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Creating the "Waddle"


LPCullen

I don't know what this stuff is called, but Rik called it "waddle". This is to appear to be boards that show through the wall where the plaster has broken. Using paper and toothpicks, weaving it together and gluing it up. Then we paint it. And let me say, "weaving ain't my thing"!

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Rik Pierce Class 2007

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Linda, Wikipedia says this about the wattle-and-daub building technique:

Wattle and daub are building materials used in constructing houses. A woven latticework of wooden stakes called wattles is daubed with a mixture of clay and sand and sometimes animal dung and straw to create a structure. The daub was sometimes mixed (a laborious process by hand) by placing it in farm gateways for the animals to trample through. Hence the dung would have been introduced more as a side-effect than intentionally, although it does no harm to the mix. It is normally whitewashed to increase its resistance to rain. Examples of buildings which use wattle and daub can still be found in many parts of the world. In half-timbered buildings, the wattle and daub is contained between wooden beams. This usually gives the building a black and white appearance when the daub is whitewashed, or black and brown, if it is not.

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