“House of Earth”

A great article about a book Woody Gutherie wrote about the virtues of adobe building. Having always been a gutherie and adobe fan I had to post the link. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/books/review/woody-guthries-dust-bowl-novel.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Beautiful

 Check out this beautiful work done through the inspiration of 2 non profits in Africa,

http://africansolutions.org./  and http://www.happi-online.org/ I love it.

Clay Paint

 I am a real fan of bioshields clay paints, but I also love to make my own.

As per request for clay paint recipe, use as a starting point, refine

to personal taste as you would any recipe

Clay Paint 101

1 gallon h20

5 quarts kaolin clay or local sourced clay

4 quarts total combined of whiting,extra fine sand and/or mica

1 quart of flour or rice paste

slackened pigment for color if needed

whisk or beat with a plaster drill

all ingredients can be bought at a pottery supply house

If you have left over paint, which you should for touch up, dry paint

by pouring on a tarp and allow spill to dry completely before storing

always do a sample before painting an area, if paint cracks use more

sand or whiting

can thin with h20 if need be

buy Carole's book http://carolecrews.com/

check out
http://www.bioshieldpaint.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=93

http://www.earthpigments.com/

Thinking about summer workshops, request welcome.