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pictures from cob building

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rachael hamblin
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April 17, 2008, 10:49:44 PM

Here are some pictures from building a primarily cob (one wall of light clay and some paja reque) art studio at O.U.R. Ecovillage in 2006. We didn't completely finish the building that summer and I haven't been able to find pictures of the completed building, but I thought this would be interesting for folks wondering what cob in process looks like.

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rachael hamblin
Posts: 129

April 17, 2008, 10:56:03 PM

Here are a few more pictures; the first one includes a dividing wall of paja reque. Paja reque is a technique involving rolling long dry grasses in a clay slip into gooey snakes which you then weave between branches starting at the ground and building up to form a wall. I believe it is originally from Mexico.

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rachael hamblin
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April 17, 2008, 10:58:29 PM

And here are a few pictures from plastering the Healing Sanctuary, another building on the property.

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