Thatching

Thatching: a photo essay. This term thatching landed on the day the speed of sound was measured in physical science class. This meant needing to remember to pack gloves, a knife, a sharpening stone, hat, sunglasses, towels, in the morning. Misty rain fell at the start of the class, a welcome relief after the too ferocious sun of the midday.

Audrey Ann works on a doak for thatching

Benselyn making doakoahs en Ruk

The frondlets are from oahs, Metroxylon amicarum

Blossom with her "flag"

Lashana demonstrated prior practice with a very regular weave

Pelinda starting hers - rain had made the cement wet which is why everyone is standing

Saya working on doakoahs en Ruk

Herna working on the same doakoahs en Ruk style of thatching

Saya

Natalie retrieves more frondlets as Shawn gets started

Ashanty and Pelinda

Blossom marching with her self-proclaimed flag

Felsida

Lashana

A regular, straight weave line

Natalie, Burnell in the background

AJ and Sisero reeling out line

AJ, Sisero

Saya

Herna

Saya as the sun broke out of the clouds

Splitting and removing part of the nohk is necessary with oahs


Sisero produced an excellent thatch unit very quickly

Saya

Herna

Shawn

Wrapping up the end of a full day was a run on campus.









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