Cob-Wood contact details

[Rog]

Mornin' Charmaine,

> HI Rog...yes I made a few bricks and they are still drying..made some
with
> just clay/chips....my concern is what would you mortar with?
> 
> I am not sure I like this stuff for bricks...may be too weak in EQ
country
> for movement..monolithic 'feels' safer to me, ie poured wall and bricks
are
> so dang much trouble>> make, dry, turn out, tuner over,  pick up, break
> fingernails,  mortar, level, repeat x 9,004 or so....:>

Yeah, methinks you're right -- poured is better.  And, thinking it through,
I'm sure the pouring process could be adapted to suit my warehouse
situation.  After all, this whole cob-thing is about being a bit creative
with one's technique, isn't it?

> YES!! I absolutely want to talk with them...I am now hounding the
regional

All-righty then.  I'm working on an email address for them -- spoke to a
pretty knowledgable sort this morning, who is happy to answer questions but
doesn't actually have net access personally (yup, apparently such people do
still exist).
However, they're on a permaculture village and a few of the other residents
are net-enabled.  My contact is just sussing out which one of them is happy
to be the go-between.  If that doesn't work, I'll check that they're cool
with it and pass on the, you know, phone number thingy.  Sigh.

> I mixed two kinds...Madrone and Redwood and got a better 'sculptable'
> blend...the grainy one and the chippy one held together well.

This is great!  Could it be made firm to the point where it could be curved
by hand, ala traditional 'lumpy' cob?

Cheers, Rog.