Traditional Flat earthen roof using Eeta leaves
Traditional earthen roof with a vapor barrier in 3 Storey home in two floors made with out concrete but mud and eeta leaves
Natural Finishes
Natural Finishes
Natural Finishes is a series where we portraits a part of a natural building like wall finishing methods (earth and lime based plasters, renders & paints), floors (earthen floors, natural stones,terracotta) used by us or by other natural builders or from a traditional buildings.
Here we try to understand the different techniques of various portions of a dwelling by understanding the various techniques and methods of flooring, roofing or plaster finishes. The research eventually culminates in experiments of our own. The idea here is to bring the lesser known technologies to the household of the common man.
Devan’s Earthen Plaster using lime, husk & cow urine
Recipe for Earthen Plaster using lime, husk & cow urine for a beautiful wall finish of Devapriyan Kanjankat‘s Cob home from the Coast of Kerala.
Clay plasters in Ash Cottage
Article by Natural builder Becky Little about how she used clay plaster in her home & studio space to render an interior wall.
Path way to Lime Kilns
The glory isn’t lost, we can reintroduce lime back into our lives into our homes, in this age of global warming they could be the saviours. It’s time we look back for a better future.
Earth buildings still smile under the veil of Lakkundi village
You can find on earth buildings in Lakkundi multitude textures from stone, wattle & daub, mud, wood and lime to satisfy the natural building lover’s palette
Land Art in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
As a request from others after 3 years we all thought of putting this land art in this blog.We named this sculpture “Giri Vannakam”, means bow to a mountain, Arunachala