Not a bad start… 42 done 108 to go!The children managed to understand quite quickly what they needed to do. In a few hours we managed to produce quite a considerable number of panels. My biggest worry at the moment is how many will survive?
Of the tests I made all my samples survived, but I did it under a quite “controlled environment”. It was only me so I managed to keep the consistency of the clay all the way through. With 20-30 kids this is something that is hard to do… They were so keen to do it that I’m afraid that they might have ended up mixing wet and dry clay and not taking all the air out, or cutting the patterns too deep.
Time will tell and if we are lucky there will be some nice ones that will survive to tell the story. In the end they had fun, as Harper, Sally and Sam could see, and that is what matters.
Panels aside, and the plastering problem solved, today was also important because I managed to finally speak to the contractor. He is up in the mountains and is trying to organize the thatch we still need to finish the building. Monday he will be back and we’ll be able to hopefully set our eyes on the deadline.
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