Judith | January 25, 2010
I mentioned in a previous post that I had some experienced papercretes come back in September to help me with a new project. I wanted to try using a hybrid slip form and block construction method. I had tried the slip form method on an interior wall of my original project and loved how it [...]
Judith | January 24, 2010
These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. In 1850, old growth redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) of the California coast. The northern portion of that area, originally inhabited by Native Americans, attracted many lumbermen and others turned gold miners when a minor gold rush brought [...]
Judith | January 24, 2010
One of the primary reasons for building with papercrete is to preserve trees. I was doing some research recently and came across some very disturbing statistics about trees. We have been led to believe that with the increase in electronic communication and use of home and business computers that the use of paper would decline. [...]
Judith | January 19, 2010
Big fat flakes of snow have been been falling since well before dawn. It feels good to sit here looking out the window and thinking about getting back to papercreting. Thankfully we have a rather short winter here so it should be warm enough to work by March, but I’m not planning any official workshops [...]
