In our thirty-first Mud Talks podcast, we listen to Joe Silins and Stephen Hren deliver their podium presentations at the Earth USA 2024 Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Download the accompanying PDF research papers here:

• Joe Silins: Play, Toil and Ritual: Building an Experimental, Poured Clay Studio in the Covid19 Era
• Stephen Hren: Getting Cob through the Inspection Process: My Experience in North Carolina

Joe Silins is the Owner of Tierra Buena Home and Garden, LLC, which is an Arizona-based general contractor specializing in strawbale and earthen construction, and small-scale real estate development. Joe received an M.S. in Urban Planning and a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Arizona.

Stephen Hren is a natural builder, inspector, writer, teacher, husband and father living in Durham,
North Carolina. He currently teaches cob classes at Mud Dauber School in Silk Hope, NC.

Earth USA 2024 was the 12th International Conference on Earthen Architecture & Construction hosted by Adobe in Action. More information about the conference can be found at www.earthusa.org.