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Open House Success!

On September 4th, American Clay hosted an open house to celebrate one year in the company’s facility that more than quadrupled its previous production space, and allowed for corporate offices, and designated roomsACE Open House for Research & Development and for workshops, which are consistently held throughout the year. Staff was on hand - including the newest member, Peggy Cunningham - to answer questions and help with demonstrations and tours. The corporate offices themselves display a variety of American Clay plaster applications, including a thickly layered, finger-designed wall, multiple stencil examples, and samples of most all the standard colors in the conference room.

Since the move, American Clay has had quite a good year:
* Introduction of its commercial product, ENJARRE
* Hosted Albuquerque Mayer Martin Chavez’ press conference announcing the City’s new task forces on ‘green’ city investments and purchasing
* New Mexico Community Capital, the state’s sole double bottom-line investment organization, announced an investment in American Clay to accelerate the fast-growing company
* Been noted as a “Fastest Growing Public Company in NM” by New Mexico Business Weekly
* TV appearances on ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”; Planet Green’s “Alter Eco”; HGTV shows “Living with Ed”, “Greenovate” and “Designed to Sell”; E! Entt.’s “Green That House”; and Daisy Fuentes-hosted “EcoZone”
* Garnered print press in Popular Mechanics, Commercial Building Products, Sources + Design, Contract Magazine, Architectural Products, Walls & Ceilings, Eco-Structure, Natural Home, GreenBuilder, Metropolitan Home, Sunset, Domino, BobVila.com, Sprig.com, HGTVpro.com, etc.
* Participated in top trade shows, Greenbuild, Dwell on Design, AltBuild Expo, and multiple speaking engagements across the U.S.

Trying it out

Croft at Open House

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Flower Shop Goes Green

Mike Potts from Marquette, MI did his neighborhood a favor when he chose to save a local historical building from demolition. Instead of seeing Mike Pottsit fall into disuse, he’s pulling out all the stops to renovate it into “a model for recycling, reuse and green renovation,” reads the Mining Journal’s article featuring the project. With American Clay as the elected wall-covering, Potts plans to create a green flower shop downstairs and an apartment above.

To read the full article visit The Mining Journal’s website here or watch a video featuring the project here.

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Red Hot & Green

HGTV’s Red Hot & Green will be featuring American Clay in the episode airing Wednesday, September 17th at 11:00pm E/P. Don’t miss it! Red Hot & Green

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Amazing American Clay

Not too long ago, Alan and Sally Ramsay made the switch to American Clay and had nothing but positive things to say!

American Clay Testimonial“We had been talking about having our interior walls painted as we were tired of our white walls throughout our home. [Our friend] Jay mentioned that he had discovered a new product called American Clay which he had recently applied in his own home…. He suggested we come over and see what it looked like.

“Well, we were more than a little impressed with the dramatic difference this product made compared with painted walls. We decided to have American Clay in every room in our home!! We chose colors from an array of sample chips and one of the three application styles we viewed on the American Clay website. Jay [our applicator and friend] told us that it would take a month to complete the job and we agreed not to view it until the job was complete.

“A month later we arrived at our home to find the most amazing and wonderful transformation from boring white to beautiful textured color with a depth and warmth that cannot adequately be explained!! Jay is a perfectionist and did a masterful job of application. Every time we arrive at our … home we marvel at the difference it has made.

“We highly recommend Jay to anyone considering American Clay product for their home. He has been a true artisan with the clay product. We are indeed two VERY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. You have to see it to believe what a wonderful transformation from boring to beautiful our home became.”

Alan & Sally Ramsay
The Sea Ranch, CA


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American Clay’s Open House

Open House

September 4th, 2008

3:00-7:00PM

8724 Alameda Park Drive NE, Suite F
Albuquerque, NM 87113 · 1.866.404.1634

American Clay’s Albuquerque manufacturing facility will be having an open house to celebrate and show off our new place! Come tour our new facility, see our new showroom, view demonstrations and even play in the mud yourself!

Food and drinks will be provided, so come spend the evening with us!

Feel free to call us for more information and directions.
Open House

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Certificate of Carbon Offsets

American Clay recently received a Certificate of Carbon Offsets from BeGreen and Green Mountain Energy for planting 200 trees via forestbegreen sequestration.

Just another step towards becoming the greenest company we can be!

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Ecologique: The Style of Sustainable Design

Eco-designer, Kelly LaPlante of Organic Interior Designs in Venice Beach, CA, recently released her new book, Ecologique: The Style of Sustainable Design. Highlighting eco-friendly spaces designed by LaPlante, the book “illustrates that green design is not a style but rather a standard,” LaPlante’s main focus when designing.

Included in the list of projects is Tiffany Thiessen and Brady Smith’s home, featuring American Clay!

This book is a must have for anyone interested in chic green design as well as seeing the variety of styles in which “green” can flourish.

Ecolgique can be purchased from LaPlante’s website here.

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Proud Mama!

Day BreakDeborah Hall from Hall’s Walls is surely one proud mama. Her son, Nicolas Ordahl, took home Art in the Streets‘ grand prize this year for his solar park bench. All of us here at American Clay would like to send out a much deserved, “Congratulations!” to both of them!The annual event in Colorado Springs, CO, draws artists from all over the country.
This year, artists were invited to create pieces inspired by the city’s slogan, “City of Sunshine.” But it was Colorado Springs’ own, Nicolas Ordahl, who won first place for his piece, “Day Break.”

Inspired by the power of sunshine, the bench is topped with solar panels, providing energy to light up the array of flowers throughout the piece. Ordahl focused on using recycled materials, even utilizing car windshields for the top.

“I realized the import of the piece when one of the contributors’ wives asked, ‘Where does it plug in?’ writes Deborah Hall. “For many of us, it is a paradigm shift to think of electricity coming from the sun.”

Again, from all of us at American Clay, Congratulations on such an amazing piece!
Day Break at Night

Hall’s Walls is an American Clay dealer located in Colorado Springs.

Photos provided by Deborah Hall

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Where Have YOU Seen American Clay?

One of the most common questions we hear is, “Where in the area can I see American Clay?” Application

We try to keep up with the beautiful places that have American Clay on their walls - but we don’t know all of them. Do you have a great photo? Or know of an application somewhere?

If you answered yes, send us the location and a photo or two if possible.

Also, if you have a beautiful or unusual American Clay application in your home or business, we would love to hear about it and feature it as our Project of the Month in our newsletter.

Email all information and pictures to hayley@americanclay.com.

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American Clay on HGTV

American Clay was recently featured on HGTV’s Design to Sell. The episode will be airing once more, so make sure to tune in!

July 14, 2008

1:00 PM ET/PT on HGTV

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