Carole Crews leads us on a journey through the parts of our home made with earth and water, but also tells an important story along the way.
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Darcy Donovan updates us on her progress of building bale structures in Pakistan through PAKSAB
Jame Henderson of Henderson Clayworks shares his knowledge of bale wall plaster systems and how to differentiate the most important aspects of each
Kyle Holzhueter once again dazzles us with his detailed explanation of another water resistant natural finish using lime
Alex Sparrow walks us through a detailed explanation how to build hempcrete walls in part two of this series
Kyle Holzhueter brings us the most detailed explanation we have ever had of a plastering technique. This one is of a fine Japanese finish.
Alex Sparrow begins a two-part series on hemp lime, or hempcrete. Hemp lime is relatively new but is fast becoming part of the natural building lexicon.
Ryan Chivers walks us through his recent experience running a lime plaster and tadelakt workshop in Costa Rica. Topics covered include qualities of lime and mixes used for tadelakt.
Kyle Holzheuter takes on a tour of straw bale construction in Japan. This is the second in a multi-part series about natural building in Asia.
by Tom Woolley Ed Note: More in-depth information on hemp lime will be in Issue #64 due out in July. When Rachel Bevan and I did the research that led to…
By Ryan Chivers With the modern development of natural building technologies, there has been a resurgence and rediscovery of ancient and traditional methods of plasterwork. For over 10,000 years, in…
This article appeared in TLS #43. by Gernot Minke – University of Kassel, Germany Note: This article is excerpted from Earth Construction Handbook (by Gernot Minke, WIT Press, Southhampton, Boston,…
