As I was riding a city bus yesterday, I noticed a patch of brick road when we stopped at an intersection. Not sure if it was in Vancouver or Burnaby, but I just stared at it. The other side of the street was paved and it seemed like the old brick was just peeping out.…
The material used on the outside of straw bale homes is made of clay, sand, and organic matter. These days it’s called earthen plaster, but this mud mix has been used for about centuries in the form of wattle and daub, rammed earth and adobe. Until mud bricks were first fired and construction methods evolved,…
Earlier today, I was thinking about clay…how it is strengthened when molecules overlap. This lead to pondering the organic material itself. I’ve always been curious about how things work and this tendency led to an interest in scientific processes. So, after looking at a few sites, I came across a description about the formation of clay…
I’m thinking of making some draped or folded porcelain vessels to replace slipcast flower pots. All but one of my African violets are in the wrong kind of pot. They need two-piece nesting vessels, the outer one glazed, the inner one unglazed. Water is poured into the outer bowl and the moisture leaches through the…
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