Through community effort a cob bench was built on Bimini Pl in front of one of the Eco-Village’s buildings. The work on the bench has been facilitated by a several work parties, individual contributions and spontaneus work efforts. The idea came originally from Ann. Ray Cirino was our technical advisor and he had the idea of turning it into a lizzard.
Some pictures of the progress:
Click here to see slideshow put together by Lois Arkin
June 2006:
November 2006
Testing Sand to Clay ratio
This is the test for the cob:
Fresh cob:
Comparison of fresh cob and dry cob (after drying for three days)
1/1: One part clay and one part sand. Plus some straw
3/4: Three parts clay four parts sand. Plus some straw:
Just Clay, with no straw added. As you can see the clay is cracked. Sand prevents cracking.
