[papercreters] Kiva fireplace

I am getting ready to build 2 small kiva fireplaces. I have a good book that shows just what to do (Clay Culture by Carole Crews) using adobe blocks. I have a few blocks but not enough. I'm wondering if I can form up the shape of the fireplace with welded wire and rebar then cob over it using a mix with a small amount of straw in it.

Other than that what I have are a lot of those half size cinder blocks that are left over from another fireplace I built. I could cut them to shape with a tile saw. The walls are papercrete so I think I will gauge it out and replace it with pumicecrete right behind where the fireplace will go.

The Making of Papercrete DVD now available on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Papercrete-Judith-Williams/dp/B0040ZNE9A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1283998627&sr=8-1

Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog

More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith

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