Mud Talks 34: Instructor Issac Logsdon on the "Horno Design & Construction" Field Workshop Experience at Adobe in Action

About this episode

Issac Logsdon discusses his recent Horno Design & Construction workshop and the importance of traditional building skills.

In our thirty-fourth Mud Talks podcast, we speak to Adobe in Action field instructor Issac Logsdon on the topic of his recent “Horno Design & Construction” workshop which took place in Abiquiu, NM with a group of eight students. In addition to his teaching at Adobe in Action , Issac is the Assistant Program Directo r for Cornerstones Community Partnerships . With deep family roots throughout Northern New Mexico, learning traditional building skills has been a way to reconnect with the land-based traditions that have skipped a generation in his family. Issac has worked on adobe and stone preservation projects at Pecos National Historical Park , Fort Bowie National Historic Site , Casa Grande Ruins National Monument , Joshua Tree National Park , Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument , Death Valley National Park , various projects on BLM land, and in communities throughout Northern New Mexico. He also teaches in the Adobe Construction Program at the Santa Fe Community College .

People in this episode

Guest: Issac Logsdon

Topics covered

• Horno Design
• Construction
• Adobe
• Traditional Building Skills
• Field Workshop
• Education

Keywords

• Horno Design
• Construction
• Adobe
• Workshop
• Traditional Skills
• Northern New Mexico

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adobe in Action, Cornerstones Community Partnerships

Places: Abiquiu, NM, Northern New Mexico, Pecos National Historical Park, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Death Valley National Park, BLM land, Santa Fe Community College

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