Cob cob / ceramics

[goshawk at gnat.net]

> >
> >	pat: why do you use cob at the ends of the superadobe bags?
> >
because the ends  of the bags  were often subject to being stepped on 
and also not being as well packed as the middle of the bag. (this was 
a vault I was working on) and by adding the straw reinforced cob at 
the end it kept it's shape better and seemed to hold up better. 



> >	waddya all think? fired cob? hmm.... or maybe fired
> >wattle-and-daub, or
> >firing bricks made from woodchips and earth. anybody out there ever fired
> >a cob
> >structure? i think the ratio of earth to straw/woodchips might be critical
> >(if
> >the idea had any chance of working anyway, which i'm not convinced it would).
> >
> >just some crazy thoughts.
> >
> >lars fields
> 

Boy Lars, you was really gettin into it ugh!
L&L
Pat
& the Maukly crew
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