Wattle and Daub

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Wattle and Daub
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paula Sunshine
SeriesShire Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:40
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149
Category/GenreBuilding construction and materials
Building skills and trades
ISBN/Barcode 9780747806523
ClassificationsDewey:694
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Shire Publications
Publication Date 1 June 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sticks (wattle) and clay or earth (daub) has been used to fill gaps in wooden framework buildings. This book explains the technique and mysteries surrounding this building method.

Author Biography

Paul Sunshine works daily with timber-framed buildings, teaching homeowners and people in the building trade traditional methods of repair, such as wattle and daub and lime plastering. An alumna of the Princes Foundation Craft Scholarship Scheme, an organisation set up in 2002 to encourage the development of traditional building skills, she was presented in 2003 with the prestigious Hancocks Medal by HRH the Prince of Wales for her work with lime.