrT_NY/s1600/boom006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRX3zK8FI/AAAAAAAAB20/AOoDmVrT_NY/s320/boom006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498355478229074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">swaging cables for this tensile structure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRXaORcWI/AAAAAAAAB2s/f8TdfgEE5Hk/s1600/boom007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRXaORcWI/AAAAAAAAB2s/f8TdfgEE5Hk/s320/boom007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498347538837858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRWmR-QjI/AAAAAAAAB2k/bigx45uz5BQ/s1600/boom008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRWmR-QjI/AAAAAAAAB2k/bigx45uz5BQ/s320/boom008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498333595714098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">before and after</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRVye9zkI/AAAAAAAAB2c/6mpioMUE-Ps/s1600/boom009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRVye9zkI/AAAAAAAAB2c/6mpioMUE-Ps/s320/boom009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498319691566658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">there are several hundred to complete</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRVecqh3I/AAAAAAAAB2U/trFzQTkMaXE/s1600/boom011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWRVecqh3I/AAAAAAAAB2U/trFzQTkMaXE/s320/boom011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545498314313205618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the members go up</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKbVg0vBI/AAAAAAAAB2M/O7dL7jHypm8/s1600/boom013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKbVg0vBI/AAAAAAAAB2M/O7dL7jHypm8/s320/boom013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545490718412553234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKa1h7r3I/AAAAAAAAB2E/mh11bLSm1s4/s1600/boom014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKa1h7r3I/AAAAAAAAB2E/mh11bLSm1s4/s320/boom014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545490709827268466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the fabric sails go on</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKaenr3aI/AAAAAAAAB18/eR-h2TJUf0c/s1600/boom251.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKaenr3aI/AAAAAAAAB18/eR-h2TJUf0c/s320/boom251.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545490703677382050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the colors are arranged as a beautiful flower mandala filled with sacred geometries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKaAQQ0NI/AAAAAAAAB10/0-qVQe4D-oo/s1600/boom252.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKaAQQ0NI/AAAAAAAAB10/0-qVQe4D-oo/s320/boom252.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545490695526076626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">time to dance!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKZjH1FSI/AAAAAAAAB1s/o-udlrhbw2Y/s1600/boom253.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWKZjH1FSI/AAAAAAAAB1s/o-udlrhbw2Y/s320/boom253.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545490687706076450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-35920548906246832302010-11-30T15:17:00.001-08:002010-11-30T15:34:37.063-08:00Other Great Projects at Boom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWHAfJd63I/AAAAAAAAB1k/vFIPWhA7dyY/s1600/boom226.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWHAfJd63I/AAAAAAAAB1k/vFIPWhA7dyY/s320/boom226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486958607592306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A wonderful community kitchen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a cob oven and rocket stove style grills all in one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWHACjmI1I/AAAAAAAAB1c/wM2HPl4722s/s1600/boom227.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWHACjmI1I/AAAAAAAAB1c/wM2HPl4722s/s320/boom227.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486950932554578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Plaster texture detail on the oven</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWG_pvsvEI/AAAAAAAAB1U/prF5RapQFHs/s1600/boom272.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWG_pvsvEI/AAAAAAAAB1U/prF5RapQFHs/s320/boom272.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486944272432194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A bamboo framed dream catcher portal to the Drop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGyrFrSHI/AAAAAAAAB1M/IbaxasA7_1g/s1600/boom271.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGyrFrSHI/AAAAAAAAB1M/IbaxasA7_1g/s320/boom271.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486721294747762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGyG1dDSI/AAAAAAAAB1E/q-j7NeyN5A8/s1600/boom228.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGyG1dDSI/AAAAAAAAB1E/q-j7NeyN5A8/s320/boom228.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486711563029794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A ferrocement greywater reclaimation system with live plants for on-site water treatment</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxw2p3ZI/AAAAAAAAB08/wMHRYCsUadw/s1600/boom229.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxw2p3ZI/AAAAAAAAB08/wMHRYCsUadw/s320/boom229.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486705662483858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxbvd3hI/AAAAAAAAB00/hrw6_eLS2g4/s1600/boom179.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxbvd3hI/AAAAAAAAB00/hrw6_eLS2g4/s320/boom179.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486699995192850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A beautiful mosaic dragon, in process<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxOOcvqI/AAAAAAAAB0s/5litKdMXHjA/s1600/boom162.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGxOOcvqI/AAAAAAAAB0s/5litKdMXHjA/s320/boom162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486696367046306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">rotating driftwood sculpture</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGaf63yPI/AAAAAAAAB0k/72BfUn32m3E/s1600/boom152.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGaf63yPI/AAAAAAAAB0k/72BfUn32m3E/s320/boom152.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486305979779314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Canya is an amazing sculptural framing material</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGaL1S4lI/AAAAAAAAB0c/Wt8K3jgMKvU/s1600/boom154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGaL1S4lI/AAAAAAAAB0c/Wt8K3jgMKvU/s320/boom154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486300587680338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Essentially, sugar cane stalks, that grow rampant all along the northern mediterrean coast. Bundled in groups of 30 or so, spliced to any desired length and then built up like a basket. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGZW_L2gI/AAAAAAAAB0U/U0T3gLNdTjY/s1600/boom153.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGZW_L2gI/AAAAAAAAB0U/U0T3gLNdTjY/s320/boom153.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486286402083330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGY2RO7RI/AAAAAAAAB0M/dpossjCjTNc/s1600/boom246.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGY2RO7RI/AAAAAAAAB0M/dpossjCjTNc/s320/boom246.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486277619412242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Truly inspiring to me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGYsa1qcI/AAAAAAAAB0E/_5WaKhS98RE/s1600/boom248.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWGYsa1qcI/AAAAAAAAB0E/_5WaKhS98RE/s320/boom248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545486274975345090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-13695734880424545862010-11-23T12:30:00.000-08:002010-11-30T15:17:16.719-08:00Endlesss Possibilities with Bamboo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEjFR0IiI/AAAAAAAABz8/VoGrYROFbx0/s1600/boom076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEjFR0IiI/AAAAAAAABz8/VoGrYROFbx0/s320/boom076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545484254423818786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Making bamboo cups and hosting a workshop so that everyone could have a re-useable, easy to distinguish drinking cup. Carving and burning bamboo gives some really neat effects!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEhW9RCKI/AAAAAAAABz0/7TDZ6emN7Zw/s1600/boom079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEhW9RCKI/AAAAAAAABz0/7TDZ6emN7Zw/s320/boom079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545484224809732258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEhMPMYzI/AAAAAAAABzs/to2zWHt3aA0/s1600/boom080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEhMPMYzI/AAAAAAAABzs/to2zWHt3aA0/s320/boom080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545484221932135218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEgcjRLpI/AAAAAAAABzk/6256_QfAssY/s1600/boom081.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEgcjRLpI/AAAAAAAABzk/6256_QfAssY/s320/boom081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545484209131433618" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A bamboo bowl</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEf8g0PCI/AAAAAAAABzc/l-tlOoZAFzg/s1600/boom082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEf8g0PCI/AAAAAAAABzc/l-tlOoZAFzg/s320/boom082.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545484200531213346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">bench built by Nick Mattson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEGWHQDdI/AAAAAAAABzU/SeXrN7Lcj7Y/s1600/boom083.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEGWHQDdI/AAAAAAAABzU/SeXrN7Lcj7Y/s320/boom083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545483760726707666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the 'Pigglet" stool</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEF8n3fNI/AAAAAAAABzM/R8S19vpNKhA/s1600/boom018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEF8n3fNI/AAAAAAAABzM/R8S19vpNKhA/s320/boom018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545483753884187858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">offcuts used for a garden border fence</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEFZa8YGI/AAAAAAAABzE/JXwkH0amiRM/s1600/boom085.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEFZa8YGI/AAAAAAAABzE/JXwkH0amiRM/s320/boom085.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545483744434741346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">even a ladder!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEErui1LI/AAAAAAAABy8/qIVdogfvpJQ/s1600/boom015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWEErui1LI/AAAAAAAABy8/qIVdogfvpJQ/s320/boom015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545483732168922290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">bamboo balls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWED7YV1WI/AAAAAAAABy0/z5w1oEXNza8/s1600/boom084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TPWED7YV1WI/AAAAAAAABy0/z5w1oEXNza8/s320/boom084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545483719190893922" /></a>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-6655016131907200382010-11-21T09:07:00.001-08:002010-11-21T12:55:15.204-08:00Rammed Earth Column<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlS1RMmcBI/AAAAAAAABys/N6X60IYdtkg/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn1_4670.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlS1RMmcBI/AAAAAAAABys/N6X60IYdtkg/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn1_4670.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051891558903826" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Alright, pop quiz, so what can you make with steel pipes, and some scraps of plastic corrugated roofing?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlS016wuKI/AAAAAAAAByk/SogGto308tU/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn2_4679.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlS016wuKI/AAAAAAAAByk/SogGto308tU/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn2_4679.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051884236322978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">okay, okay, and a bunch of duct tape?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSuRBQG8I/AAAAAAAAByc/C1T54h8lCL4/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn3_4682.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSuRBQG8I/AAAAAAAAByc/C1T54h8lCL4/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn3_4682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051771252218818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStscPsXI/AAAAAAAAByU/-QM0m8ONZPk/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn4_4689.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStscPsXI/AAAAAAAAByU/-QM0m8ONZPk/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn4_4689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051761433325938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStbNWwVI/AAAAAAAAByM/xWXvp0Q2VEs/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn5_4684.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStbNWwVI/AAAAAAAAByM/xWXvp0Q2VEs/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn5_4684.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051756807471442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Answer: A fluted column form for a site-based, rammed earth experiment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStIKnT5I/AAAAAAAAByE/Wc1xn5XR1nY/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn6_4698.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlStIKnT5I/AAAAAAAAByE/Wc1xn5XR1nY/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn6_4698.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051751695699858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After reading all the books I could find on the subject and doing small batch tests with the local soil, I design the mix to be 16 : 3 : 1 (site soil, mason's sand, cement) for the optimal compressive strength and a finish that I won't have to plaster yet still withstand the elements.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSst_sOII/AAAAAAAABx8/O_rMp-gP8Do/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn7_4708.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSst_sOII/AAAAAAAABx8/O_rMp-gP8Do/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn7_4708.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051744670562434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSbefB-UI/AAAAAAAABx0/kcoCyAlB2hI/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn8_4711.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSbefB-UI/AAAAAAAABx0/kcoCyAlB2hI/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn8_4711.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051448449268034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We weren't entirely sure if the whole thing wasn't just going to collapse actually when we took of the form the following day. But it worked great!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaw-2KXI/AAAAAAAABxs/NqEypdX-99w/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn9_4695.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaw-2KXI/AAAAAAAABxs/NqEypdX-99w/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn9_4695.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051436234680690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I even threw in a couple layers of varying colors and textures</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaor_iQI/AAAAAAAABxk/Jz4FOMehW_o/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn10_4706.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaor_iQI/AAAAAAAABxk/Jz4FOMehW_o/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn10_4706.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051434008119554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaa_GTUI/AAAAAAAABxc/mtP0STjvCQU/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn11_4720.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSaa_GTUI/AAAAAAAABxc/mtP0STjvCQU/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn11_4720.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051430330158402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSZPzlE2I/AAAAAAAABxU/4MtND5LidGI/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn12_4725.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSZPzlE2I/AAAAAAAABxU/4MtND5LidGI/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn12_4725.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051410149184354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and sculpt a cob cornice at the top</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSMn2OEfI/AAAAAAAABxM/FCw6AIcjX7M/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn13_4727.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSMn2OEfI/AAAAAAAABxM/FCw6AIcjX7M/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn13_4727.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051193264411122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSLDb9ZpI/AAAAAAAABxE/TMqdGbAA__8/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn14_4868.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSLDb9ZpI/AAAAAAAABxE/TMqdGbAA__8/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn14_4868.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051166310721170" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A huge light reflector serves as the roof and gives a 3" overhang around the whole thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSKqjZHoI/AAAAAAAABw8/GzmJbexCgZY/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn15_4865.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSKqjZHoI/AAAAAAAABw8/GzmJbexCgZY/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn15_4865.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051159631011458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's located at the entry of the Garden of Earthly Delights, </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the BRING Planet Improvement Center</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSKO7dv4I/AAAAAAAABw0/xgA4TdGnX0c/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn16_4871.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSKO7dv4I/AAAAAAAABw0/xgA4TdGnX0c/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn16_4871.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051152215785346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and supports the beautiful reclaimed metal gate built by local metal sculptor, Jud Turner</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSJzzgRBI/AAAAAAAABws/fT5jjTLMPOg/s1600/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn17_4729.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TOlSJzzgRBI/AAAAAAAABws/fT5jjTLMPOg/s320/rammed%2Bearth%2Bcolumn17_4729.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542051144934638610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-59748543438700517552010-11-10T23:42:00.000-08:002010-11-11T00:07:39.814-08:00Village Building Convergence 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufJUl1GCI/AAAAAAAABwk/nVFSdN_oRJ8/s1600/VBC_4604.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufJUl1GCI/AAAAAAAABwk/nVFSdN_oRJ8/s320/VBC_4604.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195149277173794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the Village Building Convergence, a true gem about Portland and one of my personal favorite things about the city. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufJNAeX4I/AAAAAAAABwc/Ujmc43VeOYQ/s1600/VBC_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufJNAeX4I/AAAAAAAABwc/Ujmc43VeOYQ/s320/VBC_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195147241447298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Each year, an organization called City Repair puts on a ten-day festival of community building and place-making, often using natural construction to do so. It's wonderful, 25 sites all across the city welcomed community members to join in playing in the mud while creating beautiful meaningful relationships and simple projects along the way. I was honored to be one of their guest instructors this year and participate in many of the activities throughout the week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufImi3x_I/AAAAAAAABwU/1pO-j7ubWYs/s1600/VBC_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufImi3x_I/AAAAAAAABwU/1pO-j7ubWYs/s320/VBC_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195136916735986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A cob bench from a previous year, being wholesomely enjoyed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDy1gRFI/AAAAAAAABwM/sFzEMoVCGg0/s1600/VBC_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDy1gRFI/AAAAAAAABwM/sFzEMoVCGg0/s320/VBC_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195054316766290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An intersection painting, brings neighbors together in the street and helps slow down traffic with it's thoughtful design. There are many of these throughout Portland, how many have you seen?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDorW7jI/AAAAAAAABwE/ChF7ndfQpr0/s1600/VBC_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDorW7jI/AAAAAAAABwE/ChF7ndfQpr0/s320/VBC_5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195051589856818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A cat palace, built last year and led by my dear friend Eva Miller, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDfnB1cI/AAAAAAAABv8/tJv0WXLkXTI/s1600/VBC_6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDfnB1cI/AAAAAAAABv8/tJv0WXLkXTI/s320/VBC_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195049155777986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and this year she's building a Chicken Palace. </div><div style="text-align: center;">What lucky animals in the urban place!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDCb1bII/AAAAAAAABv0/VwdTwxbBWMc/s1600/VBC_7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDCb1bII/AAAAAAAABv0/VwdTwxbBWMc/s320/VBC_7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195041324199042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She also led the renovation of the City's first legal Light Clay-Straw Retrofit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And it came out great!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDDENhyI/AAAAAAAABvs/U8kx_XdtMRU/s1600/VBC_8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNufDDENhyI/AAAAAAAABvs/U8kx_XdtMRU/s320/VBC_8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538195041493550882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a detail picture of the wall section for all you builder nerds</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7g05a_I/AAAAAAAABvk/jQTZIHdJ-F8/s1600/VBC_9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7g05a_I/AAAAAAAABvk/jQTZIHdJ-F8/s320/VBC_9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194912043428850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My awesome new friend Fezzo who was my housemate for the week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and his bright red kilt that we dyed together mid-week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7ahuc8I/AAAAAAAABvc/1h6qYU-BmdU/s1600/VBC_10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7ahuc8I/AAAAAAAABvc/1h6qYU-BmdU/s320/VBC_10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194910352405442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This project was my favorite--an outdoor classroom at Madison High School. The timberframe and main cob walls had been built the previous year. Now we are adding strawbale ampitheater style seating and some bamboo and sculptural cob.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7Cemh2I/AAAAAAAABvU/BbIcyKFnMKw/s1600/VBC_11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue7Cemh2I/AAAAAAAABvU/BbIcyKFnMKw/s320/VBC_11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194903896852322" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I have never seen as enthusiastic cobbers as here!</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a huge batch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue690wU9I/AAAAAAAABvM/xECByWWemQ0/s1600/VBC_12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue690wU9I/AAAAAAAABvM/xECByWWemQ0/s320/VBC_12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194902647591890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Rachel gets into it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue6pUkvSI/AAAAAAAABvE/JwmYqZ2PeT4/s1600/VBC_13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNue6pUkvSI/AAAAAAAABvE/JwmYqZ2PeT4/s320/VBC_13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194897143905570" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful lime finishes from the prior year</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuezVU5TTI/AAAAAAAABu8/U34AHPU_02Y/s1600/VBC_14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuezVU5TTI/AAAAAAAABu8/U34AHPU_02Y/s320/VBC_14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194771517459762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Wetting down the top of the wall so that we can add to it this year. An amazing attribute of natural construction, that it is forever mendable and able to be rehydrated and continued.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuezGgDhNI/AAAAAAAABu0/xekKhG0vy14/s1600/VBC_15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuezGgDhNI/AAAAAAAABu0/xekKhG0vy14/s320/VBC_15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194767537734866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sebastian works on a bamboo detail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuey1XZdWI/AAAAAAAABus/gPg6U6_3Sbk/s1600/VBC_16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuey1XZdWI/AAAAAAAABus/gPg6U6_3Sbk/s320/VBC_16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194762938021218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Casey lays out the bale seats.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueyvp_i8I/AAAAAAAABuk/mqCHnkw7Nj0/s1600/VBC_17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueyvp_i8I/AAAAAAAABuk/mqCHnkw7Nj0/s320/VBC_17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194761405402050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then the seats are cover with slip and cobbed together, making it very strong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueyXHUaII/AAAAAAAABuc/I4YVG2AAi1g/s1600/VBC_18.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueyXHUaII/AAAAAAAABuc/I4YVG2AAi1g/s320/VBC_18.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194754817517698" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We sculpt a sun at the center point of the top</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuerAulV1I/AAAAAAAABuU/owWRT3dVoS4/s1600/VBC_19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuerAulV1I/AAAAAAAABuU/owWRT3dVoS4/s320/VBC_19.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194628549105490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Many, many people are involved with making it happen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqydV4LI/AAAAAAAABuM/9V3EJuxp_bs/s1600/VBC_20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqydV4LI/AAAAAAAABuM/9V3EJuxp_bs/s320/VBC_20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194624718692530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Across town, at another project site, I lead a plaster workshop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqZy87rI/AAAAAAAABuE/bK_VJS8I180/s1600/VBC_21.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqZy87rI/AAAAAAAABuE/bK_VJS8I180/s320/VBC_21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194618098446002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqM_F3lI/AAAAAAAABt8/0fahIOJQ9F0/s1600/VBC_22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNueqM_F3lI/AAAAAAAABt8/0fahIOJQ9F0/s320/VBC_22.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194614659702354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> We are applying the final coat of plaster on a cob bench built the previous year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuepz52k2I/AAAAAAAABt0/39oJc-0uxjs/s1600/VBC_23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuepz52k2I/AAAAAAAABt0/39oJc-0uxjs/s320/VBC_23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194607926842210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuegk1l0vI/AAAAAAAABts/BKKtTrIoClw/s1600/VBC_24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuegk1l0vI/AAAAAAAABts/BKKtTrIoClw/s320/VBC_24.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194449263612658" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuegekVk_I/AAAAAAAABtk/KrTkMzf4isA/s1600/VBC_25.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuegekVk_I/AAAAAAAABtk/KrTkMzf4isA/s320/VBC_25.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194447580632050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ellen has a great time finishing the project, she has put a lot of energy into the transformation of her backyard into a food forest sanctuary and community garden. She can't wait to enjoy using the bench!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefxd7YRI/AAAAAAAABtc/MyATIcLCYlY/s1600/VBC_26.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefxd7YRI/AAAAAAAABtc/MyATIcLCYlY/s320/VBC_26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194435474153746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefVMdnFI/AAAAAAAABtU/qn1mde19eQI/s1600/VBC_27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefVMdnFI/AAAAAAAABtU/qn1mde19eQI/s320/VBC_27.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194427884706898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefccQUcI/AAAAAAAABtM/ueBbQAO-jSw/s1600/VBC_28.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuefccQUcI/AAAAAAAABtM/ueBbQAO-jSw/s320/VBC_28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538194429829992898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So excited for next year, please check out www.cityrepair.org for more info, and see you there!</div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-53329227751746363962010-06-01T17:40:00.001-07:002010-11-10T23:40:32.956-08:00Cob Loop-de-Loop!<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsXXCD8tI/AAAAAAAABr8/qWO6z92ixXY/s320/loop_4375.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477974039085707986" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to the BRING Planet Improvement Center!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm building a piece for their sculpture park called the Garden of Earthly Delights.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a totally ground-breaking, never been done before that I know of, cob-adobe hybrid spiraling loop-de-loop... yes, all that and some.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsXNA2C2I/AAAAAAAABr0/jxwBremlW8o/s320/loop_4005.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477974036396247906" /><div style="text-align: center;">the 'before' shot</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsFWYdYzI/AAAAAAAABrs/bWl6zHFk0bk/s320/loop_4022.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973729673569074" /><div style="text-align: center;">Laying the urbanite foundation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsE9r2zFI/AAAAAAAABrk/kj2oEUzwzhU/s320/loop_4028.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973723044039762" /><div style="text-align: center;">with a gravel bed below and reclaimed chimney bricks every 8 feet. Something had to break up the 50' long curved bench. The gently curving part is intended for classroom style seating when BRING wants to host groups to learn about sustainability, salvage and using reclaimed materials.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsErr9zlI/AAAAAAAABrc/xYMLV-bl800/s320/loop_4041.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973718212660818" /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsEWWwq0I/AAAAAAAABrU/XEEcOW6LRZg/s320/loop_4046.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973712486574914" /><div style="text-align: center;">A group of high school students spends their spring break getting muddy and learning about how to build with cob.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWsD9zvFXI/AAAAAAAABrM/FqbowLLEKvg/s320/loop_4055.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973705897219442" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWr2odY8wI/AAAAAAAABrE/6BmQ64ll024/s320/loop_4056.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973476828050178" /><div style="text-align: center;">We finish most of the length of the bench that week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWr2ZKzymI/AAAAAAAABq8/c0ZQPE2LadI/s320/loop_4183.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973472723585634" /><div style="text-align: center;">Then, I begin the loop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWr2Ppsq3I/AAAAAAAABq0/dgzKpXGiPNI/s320/loop_4193.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973470168787826" /><div style="text-align: center;">Building up the plynths</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWr10tdNFI/AAAAAAAABqs/VjJgeK2uht0/s320/loop_4196.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973462936794194" /><div style="text-align: center;">more cob,</div><div style="text-align: center;">even solo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWr1UIi_8I/AAAAAAAABqk/coQTiJLZUNo/s320/loop_4201.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973454192050114" /><div style="text-align: center;">finally the bases are ready</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWron05xjI/AAAAAAAABqc/6PXxXWwwp0M/s320/loop_4206.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973236140066354" /><div style="text-align: center;">and I start the adobe arch, using a 5 foot diameter plywood form</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWroK6XesI/AAAAAAAABqU/PRNXO6UsEco/s320/loop_4209.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973228378356418" /><div style="text-align: center;">a new friend, Jessica Gray, helps out</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWroBVLXLI/AAAAAAAABqM/_vwSdGTKwKY/s320/loop_4212.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973225806453938" /><div style="text-align: center;">making arches is a total blast!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrnu2Q_DI/AAAAAAAABqE/WOATkFzvzqw/s320/loop_4217.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973220844960818" /><div style="text-align: center;">More cob, fleshing out the structural adobe arch</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrnRsnR5I/AAAAAAAABp8/Zxjbmz1TUu0/s320/loop_4239.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477973213019850642" /><div style="text-align: center;">More builder friends join in to help with the integral roof/bench surface. We're using toilet tank covers to protect the cob.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrXMzKa8I/AAAAAAAABp0/5OqS6BgDfTQ/s320/loop_4241.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972936827235266" /><div style="text-align: center;">We debate it for a long while and decide to go with a salvaged steel armature to support the overhang of the toilet tank covers. It's totally great working at a salvage warehouse, all materials right on hand!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrWqrlE8I/AAAAAAAABps/wwWnUO_f4fo/s320/loop_4244.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972927668622274" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrWXYZsiI/AAAAAAAABpk/EwvJg3PjtVg/s320/loop_4248.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972922487910946" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eva Miller and I trim the form of the loop</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrWKl2kaI/AAAAAAAABpc/RqentYb2emc/s320/loop_4250.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972919054668194" /><div style="text-align: center;">Max and Fezzo work on the toilet tank extravaganza</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWrV-9ZJDI/AAAAAAAABpU/i5p8blJop-4/s320/loop_4254.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972915932177458" /><div style="text-align: center;">Each piece is slightly sloped to the rear to drain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWq6qyhspI/AAAAAAAABpM/D_ArV25ft6g/s320/loop_4259.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972446661423762" /><div style="text-align: center;">We use cementitious mortar to set the porcelin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWq6Ym_JdI/AAAAAAAABpE/SNlHs7T2AC0/s320/loop_4255.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972441781183954" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWq6HKKAyI/AAAAAAAABo8/vL50NvAAxQs/s320/loop_4266.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972437096858402" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWq5AjOUnI/AAAAAAAABos/bFPvX-vrxmw/s320/loop_4288.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972418143081074" /><div style="text-align: center;">The toilet tank covers follow the form of the bench and spiral upwards</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWq5lp0XoI/AAAAAAAABo0/XZrTrY2YkWo/s320/loop_4273.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477972428102852226" /><div style="text-align: center;">we have to get clever about how we will secure them up-side-down</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWqOgfdPuI/AAAAAAAABoc/jqLVm7sehgU/s320/loop_4311.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971687982841570" /><div style="text-align: center;">It takes all four of us to get them to behave</div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWqOJpVKuI/AAAAAAAABoU/9iKnYzDkdq0/s320/loop_4314.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971681850239714" /><div style="text-align: center;">Wired in and temporary strings help out too. Defying gravity is one of my favorite things...</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpnkz4kQI/AAAAAAAABn8/hvj5Cn6JOj4/s320/loop_4330.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971019127361794" /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpnOMLebI/AAAAAAAABn0/Wv-gww4l4Js/s320/loop_4352.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971013055248818" /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpm9Nv04I/AAAAAAAABns/EmGsR6TFi1s/s320/loop_4360.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971008498422658" /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWqOwL25xI/AAAAAAAABok/0seRauE7hPk/s320/loop_4297.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 303px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971692195604242" /><div style="text-align: center;">Super hero pvc'ers to the rescue for the rafters, another great find at the warehouse</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpmqjw2mI/AAAAAAAABnk/bErOuTowOpY/s320/loop_4361.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477971003490490978" /><div style="text-align: center;">the roof for the loop gets framed with these, Max Edelson takes on that project</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpDkrQrNI/AAAAAAAABnU/cJ7KPyazziY/s320/loop_4378.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970400615902418" /><div style="text-align: center;">I teach a workshop on earthen plasters and have several wonderful folks join in on the finishing touches</div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpC4Qg6RI/AAAAAAAABnM/7SWWZL2Vvug/s320/loop_4436.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970388692560146" /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpCp-tBXI/AAAAAAAABnE/ixJ9AwA1g9k/s320/loop_4471.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970384859759986" /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpCafP70I/AAAAAAAABm8/lmZzI_oz9_E/s320/loop_4506.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970380701298498" /><div style="text-align: center;">Hooray!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ethan Rainwater, the Garden Designer is happy with what we've created. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TAWpCAHhLVI/AAAAAAAABm0/HeH2MREu3XA/s320/loop_4495.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477970373622443346" /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuaGa0QsQI/AAAAAAAABs0/_1as0FZsKPA/s320/loop%2Bfinal2_4849.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538189601850568962" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">some finished shots, with two coats of linseed oil, this thing looks an awful lot like a chocolate frosted donut... complete with sprinkles!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuaGDaP8BI/AAAAAAAABss/Kbjxv9DwcRQ/s320/loop%2Bfinal3_4854.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538189595567452178" /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuaFiGsyFI/AAAAAAAABsc/AdeRYCFuR-c/s320/loop%2Bfinal5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538189586627086418" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">my original sketch/rendering that I presented to get the gig</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/TNuaFoc5m0I/AAAAAAAABsU/lxNFQtmCv_w/s320/loop%2Bfinal6_4890.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538189588330814274" /><div style="text-align: center;">quite like I thought it would be!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-80893919936456915422010-05-12T08:26:00.000-07:002010-05-12T08:36:27.088-07:00HOPES Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKYOkgEnI/AAAAAAAABms/04tjHMMUBlM/s1600/hopes1_4097.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKYOkgEnI/AAAAAAAABms/04tjHMMUBlM/s320/hopes1_4097.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470407214971753074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Every year, the architecture students at the University of Oregon put on a wonderful Green Building Conference called HOPES (Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability). It's one of the largest and most well attended student-led conferences in the country.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year, I was invited to speak on a Panel called "Designing Systems for Life" in which I gave the piece on 'shelter'. It was great to see the attentiveness and excitement of young minds with the introduction to natural construction. About 80 people attended, and they asked really great questions and were fully engaged.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also led an earthen plaster workshop at the Conference and taught a dozen students while re-plastering a damaged ten-year old cob bench. All of the students were new to natural building and we only had three hours to do the whole job, but it turned out just great! Enjoy the photos</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKX-n6GTI/AAAAAAAABmk/6zpBYxl_vUk/s1600/hopes2_4090.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKX-n6GTI/AAAAAAAABmk/6zpBYxl_vUk/s320/hopes2_4090.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470407210691074354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">some of the workshop students</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKXfGAs_I/AAAAAAAABmc/z7VqbDNh5aY/s1600/hopes3_4069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKXfGAs_I/AAAAAAAABmc/z7VqbDNh5aY/s320/hopes3_4069.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470407202227401714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">the damaged end of the bench - directly aligned with the roof edge. A great clear example of what happens to cob uncovered after ten years of Eugene rain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKXGA2aII/AAAAAAAABmU/eUha8bp82GM/s1600/hopes4_4071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKXGA2aII/AAAAAAAABmU/eUha8bp82GM/s320/hopes4_4071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470407195494869122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKEmS7SFI/AAAAAAAABl0/wN5AahUQbTA/s1600/hopes5_4080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKEmS7SFI/AAAAAAAABl0/wN5AahUQbTA/s320/hopes5_4080.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470406877743106130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We fix the cob on the end and start the next plaster layer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKEbbxmPI/AAAAAAAABls/Bh_CqUBIxsM/s1600/hopes6_4089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKEbbxmPI/AAAAAAAABls/Bh_CqUBIxsM/s320/hopes6_4089.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470406874827430130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKD5eQJSI/AAAAAAAABlk/v8Cvx5kJpdI/s1600/hopes7_4087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKD5eQJSI/AAAAAAAABlk/v8Cvx5kJpdI/s320/hopes7_4087.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470406865711015202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKDbkCboI/AAAAAAAABlc/oL8qWwLmGtY/s1600/hopes8_4083.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKDbkCboI/AAAAAAAABlc/oL8qWwLmGtY/s320/hopes8_4083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470406857682218626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKC5eyRoI/AAAAAAAABlU/5jzuFwoHW3M/s1600/hopes9_4091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S-rKC5eyRoI/AAAAAAAABlU/5jzuFwoHW3M/s320/hopes9_4091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470406848533382786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Voila!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-70557238335159588902010-03-23T23:27:00.000-07:002010-03-23T23:42:06.843-07:00Urbanite Retaining Wall at the Garden of Invasive Species<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mx0Ns32JI/AAAAAAAABlE/wuATvjatWys/s1600/emerald_3885.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084334497880210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mx0Ns32JI/AAAAAAAABlE/wuATvjatWys/s320/emerald_3885.jpg" /></a> Welcome to the Garden of Invasive Species, otherwise known as my backyard...</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzwes3eI/AAAAAAAABk8/rGDUPFeMLpM/s1600/invasive_3973.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084326653812194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzwes3eI/AAAAAAAABk8/rGDUPFeMLpM/s320/invasive_3973.jpg" /></a>We've got ivy<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzRqerLI/AAAAAAAABk0/jZlRj8Fb0ZA/s1600/invasive_3969.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084318381714610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzRqerLI/AAAAAAAABk0/jZlRj8Fb0ZA/s320/invasive_3969.jpg" /></a>and japanese knotweed (deliciously edible tho)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzCVRCZI/AAAAAAAABks/SC1w1vsKSOI/s1600/invasive_3954.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084314266208658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxzCVRCZI/AAAAAAAABks/SC1w1vsKSOI/s320/invasive_3954.jpg" /></a>and lots and lots of Vinca Major!</div><div>Not to mention, I compiled a thorough list with the help of my landscaping buddy, Ethan Rainwater. Here goes:</div><div>Ivy, Vinca Major, English Holly, Japanese Knotweed, English Laurel, Port. Laurel, Himalayan Blackberry, Dandelion, Wood Hyacinth, Sing. Hawthorn, Mazzard Cherry, and Norway Maple. Yikes!<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxy4UgdhI/AAAAAAAABkk/h31e3uqHcvU/s1600/emerald_3890.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084311578670610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxy4UgdhI/AAAAAAAABkk/h31e3uqHcvU/s320/emerald_3890.jpg" /></a>So, I don't feel bad about changing this landscape and taking some of the heavy clay soil out of there for my next cob structure. Score!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxkEVz7NI/AAAAAAAABkc/j_EYjBkqg3w/s1600/emerald_3895.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084057107328210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxkEVz7NI/AAAAAAAABkc/j_EYjBkqg3w/s320/emerald_3895.jpg" /></a>Digging out a small retaining wall<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjw1UtDI/AAAAAAAABkU/MoVr6kqY5Ro/s1600/emerald_3899.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084051870790706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjw1UtDI/AAAAAAAABkU/MoVr6kqY5Ro/s320/emerald_3899.jpg" /></a>Let's curve it to define spaces I'll actually want to use<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjdn0ftI/AAAAAAAABkM/WkSdsPllZ4A/s1600/emerald_3906.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084046713880274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjdn0ftI/AAAAAAAABkM/WkSdsPllZ4A/s320/emerald_3906.jpg" /></a>We use up some leftover urbanite from the cob greenhouse project and have some fun with the lines we can create, nothing like getting nerdy and muddy with a fellow designer...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjDw4vVI/AAAAAAAABkE/nj0i613Lcks/s1600/emerald_3919.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084039772585298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxjDw4vVI/AAAAAAAABkE/nj0i613Lcks/s320/emerald_3919.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxi7gqmSI/AAAAAAAABj8/z3_t62-jkoY/s1600/emerald_3923.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452084037557066018" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxi7gqmSI/AAAAAAAABj8/z3_t62-jkoY/s320/emerald_3923.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxSio65YI/AAAAAAAABj0/cQbizA5nldg/s1600/emerald_3936.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452083756002895234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxSio65YI/AAAAAAAABj0/cQbizA5nldg/s320/emerald_3936.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxSB1_PPI/AAAAAAAABjs/_pu1ayA0YiE/s1600/emerald_3943.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452083747199335666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxSB1_PPI/AAAAAAAABjs/_pu1ayA0YiE/s320/emerald_3943.jpg" /></a>we find a little shiva statue in the ivy and give it a proper rebirth<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxRuYK7bI/AAAAAAAABjk/Bso8rKjiMao/s1600/emerald_3949.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452083741973999026" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxRuYK7bI/AAAAAAAABjk/Bso8rKjiMao/s320/emerald_3949.jpg" /></a>soon to plant edible nasturiums and strawberries!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxRSWC17I/AAAAAAAABjc/xPwyzCgpDSE/s1600/flowers+ethan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452083734448887730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxRSWC17I/AAAAAAAABjc/xPwyzCgpDSE/s320/flowers+ethan.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxQ_yEv4I/AAAAAAAABjU/CKTKRQ-qejI/s1600/flowers+me.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452083729466179458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6mxQ_yEv4I/AAAAAAAABjU/CKTKRQ-qejI/s320/flowers+me.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-13869118370419469722010-03-18T23:55:00.000-07:002010-03-19T01:45:10.505-07:00My Little Moon Lodge<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450248243379855698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mr5pRaYVI/AAAAAAAABfk/ZMRKoDBdi8s/s320/nap+shack+before_1841.jpg" />So, it's been a long time since my last post, the winter has been good--restful and yet productive, planning away the 2010 building season. I did manage to squeeze in some building time over the course of it however, and finally it is a project for myself! And a hardcore exercise in renovation! My folk's property in southern Oregon had this little run-down cabin on it, built some 60 years ago by a teenage boy who needed some room from the main little house. I believe all the wood used for it was logged and milled on site and the cardboard insulation is totally a tribute to the food that was popular in the 1950's. Our insurance company says we needed to fix 'em up or tear 'em down. And since this little cabin had just about the most character of anything on the whole place, we decide to fix it up and hire fellow builder, Sebastian Collet, for some carpentry assistance and the story unfolds... </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450248076522846930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mrv7rmetI/AAAAAAAABfc/DiDiLbHYZXM/s320/nap+shack_1844.jpg" />we find home-canned salmon and blackberries still sitting on the shelves! </div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450248072865521762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MrvuDoIGI/AAAAAAAABfU/f0gn9QrWbxA/s320/nap+shack_1845.jpg" />and all sorts of treaures</p><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252538434703874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvzpmSUgI/AAAAAAAABjE/6A9dUg1oV1E/s320/mushie_2380.jpg" />funky mushrooms grow on bits of wood beneath the steps</p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252524342614050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mvy1GeGCI/AAAAAAAABi8/tq1aodGD0do/s320/nap+shack_2407.jpg" /> my mom and I frame out a 5 foot cedar deck using a ledger board</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252518960178034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvyhDMo3I/AAAAAAAABi0/Wwd0FIMKD0A/s320/nap+shack_deck.jpg" /> <div align="center">four 4x4 posts and a few steps</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252205427727602" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvgRDPHPI/AAAAAAAABiU/N4Jw4xvimzM/s320/nap+shack_2391.jpg" /> <div align="center">then we gut the inside of the little cabin, to discover nostalgic cardboard food boxes tacked against the inside of the siding... insulation? or to stop infiltration? I think a new earthen infill is in order here.</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251897128874946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvOUjD88I/AAAAAAAABiE/WMGk93rj4vo/s320/nap+shack_2439.jpg" /> <div align="center">even though no people have been living here, turns out 1,000's of wasps have. Their beautiful paper homes fill the wall cavities. Good thing most have moved on and none are there during the winter season.</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252192670436130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvfhhqSyI/AAAAAAAABiM/VqxSFmoB0m4/s320/nap+shack_2437.jpg" /> <p align="center">a lot of debris is produced, but</p><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252238119852034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MviK1pWAI/AAAAAAAABis/V_l4v5UhCew/s320/compost+bins_2616.jpg" /> <p align="center">we take advantage of the scrap lumber being produced<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252226659388770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvhgJQjWI/AAAAAAAABik/16b5QRzPFKg/s320/compost+bins_2622.jpg" /> <p align="center">and whip up some new compost bins!<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450252216458782306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mvg6JPpmI/AAAAAAAABic/MWhbvP4bTz8/s320/compost+bins_2620.jpg" /> <p align="center">my mom does a great job on this side project!</p><div align="center">Hummus on the way!<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251883557048642" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvNh_SUUI/AAAAAAAABh8/vUOM2NkmSqs/s320/nap+shack_2434.jpg" />Sebastian does the dirty work, and tears off five layers of asphalt shingles!<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251878333001314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvNOhxrmI/AAAAAAAABh0/HVeiGCodup0/s320/nap+shack_2446.jpg" />and finally down to the skip sheathing</div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251861861184210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvMRKlstI/AAAAAAAABhs/aK9B6lMWZiE/s320/nap+shack_2448.jpg" />wait, yeah, how about let's get rid of that too!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251851924938674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MvLsJmn7I/AAAAAAAABhk/SuDc2ZCJILE/s320/nap+shack_2472.jpg" />we completely reframe the roof and north wall (which was sinking badly) <div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251520646066258" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mu4aCkMFI/AAAAAAAABhc/xk8RPb8YySw/s320/nap+shack_2477.jpg" />the new beams and rafters extend to cover the new deck <div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251510684262322" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mu307fH7I/AAAAAAAABhU/OUnpO-i3ckQ/s320/nap+shack_2484.jpg" />we use plywood as underlayment for the metal roofing<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251500992743266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mu3Q02R2I/AAAAAAAABhM/Scd8w-RUVkg/s320/nap+shack_2491.jpg" />we put up a temporary railing for the insurance inspection, a more natural version is sure to replace it at some point<br /><br /><div><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251487559717970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mu2eyKlFI/AAAAAAAABhE/XtSu1Z8FzGM/s320/nap+shack_2490.jpg" />mom and I are so happy!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450251476873843010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6Mu12-dEUI/AAAAAAAABg8/42jUHPh8fKI/s320/nap+shack_2455.jpg" />then on to some more fun things, we harvest scraggily oaks nearby to frame the porch and railing</div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250988526220770" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuZbvTteI/AAAAAAAABg0/_OfEPp8mBcU/s320/nap+shack_2466.jpg" />Sebastian works it with a drawknife<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250977412124210" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuYyVgDjI/AAAAAAAABgs/qjNXP_AInCg/s320/nap+shack_2453.jpg" />we enjoy peeling the fresh poles</div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250966822341922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuYK4szSI/AAAAAAAABgk/8QZntUT6R2M/s320/nap+shack_2462.jpg" />and then we ran out of time for November...<br /><div><div> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250956842470610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuXltUDNI/AAAAAAAABgc/cf5T8EYt_wA/s320/nap+shack_3839.jpg" />and four months later, we finally finish them, putting in another building session on the moon lodge</div><div> </div><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250948918897762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuXIML7GI/AAAAAAAABgU/uzEoxPrEDgY/s320/nap+shack_3844.jpg" />we notch the bases really cleverly...<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250631033291154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuEn-WgZI/AAAAAAAABgM/TOWMXDMGWPc/s320/nap+shack_3851.jpg" />just a slit with a circular saw to slip in the base and you can't even tell there's Simpson hardware in there<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250624548794722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuEP0U8WI/AAAAAAAABgE/RJn7_Jua7ZM/s320/nap+shack_3845.jpg" />the top branching part of the poles gets notched to meet the rafters<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250609268321730" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuDW5LbcI/AAAAAAAABf8/JChG1vpLnJ0/s320/nap+shack_3847.jpg" />classic bread cuts! <div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450250602079719266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6MuC8HSD2I/AAAAAAAABf0/9IYVSRStWjM/s320/nap+shack_3861.jpg" /> it's looking so much better with those round poles branching up to the roofline. <div>Thanks for helping me, Sebastian, and having loads of fun!<br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450259453519006466" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/S6M2GKS3CwI/AAAAAAAABjM/_h40oU94_yA/s320/nap+shack_3864.jpg" />the rest of the railing soon to come, stayed tuned</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-15935489313686843942009-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:002009-12-20T23:01:48.346-08:00Living Walls Earth Plaster & Aliz<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XkAq8P6I/AAAAAAAABbo/YhQ91hVbbqg/s1600-h/living+walls+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574784172834722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XkAq8P6I/AAAAAAAABbo/YhQ91hVbbqg/s320/living+walls+4.jpg" /></a> A beautiful timber frame structure to work on!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XjzCUBqI/AAAAAAAABbg/RwZ1WNfJZz8/s1600-h/living+walls+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574780512765602" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XjzCUBqI/AAAAAAAABbg/RwZ1WNfJZz8/s320/living+walls+3.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XQZSAkHI/AAAAAAAABbY/YkfRedJQv5I/s1600-h/earth+plaster+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574447181762674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XQZSAkHI/AAAAAAAABbY/YkfRedJQv5I/s320/earth+plaster+2.jpg" /></a> lots of stuff all around...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XQGOCaZI/AAAAAAAABbQ/pKQTFfJ6Gw8/s1600-h/earth+plaster+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574442064832914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XQGOCaZI/AAAAAAAABbQ/pKQTFfJ6Gw8/s320/earth+plaster+8.jpg" /></a>thank goodness for 5 gallon buckets!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XP3kIhOI/AAAAAAAABbI/n0oIsQrlZCw/s1600-h/earth+plaster+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574438130975970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XP3kIhOI/AAAAAAAABbI/n0oIsQrlZCw/s320/earth+plaster+1.jpg" /></a>we start with coco fiber mesh as lathe to span areas that might crack<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XPi9R3tI/AAAAAAAABbA/mFhTYv-9WDg/s1600-h/earth+plaster+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574432599301842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XPi9R3tI/AAAAAAAABbA/mFhTYv-9WDg/s320/earth+plaster+11.jpg" /></a>this project had 36 rounds!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XPXhECXI/AAAAAAAABa4/QOhICj6gUCc/s1600-h/earth+plaster+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574429528164722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8XPXhECXI/AAAAAAAABa4/QOhICj6gUCc/s320/earth+plaster+4.jpg" /></a>and lots of upside-down areas to plaster<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W9twLXHI/AAAAAAAABaw/NOTJWGV6s_g/s1600-h/earth+plaster+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574126259494002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W9twLXHI/AAAAAAAABaw/NOTJWGV6s_g/s320/earth+plaster+3.jpg" /></a>the base coat goes over the Durasol stemwall and Light Clay-Straw walls<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W9ZtfGmI/AAAAAAAABao/i_xIizezfMs/s1600-h/earth+plaster+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574120879495778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W9ZtfGmI/AAAAAAAABao/i_xIizezfMs/s320/earth+plaster+5.jpg" /></a>a nice pic of the substrates and base plaster layer<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8-na1wI/AAAAAAAABag/_gc64j-LQp0/s1600-h/earth+plaster+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574113606293250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8-na1wI/AAAAAAAABag/_gc64j-LQp0/s320/earth+plaster+7.jpg" /></a>my mom joined in for a day of base coat application</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8hWtdZI/AAAAAAAABaY/Tz1E3orKD5o/s1600-h/earth+plaster+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574105751582098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8hWtdZI/AAAAAAAABaY/Tz1E3orKD5o/s320/earth+plaster+6.jpg" /></a>somehow I got known to "love upside-down stuff"...</div><div>I guess it might be true :)<br /></div><div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8Bi7l0I/AAAAAAAABaQ/Xl-nYJtiTHo/s1600-h/earth+plaster+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417574097212905282" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8W8Bi7l0I/AAAAAAAABaQ/Xl-nYJtiTHo/s320/earth+plaster+12.jpg" /></a>lots of taping off involved with a frame like this<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417573439678572402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8WVwCh53I/AAAAAAAABaA/mYt2vy82VFQ/s320/earth+plaster+9.jpg" /> scratched surface on the base coat</div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417573433364321058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8WVYhGEyI/AAAAAAAABZ4/VjhlR39IEcI/s320/earth+plaster+10.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417573428350874498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8WVF1y84I/AAAAAAAABZw/FITP8z310mQ/s320/finish+plaster+1.jpg" />Ingredients for the final coat, how many bags of each do we need? </div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417573422586309490" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8WUwXaq3I/AAAAAAAABZo/ddWyDPPjkPs/s320/finish+plaster+2.jpg" />mixing it up in small batches</div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572964063311202" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V6EPA9WI/AAAAAAAABZg/7_p6jXoEBI8/s320/finish+plaster+3.jpg" />applying kaolin-based finish coat over the base coat</div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572960615125922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V53Y506I/AAAAAAAABZY/gLrOlGMUnVU/s320/finish+plaster+7.jpg" />detailing those rounds!</div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572950971841026" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V5Tdw-gI/AAAAAAAABZQ/H-VX8TIIx1o/s320/finish+plaster+4.jpg" />and details around each framed opening <div><div><div><div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417573444426725842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8WWBuk-dI/AAAAAAAABaI/rDaw7_PgE00/s320/earth+plaster+13.jpg" />The gable ends were conventionally framed and covered with drywall. We primed the surface with latex paint that we added a bunch of coarse sand to. The surface looks like this and you can apply finish coat earth plaster right over it. <div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572949072391730" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V5MY5rjI/AAAAAAAABZI/MK8PBgD4iyc/s320/finish+plaster+9.jpg" /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V4qdhCUI/AAAAAAAABZA/TtuX6nrDKpQ/s1600-h/finish+plaster+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572939964942658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8V4qdhCUI/AAAAAAAABZA/TtuX6nrDKpQ/s320/finish+plaster+5.jpg" /></a>my plaster set up<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VSK-7s3I/AAAAAAAABY4/IHAM9l_uIb4/s1600-h/finish+plaster+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572278680138610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VSK-7s3I/AAAAAAAABY4/IHAM9l_uIb4/s320/finish+plaster+6.jpg" /></a>working those gable end details<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VRz82COI/AAAAAAAABYw/29_PY_uX63w/s1600-h/finish+plaster+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572272497363170" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VRz82COI/AAAAAAAABYw/29_PY_uX63w/s320/finish+plaster+8.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VRYTpTAI/AAAAAAAABYo/CEqlWzjZo7E/s1600-h/aliz+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572265076804610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VRYTpTAI/AAAAAAAABYo/CEqlWzjZo7E/s320/aliz+1.jpg" /></a></div><div>Finally time for some color! The client chose a light yellow aliz. Iron oxide is the best!</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VREDg_kI/AAAAAAAABYg/KhCTliZJwe4/s1600-h/aliz+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572259640442434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VREDg_kI/AAAAAAAABYg/KhCTliZJwe4/s320/aliz+2.jpg" /></a> Details!</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VQ4VnWqI/AAAAAAAABYY/UVTOMgRq1tw/s1600-h/aliz+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417572256495131298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8VQ4VnWqI/AAAAAAAABYY/UVTOMgRq1tw/s320/aliz+4.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U05f-m0I/AAAAAAAABYQ/2Ew_bdxRgFw/s1600-h/aliz+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417571775770696514" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U05f-m0I/AAAAAAAABYQ/2Ew_bdxRgFw/s320/aliz+7.jpg" /></a>whose that monkey? </div><div>I must have climbed up and down that scaffold 100 times!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0tQ9WEI/AAAAAAAABYI/pz0uNK54h2o/s1600-h/aliz+9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417571772486473794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0tQ9WEI/AAAAAAAABYI/pz0uNK54h2o/s320/aliz+9.jpg" /></a> Joshua prefers to hang out on the tip top of the ladder...</div><div>but can he reach the very top?<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0ZJUuAI/AAAAAAAABYA/21CXo9uPDEs/s1600-h/aliz+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417571767085742082" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0ZJUuAI/AAAAAAAABYA/21CXo9uPDEs/s320/aliz+6.jpg" /></a>the final texture is so beautiful<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0HPzy9I/AAAAAAAABX4/ivryzt8n0HI/s1600-h/aliz+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417571762281106386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8U0HPzy9I/AAAAAAAABX4/ivryzt8n0HI/s320/aliz+11.jpg" /></a>a nicely integrated 'truth window' shows off the plaster layers<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8UzsHQ8BI/AAAAAAAABXw/1X9htm37_ms/s1600-h/aliz+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417571754997510162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8UzsHQ8BI/AAAAAAAABXw/1X9htm37_ms/s320/aliz+10.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /></div><p align="center">sah-weet!</p>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-65288808383056939252009-12-20T21:24:00.001-08:002009-12-20T22:18:50.392-08:00'Living Walls' plaster over an 'EcoNest' -- Working with Lime<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8Ohh_lNTI/AAAAAAAABXo/no_vOyWExEI/s1600-h/lime+plaster+15.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564845973517618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8Ohh_lNTI/AAAAAAAABXo/no_vOyWExEI/s320/lime+plaster+15.jpg" /></a> Alright, this had been a big job, and hence, haven't written in a while. But finally finished and what a good one it has been! Especially for those of you interested in the super flat and super refined earth plaster style. Good to practice.<br /></div><div align="center">The structure is a heavy timberframe with a mixture of traditional european and japanese joinery and infilled Light Clay-Straw. It was designed by Paula LaPorte and the construction was led by her husband, Robert Laporte, of EcoNest. My mom was at the straw-clay workshop for this structure, where I got introduced to the project from early on. Little did I know, six months later, when the walls were thoroughly dry, I would be on a team of four to plaster the whole thing.<br /><br />For this project, I joined the crew of Living Walls, a Portland-based earth plaster company, led by Joshua Klyber. We did a lime plaster system on the outside and earth plaster with aliz on the interior. And we had a lot of fun! This post will focus on the lime plaster portion and my next will cover the earth plaster work. Enjoy!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OhJhJUZI/AAAAAAAABXg/gN0EhWHw0vE/s1600-h/living+walls.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564839403409810" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OhJhJUZI/AAAAAAAABXg/gN0EhWHw0vE/s320/living+walls.jpg" /></a>The site and our mortar mixer set-up.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OViVcBII/AAAAAAAABXY/MrXpWSAhctw/s1600-h/lime+plaster+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564639906759810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OViVcBII/AAAAAAAABXY/MrXpWSAhctw/s320/lime+plaster+1.jpg" /></a>The Light Straw-Clay walls to be covered.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OVK6M55I/AAAAAAAABXQ/qWm0sTbfTQ4/s1600-h/lime+plaster+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564633618507666" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OVK6M55I/AAAAAAAABXQ/qWm0sTbfTQ4/s320/lime+plaster+2.jpg" /></a>Base coat of lime goes up<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OUsnkUOI/AAAAAAAABXA/ZORD5-iOq3A/s1600-h/lime+plaster+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564625487286498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OUsnkUOI/AAAAAAAABXA/ZORD5-iOq3A/s320/lime+plaster+3.jpg" /></a>Greg works it!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OUYLvA8I/AAAAAAAABW4/BC6ST2W4B5E/s1600-h/lime+plaster+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564620001838018" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8OUYLvA8I/AAAAAAAABW4/BC6ST2W4B5E/s320/lime+plaster+4.jpg" /></a></div><div>Comin' around the corner!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8hKU2iI/AAAAAAAABWw/2DInbl-ewAE/s1600-h/lime+plaster+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564210094987810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8hKU2iI/AAAAAAAABWw/2DInbl-ewAE/s320/lime+plaster+5.jpg" /></a>base and finish coat shown clearly here<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8fc9kVI/AAAAAAAABWo/Vw4B8AZse7Y/s1600-h/lime+plaster+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564209636282706" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8fc9kVI/AAAAAAAABWo/Vw4B8AZse7Y/s320/lime+plaster+6.jpg" /></a>Joshua is so silly sometimes!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564185543387938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N7FsxKyI/AAAAAAAABWQ/TSVipBChZnw/s320/lime+plaster+9.jpg" /></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8Pi3vKI/AAAAAAAABWg/iInghEGCtrk/s1600-h/lime+plaster+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564205366099106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N8Pi3vKI/AAAAAAAABWg/iInghEGCtrk/s320/lime+plaster+7.jpg" /></a>Pigmented lime wash<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N7tU5NFI/AAAAAAAABWY/IYH0-BTsE4Q/s1600-h/lime+plaster+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417564196180669522" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8N7tU5NFI/AAAAAAAABWY/IYH0-BTsE4Q/s320/lime+plaster+8.jpg" /></a> the fun part!</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NojwvnjI/AAAAAAAABWI/6mzgyJG-SrM/s1600-h/lime+plaster+10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417563867195612722" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NojwvnjI/AAAAAAAABWI/6mzgyJG-SrM/s320/lime+plaster+10.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NoSO9BBI/AAAAAAAABWA/g49ZE4WtYlA/s1600-h/lime+plaster+11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417563862490481682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NoSO9BBI/AAAAAAAABWA/g49ZE4WtYlA/s320/lime+plaster+11.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8Nnw2Uf8I/AAAAAAAABV4/GezSo9lkIdE/s1600-h/lime+plaster+12.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417563853528793026" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8Nnw2Uf8I/AAAAAAAABV4/GezSo9lkIdE/s320/lime+plaster+12.jpg" /></a>cleaning up the stonework with muriatic acid<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NnvDOkcI/AAAAAAAABVw/dhSdmUw8Zaw/s1600-h/lime+plaster+13.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417563853046059458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NnvDOkcI/AAAAAAAABVw/dhSdmUw8Zaw/s320/lime+plaster+13.jpg" /></a>classic Econest!<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NnNzCTgI/AAAAAAAABVo/TLcWidwQoIs/s1600-h/lime+plaster+14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417563844119776770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/Sy8NnNzCTgI/AAAAAAAABVo/TLcWidwQoIs/s320/lime+plaster+14.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><p align="center">This finish is at minimum a seven-pass system. First, we prime or lathe all windows edges, corners and other expanses of wood. Then we apply the rough base coat of lime plaster which has a lot of gravel. Next we press the plaster with a wood trowel to compact the lime as it dries. Then we score the surface with a small rake or scarifier. Then we come around again with a finish coat, no gravel in it this time. We follow again with a hard-packing motion with a wood trowel. Then we brush all the loose sand from the surface. Finally we apply a lime wash to give the surface color, actually two coats. So in all, we have come around to every square inch of this exterior wall surface nine times. Labor intense, no joke!</p>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-48867807733030551472009-11-05T14:37:00.001-08:002009-11-05T15:21:18.533-08:00Natural Building Colloquium 2009<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757720559802690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYiEvqWUI/AAAAAAAABVY/zqgYWGveKaw/s320/colloquium_1687.jpg" />Welcome to Camp Latgawa, and the 2009 West Coast Natural Building Colloquium<br /><div align="center">This is an annual gathering of professional and aspiring Natural Builders, who have come to share their stories, experiments and successes, discuss the state of the world, brainstorm ways to effect the main stream and build a few things while we're here!</div><br /><div align="center">Most of my photos are from the building projects that were going on during the week.</div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757716910353602" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYh3JkLMI/AAAAAAAABVQ/8_8p-b2H2Hw/s320/colloquium_1761.jpg" />Peeling round poles for a new shade structure frame<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757711325613362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYhiWDzTI/AAAAAAAABVI/GWvbKfFOM_E/s320/colloquium_1768.jpg" />Decorative hempcrete clings to a pole<br /></div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757488719509794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYUlEoOSI/AAAAAAAABU4/Vzl9SOmgnUw/s320/colloquium_1765.jpg" />This 10 year old plaster job is ready for a fresh coat </div><div align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757484776345698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYUWYgUGI/AAAAAAAABUw/aRcfpAimQyg/s320/colloquium_1796.jpg" />Well, we just so happen to have 70 creatives ready to fix that<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757475494157074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYTzzdWxI/AAAAAAAABUo/ikeNQHqZcOA/s320/colloquium_1802.jpg" />Austin concentrates on his plaster job<br /><div><div><div><div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400757467485100514" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNYTV982eI/AAAAAAAABUg/vhNUehqKfGU/s320/colloquium_1808.jpg" />the main gathering area comes together<br /><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400755158383346610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWM75MQ7I/AAAAAAAABUY/46bvxf21Lis/s320/colloquium_1807.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400759764051934738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNaZBWJvhI/AAAAAAAABVg/V47cXRFuqHU/s320/colloquium_1832.jpg" />the back of the bench<br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMqscInI/AAAAAAAABUQ/mp7RpRPkpsI/s1600-h/colloquium_1825.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400755153766457970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMqscInI/AAAAAAAABUQ/mp7RpRPkpsI/s320/colloquium_1825.jpg" /></a>great work!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMW1f4KI/AAAAAAAABUI/ZEitrjqhysE/s1600-h/colloquium_1647.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400755148435742882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMW1f4KI/AAAAAAAABUI/ZEitrjqhysE/s320/colloquium_1647.jpg" /></a>Darrel DeBoer teaches about bamboo construction<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMOOHIlI/AAAAAAAABUA/EtIEJ1leFhs/s1600-h/colloquium_1659.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400755146123059794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWMOOHIlI/AAAAAAAABUA/EtIEJ1leFhs/s320/colloquium_1659.jpg" /></a>Julia tries a notch<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWL3z2AMI/AAAAAAAABT4/3LNWF4XdF7o/s1600-h/colloquium_1663.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400755140107305154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNWL3z2AMI/AAAAAAAABT4/3LNWF4XdF7o/s320/colloquium_1663.jpg" /></a>fish trusses are fun<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyh9u4MI/AAAAAAAABTw/ywTcwzOWPkA/s1600-h/colloquium_1670.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754704746471618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyh9u4MI/AAAAAAAABTw/ywTcwzOWPkA/s320/colloquium_1670.jpg" /></a>hose clamps make a connection without making any holes in the bamboo<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyourI6I/AAAAAAAABTo/edjRuAvaRZE/s1600-h/colloquium_1677.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754706562360226" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyourI6I/AAAAAAAABTo/edjRuAvaRZE/s320/colloquium_1677.jpg" /></a>Curving bamboo o'er an openfire<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyOCCDBI/AAAAAAAABTg/ejy4hbZSoQU/s1600-h/colloquium_1755.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754699395795986" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVyOCCDBI/AAAAAAAABTg/ejy4hbZSoQU/s320/colloquium_1755.jpg" /></a>fish truss roof frame almost done<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVx9_FtGI/AAAAAAAABTY/fo2GINj_Qx4/s1600-h/colloquium_1780.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754695088485474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVx9_FtGI/AAAAAAAABTY/fo2GINj_Qx4/s320/colloquium_1780.jpg" /></a> Sebastian attaches the posts and sheer bracing<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVx-gHofI/AAAAAAAABTQ/l2eadBVeZGo/s1600-h/colloquium_1784.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754695227023858" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVx-gHofI/AAAAAAAABTQ/l2eadBVeZGo/s320/colloquium_1784.jpg" /></a>good thing we had plenty of bales around<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVTfpsepI/AAAAAAAABTI/QVjQL6HbkNY/s1600-h/colloquium_1735.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754171549612690" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVTfpsepI/AAAAAAAABTI/QVjQL6HbkNY/s320/colloquium_1735.jpg" /></a>Chris and Jen from Ontario teach about Pre-fab Strawbale<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVTO0KZKI/AAAAAAAABTA/wfszhxNCSN4/s1600-h/colloquium_1742.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754167030113442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVTO0KZKI/AAAAAAAABTA/wfszhxNCSN4/s320/colloquium_1742.jpg" /></a>Plaster is applied horizontally and saves lots of time.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVS9AjFHI/AAAAAAAABS4/02XUl0EVuSo/s1600-h/colloquium_1745.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754162250224754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVS9AjFHI/AAAAAAAABS4/02XUl0EVuSo/s320/colloquium_1745.jpg" /></a>Compressing the bales into the form<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVS-0DgSI/AAAAAAAABSw/sYjgHhuFeEY/s1600-h/colloquium_1758.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754162734694690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVS-0DgSI/AAAAAAAABSw/sYjgHhuFeEY/s320/colloquium_1758.jpg" /></a>Big leaf maple prints in the plaster<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVStZxJwI/AAAAAAAABSo/xqE9JRaCs6Q/s1600-h/colloquium_1837.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400754158061037314" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVStZxJwI/AAAAAAAABSo/xqE9JRaCs6Q/s320/colloquium_1837.jpg" /></a>Bob Theis leads an entry sequence revision. A new gabion retaining wall and curve is added the the entrance so that cars will park instead of drive into the camp. Perhaps the most important project we did this week.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAx0A4cI/AAAAAAAABSg/_FIn44-CcJI/s1600-h/colloquium_1793.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753850007216578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAx0A4cI/AAAAAAAABSg/_FIn44-CcJI/s320/colloquium_1793.jpg" /></a> Also, let's build a Rumford Fireplace down by the creek. With Ianto Evans here, how could we refuse?<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAY2Yj8I/AAAAAAAABSY/9xYxisIOPeI/s1600-h/colloquium_1817.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753843306270658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAY2Yj8I/AAAAAAAABSY/9xYxisIOPeI/s320/colloquium_1817.jpg" /></a>a teepee frame in the meadow<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAUdQn2I/AAAAAAAABSQ/w040gKnAfRM/s1600-h/colloquium_1818.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753842127150946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNVAUdQn2I/AAAAAAAABSQ/w040gKnAfRM/s320/colloquium_1818.jpg" /></a>a tiny little cottage, kids built this one a few years ago<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNU_9SQ11I/AAAAAAAABSI/_pd3r00G99g/s1600-h/colloquium_1813.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753835907012434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNU_9SQ11I/AAAAAAAABSI/_pd3r00G99g/s320/colloquium_1813.jpg" /></a>i get an aerial silk lesson from a talented young girl<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNU_oLs2zI/AAAAAAAABSA/PdgtU8P0GKI/s1600-h/colloquium_1814.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753830242343730" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNU_oLs2zI/AAAAAAAABSA/PdgtU8P0GKI/s320/colloquium_1814.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUaqLzwLI/AAAAAAAABR4/mmndMKp8PKE/s1600-h/colloquium_1711.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753195124506802" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUaqLzwLI/AAAAAAAABR4/mmndMKp8PKE/s320/colloquium_1711.jpg" /></a>and there's even time for hikes in creek which surrounds this magical place on three sides<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUasTP6CI/AAAAAAAABRw/fHgCpsmWJes/s1600-h/colloquium_1730.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753195692582946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUasTP6CI/AAAAAAAABRw/fHgCpsmWJes/s320/colloquium_1730.jpg" /></a>a newborn tree grows out of the moss-covered rock<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUaeWTsNI/AAAAAAAABRo/BuJOPivHChE/s1600-h/colloquium_1703.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753191947317458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUaeWTsNI/AAAAAAAABRo/BuJOPivHChE/s320/colloquium_1703.jpg" /></a>mushrooms fruit from beneath fallen leaves<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUZ6qfi6I/AAAAAAAABRg/oxgwQu77pKA/s1600-h/colloquium_1819.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753182368304034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUZ6qfi6I/AAAAAAAABRg/oxgwQu77pKA/s320/colloquium_1819.jpg" /></a></div><div>Two mushroom hunters accompany me on the hike</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUZka_VtI/AAAAAAAABRY/4lg7nZm9c-s/s1600-h/colloquium_1820.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400753176397698770" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNUZka_VtI/AAAAAAAABRY/4lg7nZm9c-s/s320/colloquium_1820.jpg" /></a>Art Ludwig leaves a cairn </div><div> </div><div>Hope to see you all again next year!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-27179889663772085512009-11-05T14:05:00.001-08:002009-11-05T14:35:59.715-08:00Earthdance Bamboo<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNOCtIppUI/AAAAAAAABRQ/EpvXawTqYQ8/s1600-h/earthdance_1307.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746186529940802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNOCtIppUI/AAAAAAAABRQ/EpvXawTqYQ8/s320/earthdance_1307.jpg" /></a> Welcome to the Earthdance Music Festival!</div><div align="center">We arrive with a truck load of bamboo and trailer full of fabric and natural fixins</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNOCVn1gCI/AAAAAAAABRI/5QYLFu176pY/s1600-h/earthdance_1310.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746180218290210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNOCVn1gCI/AAAAAAAABRI/5QYLFu176pY/s320/earthdance_1310.jpg" /></a>the site is a natural cove formed by winter eddies, </div><div align="center">when the rains rush through<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN8exZerI/AAAAAAAABRA/VI9j943fsiM/s1600-h/earthdance_1319.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746079595100850" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN8exZerI/AAAAAAAABRA/VI9j943fsiM/s320/earthdance_1319.jpg" /></a>We enhance the natural spiral form with bamboo poles splayed outward. Then we tie the poles to the center point (a beautiful gnarly tree) with manila cables<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746054170879682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN7ADypsI/AAAAAAAABQg/BD0Z3dVv54k/s320/earthdance_1335.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN8E6oAOI/AAAAAAAABQ4/EOhRMndz8RQ/s1600-h/earthdance_1321.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746072654479586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN8E6oAOI/AAAAAAAABQ4/EOhRMndz8RQ/s320/earthdance_1321.jpg" /></a>Hanumon is happy<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN7tmAeWI/AAAAAAAABQw/CaJF0XY0bq8/s1600-h/earthdance_1323.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746066393987426" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN7tmAeWI/AAAAAAAABQw/CaJF0XY0bq8/s320/earthdance_1323.jpg" /></a>Quinn and I get taller, a trick i learned back in junior high school<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN7cnEE0I/AAAAAAAABQo/xSnrtyKJ61U/s1600-h/earthdance_1327.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400746061835014978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNN7cnEE0I/AAAAAAAABQo/xSnrtyKJ61U/s320/earthdance_1327.jpg" /></a>design session<br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNnLuVLqI/AAAAAAAABQY/h1_9kScJxeI/s1600-h/earthdance_1336.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745713704709794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNnLuVLqI/AAAAAAAABQY/h1_9kScJxeI/s320/earthdance_1336.jpg" /></a>building the portal to the spiral zone<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNm0sESzI/AAAAAAAABQQ/Ibw7r0HjpiA/s1600-h/earthdance_1338.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745707521198898" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNm0sESzI/AAAAAAAABQQ/Ibw7r0HjpiA/s320/earthdance_1338.jpg" /></a>Christopher does some innovative joinery<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745694413758194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNmD3AnvI/AAAAAAAABP4/r1jfoaueK94/s320/earthdance_1342.jpg" /></div><div>Ethan came along to this one, and fits right in with the crew</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNml6a-NI/AAAAAAAABQI/pZnOz3_jc4o/s1600-h/earthdance_1339.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745703554873554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNml6a-NI/AAAAAAAABQI/pZnOz3_jc4o/s320/earthdance_1339.jpg" /></a>the main gate goes up<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNmfT_4WI/AAAAAAAABQA/w7HlHfiZPiU/s1600-h/earthdance_1341.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745701783101794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNmfT_4WI/AAAAAAAABQA/w7HlHfiZPiU/s320/earthdance_1341.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNbPhrjJI/AAAAAAAABPw/MyklL1mxaek/s1600-h/earthdance_1345.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745508566961298" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNbPhrjJI/AAAAAAAABPw/MyklL1mxaek/s320/earthdance_1345.jpg" /></a>I do a fancy lash with crystals included (wired in first)<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNa3tcXzI/AAAAAAAABPo/v1avTZQW_N8/s1600-h/earthdance_1348.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745502173847346" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNa3tcXzI/AAAAAAAABPo/v1avTZQW_N8/s320/earthdance_1348.jpg" /></a>flower shaped shading connects the guy wires<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNavGYjxI/AAAAAAAABPg/wJmU_NfQ_as/s1600-h/earthdance_1360.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745499862535954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNavGYjxI/AAAAAAAABPg/wJmU_NfQ_as/s320/earthdance_1360.jpg" /></a>playing with the fabric first!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNaWGcqMI/AAAAAAAABPY/OgqiU_bee44/s1600-h/earthdance_1363.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745493151918274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNaWGcqMI/AAAAAAAABPY/OgqiU_bee44/s320/earthdance_1363.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNaMzhwLI/AAAAAAAABPQ/ndNYWQQCyjw/s1600-h/earthdance_1365.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745490656641202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNaMzhwLI/AAAAAAAABPQ/ndNYWQQCyjw/s320/earthdance_1365.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNOXDdhcI/AAAAAAAABPI/h5MtXn5altE/s1600-h/earthdance_1368.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745287249397186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNOXDdhcI/AAAAAAAABPI/h5MtXn5altE/s320/earthdance_1368.jpg" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744824061871250" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMzZi8xJI/AAAAAAAABNw/wuS6-GE87sc/s320/earthdance_1422.jpg" /></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNOJjl_cI/AAAAAAAABPA/d3w8pXPlqvo/s1600-h/earthdance_1373.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745283626073538" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNOJjl_cI/AAAAAAAABPA/d3w8pXPlqvo/s320/earthdance_1373.jpg" /></a> the elder's throne </div><div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNN6AoVgI/AAAAAAAABO4/2HbN8LFA728/s1600-h/earthdance_1379.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745279452894722" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNN6AoVgI/AAAAAAAABO4/2HbN8LFA728/s320/earthdance_1379.jpg" /></a> Quinn weaves a web behind the throne<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNNuEg-xI/AAAAAAAABOw/A4p8YRj-eV4/s1600-h/earthdance_1383.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745276247964434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNNuEg-xI/AAAAAAAABOw/A4p8YRj-eV4/s320/earthdance_1383.jpg" /></a>testing lighting for the night<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNNS2oB0I/AAAAAAAABOo/ZqoWKNOohLs/s1600-h/earthdance_1387.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745268941948738" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNNNS2oB0I/AAAAAAAABOo/ZqoWKNOohLs/s320/earthdance_1387.jpg" /></a><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745008852157954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM-J8YxgI/AAAAAAAABOA/FtxAkT228-M/s320/earthdance_1412.jpg" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM_Fyz2xI/AAAAAAAABOg/rL3X9DmbbFs/s1600-h/earthdance_1394.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745024918117138" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM_Fyz2xI/AAAAAAAABOg/rL3X9DmbbFs/s320/earthdance_1394.jpg" /></a>an earth mandala, created over the course of the festival, with public collaboration, fills the central space</div><div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745018903351378" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM-vYx0FI/AAAAAAAABOQ/x1T5DN7-y9I/s320/earthdance_1403.jpg" /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744804791276418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMyRwe04I/AAAAAAAABNY/gYI8MqUFcl0/s320/earthdance_1463.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744577146626562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMlBtxIgI/AAAAAAAABNQ/R41k1L3IPXc/s320/earthdance_1465.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745012031243474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM-VyVxNI/AAAAAAAABOI/yoTwLJgusRw/s320/earthdance_1407.jpg" /></div><div>shading effects</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744828301400242" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMzpVu2LI/AAAAAAAABN4/qJ_HPn7ZiE8/s320/earthdance_1416.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744812334446498" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMyt26d6I/AAAAAAAABNg/IP4SX2c-lLw/s320/earthdance_1454.jpg" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM-2B9vQI/AAAAAAAABOY/_0F_XtVahiI/s1600-h/earthdance_1401.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745020686712066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNM-2B9vQI/AAAAAAAABOY/_0F_XtVahiI/s320/earthdance_1401.jpg" /></a> the elder's throne in action<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMk5Br2UI/AAAAAAAABNI/RN11u1k8u6E/s1600-h/earthdance_1469.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744574814247234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMk5Br2UI/AAAAAAAABNI/RN11u1k8u6E/s320/earthdance_1469.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744567578126610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMkeEdaRI/AAAAAAAABM4/CTllP8MYL68/s320/earthdance_1475.jpg" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMklsv2VI/AAAAAAAABNA/VMR5FUMXlsI/s1600-h/earthdance_1473.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400744569626155346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SvNMklsv2VI/AAAAAAAABNA/VMR5FUMXlsI/s320/earthdance_1473.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-80617865625563538232009-10-26T14:46:00.001-07:002009-10-26T15:26:22.923-07:00Rainwater Greenhouse - Update<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397029581094810722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZzy9udGI/AAAAAAAABKA/cGwK3sFYX2k/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_2.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397029592927004706" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZ0fCvaCI/AAAAAAAABKQ/wO-eRGE2EAE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_100_0076.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Getting cobby!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397029592830641586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZ0erxBbI/AAAAAAAABKY/b9cLvQ_qXEQ/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1172.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397029593418251010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZ0g33OwI/AAAAAAAABKg/-rRsdCvDxS8/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1180.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">the lovely Amit Chertoff, joins in for a day, just before heading back to Israel</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033487615290882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdXL4ybgI/AAAAAAAABMo/Ki50-Z-HK24/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1184.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Ethan is at home in the garden</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033316593708738" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdNOyELsI/AAAAAAAABMg/F-0S65lDtZo/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1217.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Prepping bottles for more cob</div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033312219110082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdM-fFGsI/AAAAAAAABMY/b-FyUreiQgU/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1291.jpg" /><br /><div align="center"> reclaimed tile, thrift store grout, and tumbled broken bottle chips </div><div align="center">create the potting surface</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033298175829650" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdMKK5ppI/AAAAAAAABMA/f81IHzfVH8Y/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1487.jpg" /></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030582147738914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYauELV7SI/AAAAAAAABL4/MKi-JSQxr7U/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1489.jpg" /></div><div align="center">workshop participants get dirty with light straw clay</div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030577456856498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYatys8vbI/AAAAAAAABLw/wmUqmT2Qmvw/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1495.jpg" /></div><div align="center">and base coat plasters</div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030571042910802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYatazvslI/AAAAAAAABLg/kCe0X467Lvw/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1506.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030564630171458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYatC61D0I/AAAAAAAABLY/VmefgkPLDKs/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1508.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030575153664658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYatqH00pI/AAAAAAAABLo/uw6w_Xj6sug/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1502.jpg" /></div><div align="center">even old time friend, Max Edelson, stops by to get muddy for the afternoon</div><div align="center"> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030344166416370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYagNoLH_I/AAAAAAAABLQ/7YApgaq9DKE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1527.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Lawrence is a pro at this rate, and helps teach the mixing techniques</div><div> </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030329125134914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYafVmDYkI/AAAAAAAABK4/qVaEBqBEOtk/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1571.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033305628008290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdMl7o32I/AAAAAAAABMQ/6t3VkX6mlQ0/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1466.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030335070256914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYafrvevxI/AAAAAAAABLA/Y03UdX99UoQ/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1567.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030339765930450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYaf9PBCdI/AAAAAAAABLI/VVWI6qvoxVE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1559.jpg" /> Oiling the cut-face of the urbanite wall makes it really beautiful!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030328550952434" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYafTdKDfI/AAAAAAAABKw/P6aXMwIyFEA/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1632.jpg" />A little bit of bamboo conceals a less than perfect plaster detail<br /><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397030091160644562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYaRfG5a9I/AAAAAAAABKo/Sqzrc6xyNhk/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1637.jpg" /></div><div>The main entrance begs you to enter </div><div><div><div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397029583664702882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZz8ib5aI/AAAAAAAABKI/cakABpXAU94/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_100_0065.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397028701228941618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZAlNWwTI/AAAAAAAABJ0/djrK-_aeM20/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+(11).jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397028697430653106" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZAXDxeLI/AAAAAAAABJs/lHeDvHqEqcM/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+(9).jpg" /> Chinking at all possible points of infiltration <div><div><div><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397028682997905986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYY_hSvOkI/AAAAAAAABJU/Ln-1elnqe_M/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+(1).jpg" /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397028694290001378" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYZALW-7eI/AAAAAAAABJk/J_H9SKL08A4/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+(8).jpg" /> <div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397028688120901010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYY_0YJ7ZI/AAAAAAAABJc/oYkNzLWFQcg/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+(5).jpg" /></div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397033304742033234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYdMioZ91I/AAAAAAAABMI/C950csZ8ZAs/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1474.jpg" /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-1337242829710880482009-10-26T14:35:00.000-07:002009-10-26T14:45:28.597-07:00Rainwater Greenhouse - From the Sketchbook<div align="center">A sample of the sketches that moved this project along. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026334458431874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYW20TSyYI/AAAAAAAABIc/-NyD5Q-K_xA/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1903.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Started the design work in May. </div><div align="center">Notice how the design changed (for the better) up until construction started in mid July.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026349550136578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYW3shb7QI/AAAAAAAABIs/0VDNmiAEZxE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1901.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026346053416946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYW3ffwN_I/AAAAAAAABIk/b19gN3dVtO0/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1902.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026353745547618" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYW38Js0WI/AAAAAAAABI0/D0vKGpCXxb0/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1905.jpg" /></div><div align="center">Basically the 'final design'</div><div align="center">Passive solar strategies and structural details finally sorted out.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026357441417378" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYW4J63UKI/AAAAAAAABI8/7eBQvR75uD8/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1906.jpg" /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYXE06EApI/AAAAAAAABJM/AiQxOYRvvT0/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1908.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026575139209874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYXE06EApI/AAAAAAAABJM/AiQxOYRvvT0/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1908.jpg" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397026570937355554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SuYXElQQzSI/AAAAAAAABJE/aFywZbFgfac/s320/rainwater+greenhouse+sketch_1909.jpg" /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-18922692374994481502009-08-27T00:56:00.000-07:002009-08-27T02:06:19.908-07:00Rainwater Greenhouse Project<div align="center">My latest creation has been an exercise in Reclaimed Materials!<br /></div><div align="center">Building an earthen greenhouse combined with local salvage, for my dear friends, Ethan and Lawrence Rainwater in Eugene, Oregon. They have been transforming their 70's suburban lot into a garden paradise. At first the backyard had four large sheds and over 50% imprevious hardscape. They have salvaged the material from these sheds and paving, and Ethan hired me to build them into a greenhouse at the north edge of his yard with plans to extend his growing season. The structure will also house a young fig tree this winter and provide a winter coop for his chickens in the future. The structure I designed has only required one piece of new lumber and has absorbed over 3 tons of born again concrete!</div><div align="center"><br />Onward!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556601912449746" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCwPo42tI/AAAAAAAABIQ/9sT18_kQrvY/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0143.jpg" /> <p align="center">Laying the 2'x2' concrete blocks. Each was well over 100 lbs. This half wall along the back of the structure will provide a lot of thermal mass for the room and help moderate the temperature swings in colder parts of the year.<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556472815098130" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCoutrmRI/AAAAAAAABH4/jues5LP2gDc/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0162.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">Hannah helps build the front wall, which will support the glass.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556461206680098" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCoDeBMiI/AAAAAAAABHw/of7mpmBc4GI/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0175.jpg" /><br /><div align="center">The urbanite stemwall on the solar side of the building is tied together with a ferrocement bond beam. This image shows the formwork and reinforcement before the pour.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCptIa4gI/AAAAAAAABII/o7j603rDKFk/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0161.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556489570247170" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCptIa4gI/AAAAAAAABII/o7j603rDKFk/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0161.jpg" /></a> The 4x4 frame is bolted together.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCpMZvisI/AAAAAAAABIA/qEjunWxUwJQ/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0224.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556480784534210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCpMZvisI/AAAAAAAABIA/qEjunWxUwJQ/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0224.jpg" /></a> Knee bracing<br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCnzAof7I/AAAAAAAABHo/rDsHs___1ZM/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0221.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374556456788459442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCnzAof7I/AAAAAAAABHo/rDsHs___1ZM/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0221.jpg" /></a> Light stud framing and formwork for a Light Clay-Straw infill wall which will insulate the mass feature from the north.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCGGb352I/AAAAAAAABHg/7EteKRZFom4/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0231.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555877887436642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCGGb352I/AAAAAAAABHg/7EteKRZFom4/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0231.jpg" /></a>Packing the Clay-Straw mixture<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCFrvdWqI/AAAAAAAABHY/atTpWyGJBAw/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0238.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555870721825442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCFrvdWqI/AAAAAAAABHY/atTpWyGJBAw/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0238.jpg" /></a> Removing formwork the same day.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCFF-dcqI/AAAAAAAABHQ/IYUaqtajqKs/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0228.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555860584198818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCFF-dcqI/AAAAAAAABHQ/IYUaqtajqKs/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0228.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCEpb8HdI/AAAAAAAABHI/j8US5JRkKEM/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0239.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555852923215314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCEpb8HdI/AAAAAAAABHI/j8US5JRkKEM/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0239.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCEe38WxI/AAAAAAAABHA/EIiItSTymB0/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0830.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555850087881490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZCEe38WxI/AAAAAAAABHA/EIiItSTymB0/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0830.jpg" /></a> Additional roof framing to support a steel roof, the first real expense in the project. We found a deal for around 50 cents per square foot.</div><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBnEm6XYI/AAAAAAAABG4/eiLeV0WSPGE/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0840.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555344820919682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBnEm6XYI/AAAAAAAABG4/eiLeV0WSPGE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0840.jpg" /></a> Father and son do the installation.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBmlfP-ZI/AAAAAAAABGw/ZbOsy1PDTcE/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0844.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555336467282322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBmlfP-ZI/AAAAAAAABGw/ZbOsy1PDTcE/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0844.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBmS-OPBI/AAAAAAAABGo/FNlHHe2to28/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_0851.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555331496918034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBmS-OPBI/AAAAAAAABGo/FNlHHe2to28/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0851.jpg" /></a>Reeeeeach!</div><div><br /><div><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374554782023534610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBGUBjyBI/AAAAAAAABGI/vTOUKgD42Oo/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0969.jpg" /></div><div>Framing the clerestory.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374554793685354306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBG_d9B0I/AAAAAAAABGQ/qlvlP8wvOaw/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0963.jpg" /></div><div>This part took a bit of figuring so that we could maintain operability.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374554769314042914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBFkrYVCI/AAAAAAAABF4/1iNUtT3VnII/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1012.jpg" /><br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374553842514563266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZAPoFKkMI/AAAAAAAABFI/qZGqNBsT-rg/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1024.jpg" /></div><div>We salvaged most of the glass from Eugene's very own BRING Recycled Building Material Supply Center. Learned a few lessons about reclaiming glass. Even as a very experienced glass cutter, tempered glass and safety glass aren't going to behave. The former I couldn't break no matter what I tried and the latter shattered into thousands of pieces at the slightest score. Tip on choosing glass you plan to cut into pieces, avoid doors which usually have treated glass, stick with old-fashioned windows and plate glass which can be cut with a few simple tools.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374554774881148258" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBF5arnWI/AAAAAAAABGA/Mql3h1cezyI/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0992.jpg" /></div><div>The lesson also provided an awesome photo-op</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555326013263122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBl-i0TRI/AAAAAAAABGg/cM4dUbnl_D4/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0871.jpg" /></div><div>Now, on to some cob!</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374555316640623410" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBlboNKzI/AAAAAAAABGY/nsGNzgdbKSM/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_0944.jpg" />The east and west walls have a bunch of stud framing and shear bracing in them, but we wanted also as many windows as possible. Cob is the perfect medium for bring all those things together! Since the cob is not load-bearing we can also go much thinner than traditionally with the entire wall system! I like to add metal fencing material stapled to the framing to the center of the wall.<br /></div><div><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374553852097075826" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZAQLx0GnI/AAAAAAAABFQ/I4CnQNtC8G4/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1034.jpg" /></div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374553854702045266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZAQVe4yFI/AAAAAAAABFY/y2zuIphv8II/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1043.jpg" /></div><div>Planting the cinder blocks in the front urbanite stemwall.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374553864700293522" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZAQ6up8ZI/AAAAAAAABFg/X08kFedN5_w/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1058.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374553872113915458" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZARWWM1kI/AAAAAAAABFo/vksde0kXLOI/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1061.jpg" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBFKZgIJI/AAAAAAAABFw/wRXwzPRrGYw/s1600-h/rainwater+greenhouse_1021.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374554762259734674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpZBFKZgIJI/AAAAAAAABFw/wRXwzPRrGYw/s320/rainwater+greenhouse_1021.jpg" /></a>Harvest yet to come!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027114734594238980.post-62771287663151042942009-08-26T23:20:00.000-07:002009-08-27T00:55:37.464-07:00Rainwater Greenhouse - Flipbook Progress<div align="center">~Welcome to the Rainwater Greenhouse Project Overview~</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Pictures from the same point </div><div align="center">over the course of building so far, </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">enjoy!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY290vZwEI/AAAAAAAABFA/7v-Qme1ZOOA/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0136.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374543641070649410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY290vZwEI/AAAAAAAABFA/7v-Qme1ZOOA/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0136.jpg" /></a> The site as I arrived to it. </div><div align="center">Ethan and his father had already done much of the work, prepping an 18" deep gravel trench for the foot of the building and cutting 2'x2' concrete blocks out of existing slabs on their property. </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY29XNgRlI/AAAAAAAABE4/8vBHUbP1LRw/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0149.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374543633143842386" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY29XNgRlI/AAAAAAAABE4/8vBHUbP1LRw/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0149.jpg" /></a>The perimeter wall, another urbanite treasure from this place.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28z9ufqI/AAAAAAAABEw/-TBTPerQcKQ/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0158.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374543623682424482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28z9ufqI/AAAAAAAABEw/-TBTPerQcKQ/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0158.jpg" /></a>The main bent of posts and beams goes up.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28sCwN0I/AAAAAAAABEo/zlydPwgFSko/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0164.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374543621556025154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28sCwN0I/AAAAAAAABEo/zlydPwgFSko/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0164.jpg" /></a>Laying the foundation.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28DdyFVI/AAAAAAAABEg/RladfJWNrUs/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0225.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374543610663540050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY28DdyFVI/AAAAAAAABEg/RladfJWNrUs/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0225.jpg" /></a>Ferrocement gutter cures<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1Vq02pAI/AAAAAAAABEY/riHZa1vfrdk/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0836.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374541851702764546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1Vq02pAI/AAAAAAAABEY/riHZa1vfrdk/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0836.jpg" /></a>Purlins and brackets and beams, oh my!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1U463XfI/AAAAAAAABEQ/y2d7YiqsxMU/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0862.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374541838306205170" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1U463XfI/AAAAAAAABEQ/y2d7YiqsxMU/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0862.jpg" /></a>Metal roofing goes up and reclaimed glass sliding doors form the front wall.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1Uv6-VhI/AAAAAAAABEI/sLSCddZDRIc/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0961.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374541835890742802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1Uv6-VhI/AAAAAAAABEI/sLSCddZDRIc/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0961.jpg" /></a>The clerestory is also crafted from reclaimed windows.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1UHmXSsI/AAAAAAAABEA/lU7iAR3gRYE/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_0990.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374541825066879682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1UHmXSsI/AAAAAAAABEA/lU7iAR3gRYE/s320/rainwater+flipbook_0990.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1TpIRNCI/AAAAAAAABD4/Gk4OWRF70ew/s1600-h/rainwater+flipbook_1019.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374541816887587874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8dbxhS6eos/SpY1TpIRNCI/AAAAAAAABD4/Gk4OWRF70ew/s320/rainwater+flipbook_1019.jpg" /></a> <div align="center"><em>to be continued...</em></div><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>erica annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363749921277915733noreply@blogger.com1