Hi Nancy,
I guess there are 3 of us, then, because Dusty is responsible for coining the 'income fixed at not enough' comment. I am trying to learn everything that I can soak up from the papercrete info but I have a long way to go. My goal is to take not only my home but a fair sized horse operation 'off the grid'. Papercrete appears to have the potential to be a big part of that but still, only one part.
I did a lot of historic restoration work in the eighties and might have a few answers for your bullseyes and plastered ceilings. An ancient artisan taught me how to work with wet canvas and plaster of paris.... and it got past the preservationists....
Part of the reason I'm leaving NC and going to NM is all the things that they won't allow.
Clarissa
"He who holds, must first have discovered.
He who has discoverd, must first have sought."
~tales of y Chadee
Nancy Bracewell <Cather39@bham.rr.com> wrote:
It's good to know someone in the same boat as I am, with income fixed at "not enough"! You should be a writer; your gift of expression is great! Your sig is great, too!My interest in papercrete isn't so much for building -- not a chance anyone around here would OK such a thing -- but in art and crafts and interior structure. Stuff like making molded ceiling/wall coverings, partitions, architectural "details" and such. For example, I want to replace a couple of broken "bull's-eye" corner trims on myMy house is old (1929) and needs some basic work. Anything I'd do with 'crete would have to be sneaky!
I watch this list and don't participate -- mostly I dream about what CAN be done and I gripe at the lack of imagination, inventiveness, adventure, experiment of the PTB."That's the way we've always done it," is anathema to my way of thinking!Nancy The decline in our standard of living may not be a sign of economic failure; rather, it may be part of the cure for our economic ills. --Paul Hawken in The Next Economy- - - - -Clarissa, Rodeo, NM, and horsesPosted by: "Dusty" mys.terious@verizon.net seaeaglewoman
