Natural Paint:
Mixing paints made from local and natural ingredients, non-toxic, zero VOC's, and kinda' cheap.
Cheap, how cheap..?
Well we mix a 20L drum of Alis paint... costing something like R15. It can be used as an exterior paint and should last up to 10 to 20 years.
You don't believe it....
well time will tell on the exterior walls the course attendees just painted!
the paint from previous courses... is still holding strong with no colour fading or deterioration.
The team mixing the Alis paints.. we mixed about 4 or 5 different colours and recipe variations.
Helen as chief chef.
Erwin... our foxie doing some quality control on the Quark (old milk) paints.
Seems it passed with flying colours...!!!
The guys taking on some of the staff quarters with their various natural paints on the Riverbend Farm.
Looking good Jean.
A lovely toned down natural pigment using some of the natural clays.
Helen, now as Picasso putting the finishing touches on the building.
We also teach you to quickly clean your brushes - hee he!
Johan. enjoying himself with the quark paints.... jeepers check the colours bru!!
Aimee, our usual course mascot and "climb in boots an' all" participant does a stunning job painting some roses on the building entrance.
Thanx Aimee'kies
Colours galore.
onto, Natural Plaster:
Mixed with local ingedients, nothing from a quarry or a hardware store.
The fibre was a nice batch of loovly fresh horse manure.
The fibre was a nice batch of loovly fresh horse manure.
Mark ensuring we have a good mix of plaster aggregate with clayey soil.
Stick it must stick.... and look beautiful and protect the cob walls.
Yip Ladies... the manure is fresh - harvested this morning from Colin and Co. our Plaster Machines (our horses).
Different trowelling techniques are demonstrated and practiced.
It seems even Sonia from InSynch Sustainable Technologies is becomming a Plastering Master.
Sonia is teaching the internal Lime Renders to some of the course attendess.
Gerald, Peter and Alex enjoying themselves..
Gerald, Peter and Alex enjoying themselves..
Wow... the end of the day on Riverbend Farm at the InSynch Training Centre in Lanseria, South Africa.
Alastair
