Wild Red Dirt Exterior Plaster Finish
Help us put on the final wild red clay finish coat of plaster on the exterior of the Community Rebuilds BunkHouse. The Bunkhouse is a 3600 sf two-story strawbale living quarters for the CR interns. The exterior of the building is an all earthen plaster. Learn Kaki and Doni’s tried and true method for making earthen plasters durable, fun and beautiful. We will discuss choosing wild clay, how we designed the recipe for the base layer, our favorite application method, and the creme de la creme: the beautiful wild red clay finish which we will have as our hands-on experience.
Speaker
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Kaki Hunter & Doni Kiffmeyer
Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer are the authors of Earthbag Building; The
Tools, Tricks, and Techniques. They have lived in Moab for over 35 years. They have been
learning and teaching natural building techniques for 28 of them.
They specialize in sculpted earthen and lime plasters, cob, adobe floors, light clay straw and
earthbag building systems. Their natural building exploits have taken them to the Bahamas,
Belize, Jamaica, Ontario, upstate New York, Washington DC and throughout the Southwest
USA.
