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 [...]
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 them [...]
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 [...]
Judith | December 14, 2009
I got an email yesterday from a teacher in Germany who has been working on a papercrete house with his primary school children. Hans, the teacher first learned of papercrete at the Hannover EXPO 2000 and thought it would be a great thing for his students to try. His school of about 200 students emphasizes [...]
Judith | December 14, 2009
What was I thinking 4 years ago when I decided to get involved with papercrete?
I knew I wanted to build a house for myself – and I do mean by myself – with my own body, mind, heart and soul.
I was thinking that I needed to find a medium and method that could be easily [...]
