Marcia Selsor on thu 13 feb 03
Dear Stephani,
Thanks for all your info on San Diego. It will help many of us through
the city.
As for the milk and terra cotta, that sounds very interesting. I have
been reading Becky Bee's book on Cob Building. She will be a presenter
at NCECA in the panel in "Architecture as Metaphor". She mentions a milk
based sealer for these cob structures.
Homesteaders in the Dakotas used an egg casein (as in original
gouache)surface treatment on sod homes.
It is all interesting. I used a lime additive for hardening my clay
rammed earth structure in the '70s. These of course are unfired clay
structures. The transferring of the idea of this organic material to
seal a fired piece is interesting. Thanks for the description. It sounds
like a good read.
Looking forward to seeing you in SD.
Best wishes,
Marcia
--
Tuscany in 2003
http://home.attbi.com/~m.selsor/Tuscany2003.html
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