The idea of doing a relief started when we went to look at another strawbale house that had a tree of life relief on an external wall - it looked amazing! So we thought we could do something similar on the west wall of the house…
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Thanks to Alessandra on camera and our video producer Michael we have the latest Nga Kereru short video compilation to share with you - Maraetotara Strawbale | Part 3: Earth Plaster. Enjoy!!!
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Plastering is underway, everything up to now has been preparation for this - the main event… love the mud :-)
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We invited a few family and friends already involved with our build to join us for our wall raising, this is a community effort similar to an old school barn raising, where the straw bales are cut, laid and compressed into the house walls.
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Add in sticks to the blog title and we are back revisiting the three pigs story!! there has been a lot written already about timber framing, so it’s time now for an update on the straw and bricks….
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