Thursday, July 19, 2007

[papercreters] Re: Off topic - crash pad

You might try to contact Lex Terry. He's not a member of
Papercreters, but you can always try to recruit him :)
He's listed on Barry Fuller's web site.

I'll send you his address and phone off list.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Mikey Sklar <sklarm-yahoo@...>
wrote:
>
>
> My girlfriend and I are road tripping for the next two weeks and
would
> love to meet some other papercreters. We are driving from southern
New
> Mexico to Vancouver. Tonight we will be hitting the four corners
> region at about 6pm. If anyone on this list lives within 80 miles
of
> Cortez, CO and has crash pad we'd love to
> hang out and crash at your place for a night.
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2007, at 7:42 AM, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@...> wrote:
>
> > I recall visiting Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon DeChelly, and a
> > few other sites back in the 70's.
> >
> > Pretty amazing stuff.
> >
> > As I recall, most of those structures had very strong foundations
> > that nature provided. When building inside a cliff it's easy to
> > build on bedrock! It's hard to get a better foundation than that.
> > Some very intelligent engineering and construction.
> >
> > Buried in the treasured family archives are a bunch of slides of
> > those buildings, but I'm not sure where to look for 'em. LOL.
> >
> > The other thing I remember about that vacation was a really nasty
> > sunburn. (suprise, surprise!)
> >
> >
> > --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS
> > <williams_judith@> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> You're right! I knew that wall looked familiar. When you think
> > about how they constructed their buildings right on the ground
with
> > no foundation and using nothing but stones, mud, and timbers it's
> > incredible they are still standing. Some of the walls at Chaco
Canyon
> > are 5 stories high and made out of individual stones no larger
than a
> > deck of cards or a slice of bread.
> >>
> >>
> >> To: papercreters@: slurryguy@: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:49:54
> > +0000Subject: [papercreters] Re: New photos
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> When looking at Judith's picture looking out her window, I'm
> > reminded of ancient architecture in her part of the world.Compare
her
> > picture to this
> >
one:http://www.canyonlights.com/Resources/hovenweepdoorwayb.jpegAnasaz
> > iGidget? :)--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy"
> > <slurryguy@> wrote:>> Here is a url to take you straight to
Judith's
> > pics.>
> > http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/photos/browse/e1fb?
c=>
> >> Here's a the same album as a tiny clickable url:>
> > http://tinyurl.com/2jec56> > > --- In
papercreters@yahoogroups.com,
> > JUDITH WILLIAMS > <williams_judith@> wrote:> >> > > > Slurryguy
was
> > kind enough to post a few new photos of my project. > My walls
are up
> > to above the windows and doors now. What happened was > a friend
who
> > I met on the internet through a mutual interest in > alternative
> > building stopped by when I wasn't here and snapped these > pics
which
> > he emailed to me. My camera met its end at the bottom of > my
cooler
> > in a puddle of melted ice so I haven't taken any recent > shots to
> > share. The heat here in NM is forcing me to take a break > from
> > construction but I'm pondering some very interesting new things >
to
> > do with papercrete while I sit in the shade with a tall cool one
( >
> > or maybe 2 or 3 .....). I'm happy to see so many new members to
the >
> > group and always look forward to learning what everyone is up to.
>
> > Judith> >
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>>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
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> >
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