Posts Tagged ‘layers’

We built the Chemainus greenhouse wall on Vancouver Island, B.C. just outside Duncan.  This project was a collaboration with Scott and Carla, the owners. Nailing a board to the footing that will hold the forms in place. Nailing the strongback to a whaler. For these rammed earth forms we used materials that Scott already had, [...]

In a rammed earth wall there are layers that are made from each time a lift of material is compacted but there are also many ways to add artistic highlights to the surface of the wall. The following are just a few samples. Artistic layering using rammed limestone with some red and black lava. Rammed [...]