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The HeartSung house, NASNB Coquille, OR
Earthen building traditions from the past towards a viable future. Natural building techniques from around the world in photos and text. Play in the mud and have fun building with natural materials and your best tool: your own body!
The real dirt on the earth
Welcome to the muddy reality of earthen building traditions. Where dirty hands are a blessing and muddy feet a must! I invite you to get in the mud and dance yourself an earthen fireplace, oven or your own happy home! The avenues of mud and it's quailities bring out the best in all of us so start creating your own muddy revolution now!
Recommended reading
- Architecture for the Poor by Hassan Fathy
- Dirt the Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan
- Create an Oasis with Greywater Art Ludwig
- The Natural Plaster book Chiras and Geulberth
- Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition Bourgeois and Pelos
- Build your own Earth Oven Kiko Denzer
- Dig your hands in the dirt Kiko Denzer
- The Hand Sculpted House by Evans,Smiley and Smith
- The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins
- The secret life of trees by Colin Trudge
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About Me
- Christo
- Loves to dance in the mud, build with natural materials with hands and feet and a bare necessity on hand tools. wood fired food, Sourdough bread made from our family pet starter "Herman" wake me up for some good honey and bread, falling stars, sunrise, and fresh figs from the tree!
Cobbing in Oregon
The HeartSung house, NASNB Coquille, OR