Mud Talks 3: Raw Materials & Making Adobe Bricks

In our third Mud Talks podcast, Adobe in Action Board President Quentin Wilson introduces us to the raw materials used in adobe construction (clay, sand, straw and water) as well as the basic adobe brickmaking process.

Mud Talks #3 Reference List

• Adobe

• Clay

• Sand/Aggregate

• Straw

• Silt

• Sedimentation (Jar) Test

• Arroyo

• Mel Medina (Adobe Factory)

• NM Earth Adobes (Helen Levine)

• ABCs of Making Adobe Bricks (PDF)

• 2015 New Mexico Earthen Building Materials Code

• Compressive Strength

• Tensile Strength

• Compressed Earth Block