WOOOO HOOOOO.
Hey Tom!!!
Photos? Videos? Details?
C'mon dude. I bet I'm not the only one itching to see what you have going on.
(Yes, I'm calling out all interested Papercreters to help pester him into posting some updates to our group about what he's doing.)
I feel like a little kid that hears the ice cream truck, but when I run outside, the truck is a couple blocks away on another street, and I don't know if it will drive by my house.
Do you have any Papercrete Nubian Vault Ice Cream to share with the rest of the children here on Papercreters Tom? Please? Pretty please?
Full Copy of the Newspaper Article Follows:
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Nubian architecture in West Texas
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2013 4:03 am | Updated: 7:59 am, Mon Jul 8, 2013.
By Sam Richardson sam@alpineavalanche.com | 0 comments
Alpine artist Tom Curry is combining an ancient architectural technique with an innovative way of making bricks from recycled paper to build a new studio on Murphy Street. Curry bought the property at 104 W. Murphy Street two years ago. There were two old sheds on the premises, which he refurbished and is using as an office and studio. In front of the sheds he is building a 14-by-20-foot Nubian vault, with a high domed ceiling. The walls and ceiling of the vault are made of papercrete.
The technology of vaulted buildings is Sudanese Nubian in origin. One of the advantages of the Nubian vault is that it can be built without any support or shuttering. Bricks for the ceiling are laid leaning at a slight slope against the gable walls in a length-wise vault. The buildings don't require additional roofing material or large beams.
Papercrete consists of re-pulped paper fiber mixed with Portland cement. First patented in 1928, it was revived during the 1980s. The paper to be used can come from a variety of sources: newspaper, junk mail, magazines, books. Curry said that a lot of the paper that is going into his walls are old Alpine Avalanches. The papercrete bricks are 65 per cent paper, 30 per cent sand and 10 per cent Portland cement. Water is added to achieve the right consistency before the papercrete is poured or plastered.
Curry has built two buildings using the vault construction, including the first home of its type in Texas (pictured on the front page). It's located in the canyon Sunny Glenn. He also built two complete houses and one apartment using papercrete.
"Vaults and domes are a good alternative to metal rooves," said Curry, who added that the late Hal Flanders first interested him papercrete a number of years ago.
Curry's artwork has been described as "Texas Chic with a regional flair." His paintings are mostly conceptual with a humorous twist that often voice social concerns. His primary medium is acrylic on hardboard or canvas. The paintings are in private collections in the United States, Europe and Japan and he has had 10 one-man shows. He has exhibited in group shows including the prestigious Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.
He has been an illustrator since 1977, accumulating many awards from The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Communication Arts, The New York Art Directors Club, Graphis, and Print magazine. Some of Curry's clients include Time, Newsweek Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly and The New York City Opera. He has illustrated six children's books. The latest one, Buckamoo Girls, was selected as one of the ten best in 2006, according to Time Magazine.
Curry is a native Texan who grew up in Coleman, near Abilene. After 18 years living and working in Austin, he moved to Alpine for the beauty of the region and to concentrate on personal paintings and sculptures incorporating papercrete. In 2008, he was the honored artist for Alpine's annual Art Walk. His work is currently exhibited at the Catchlight Gallery in Alpine.
http://www.alpineavalanche.com/news/article_486c946a-e7ad-11e2-acaf-001a4bcf887a.html
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
[papercreters] Tom Curry, one of our members, makes the News. He's building a Nubian Vault.
