Judith | July 19, 2010
Actually several milestones were reached this weekend. I had been without a truck for over a year until I found a really good one in March. The only problem with it was that it had no tailgate and no trailer hitch. Up until now I have had to make arrangements to borrow a truck with [...]
Judith | July 10, 2010
Have you ever noticed that when you are right at the end of an important phase of your project you come to a standstill?
This is what has happened to me. I am right at the top of my walls and have just one or two more courses to pour and things have just stopped moving [...]
Judith | June 21, 2010
Many have asked how papercrete would hold up in a tropical climate. I must admit I have not had any real answers for them because I am in a desert environment and have not heard from anyone who has used papercrete in a humid area.
This morning as I was doing some web [...]
Judith | June 2, 2010
This line of blocks will extend down the road as more batches are mixed, poured and cut.
Making blocks has always been my favorite part of working with papercrete. I think it’s because it’s something that can be done without the help of other people. I loved getting an early start, having all my stuff organized [...]
Judith | May 27, 2010
I know I’ve been away from this blog for a while. I just can’t seem to coordinate my making papercrete with the filming and writing about it.
But it’s been a busy and productive 2 months in spite of the strong winds and cold weather.
I had a few glitches at the start such as my neighbor [...]
Judith | March 15, 2010
The weather was perfect on Saturday so I started my new project. The building I started in September will serve as a bedroom and the new building will be a kitchen with a claw foot tub in it. It will also have a small area partitioned off for the sawdust toilet.The south wall will be [...]
Judith | March 10, 2010
I am posting this article about students at the University of Arizona learning about papercrete. It includes a lot of useful information about cement and other interesting stuff about papercrete and how it is being used.
When I first got started with papercrete 5 years ago I saw its potential as a way for women to [...]
Judith | February 25, 2010
I live about 25 miles from the nearest “big” town and on the way to a fro I pass an adobe house that is condemned. It isn’t hard to figure out what the problem is. The adobe house is cracked down the middle, a huge gap that starts out narrow at the bottom and widens [...]
Judith | February 11, 2010
Eve’s Garden is what many consider to be the best example of the possibilities of papercrete. Clyde Curry and Kate Thayer have done wonders with this humble, easy to make, easy to work with, environmentally friendly, highly insulating product. Who would ever suspect these gorgeous building are made out of a simple mixture of paper [...]
Judith | February 2, 2010
Well that title about said it all. I am spending hours here at the desk so I can make the best use of this blog and the internet in general. I don’t find it to be intuitive, and I tend to be an intuitive person. I must say though that all the tech support people [...]
