Seaweed roofing

by Steen Djervad

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Seaweed roofing

the island of Laesoe, a small community of two tousind people, a very special place where there still is some of the old houses with a roofing of seaweed, it is maybe 4-5 feet thick someplaces more, and it has kept the houses dry and warm all year around for hundreds of years and the most amazing thing is it is alive it does not dry out, it keeps lasting as long as you spend some time maintaining it

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Cristina Marsi

Cristina Marsi 27 Jul 2008

Great work in its essentiality, and interesting description :)

Anonymous Guest 12 Sep 2006

Someday I hope I can come home and see these wondrous things! Love, Pakki

Steen Djervad
Artist Reply: the wondrous things are all around us, you showed me that most wonderfully last we met, the place your live is far more alive and real than owercultuwated europe, and especially the small streak of soil called Denmark:)
Kukua Akumanyi

Kukua Akumanyi 12 Sep 2006

wow hpow amazing!

Julie Mayser

Julie Mayser 12 Sep 2006

I found the text accompaniment to be very interesting and excellent in piqueing my interest. Now I want to know how they maintain the seaweed so it stays alive! Lovely drawing! Steen. did you take pics?

Steen Djervad
Artist Reply: I am not sure if I understand it all, but it have to be a surtain thickness, to keep its moisture and I guess it uses it self up, so you have to put more seaweed on top of it now and then, to maintain the microclimate. no and yes about pics I took some film photos they are not sendt to developing yet but I will let you have a picture of it:)
Emily Reed

Emily Reed 12 Sep 2006

Excellent drawing!