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posted May 17, 2007
COB COURTYARD SPRING REPAIRS
missing shingles put back on
Oregon earthen builder and sculptor Kiko Denzer www.handprintpress.com writes "The best way to "preserve" art is to create it, and re-create it, again and again." (Kiko's wonderful books are in the park's little research reference library -- if you want to have a look, ask the park staff.) The world over, earthen walls get seasonal repair and "sprucing up," each time becoming a little different. This year, Daniel Cayley first replaced a few missing cedar shingles.
Then Heidrun Gabel-Koepff, a park friend and sculptor originally from Bremen, Germany, shaved the unshingled middle section of the cob wall so that it could also accept shingles.
Top of cob wall shaved
Heidrun is also experimenting with different plaster mixes, to repair cracks from the winter. This winter, the cob plaster held up better than last, with much less of the loosening that was evident in sections last year. As soon as the weather warms up (plaster sticks best when applied in warm weather when the temperature never goes below 10 Celsius), Heidrun will try out her latest mixes.
Heidrun checking out plaster