Builder Samaya, loaded with cash and still in protective headgear,
buys a brush for her next project, brick laying.
She sorts and hands over the money requested.
A hundred pounds, please.
A bit more than eight pence.
There.
Accepts her change contentedly,
carefully loads her purchases into a basket
and sets off for the building site.
Samaya carefully loads the trowel,
places the mix on the brick
and, with fingertip delicacy, levels the sand.
She fetches another brick.
Puts it down and then turns it over
so that the correct surface to fill with mortar is uppermost.
Just enough mortar is used to fill the frog, the indentation,
before she levels it off.
Meanwhile, across the site, another construction is in progress.
Success requires careful balancing.
The builder's companion is fascinated by the pattern
left by the bricks when they are lifted away.
The tower is embellished with straw all around it,
and a brick border constructed to keep the straw contained.
Protective clothing is seen to be important.
One builder helps the other to put on ear protectors.
He places them carefully and the boys move in synchrony
as a hat is retrieved and replaced.
- Is it falling off now? - No.
Back to work.
Samaya has laid all her bricks, so it's back to the builder's merchant,
with a less-than-warm welcome for their loyal customer.
No, it's not your turn!
Another customer, pushing in with his sticks,
is firmly rebuked.
The second assistant equally brusque.
You there, tell me.
The tower design is being adapted.
The straw has been abandoned in favour of the newly purchased sticks,
but the containing structure of the bricks remains intact.
The boys work together, filling the space.
And it's my turn to do...
With the stick supply gone, they negotiate the turn-taking needed
to replenish their stock.
Ron fetches the barrow, whilst the other sorts the sticks.
Are they nearly finished, all the sticks?
Noticing stick supplies are nearly exhausted,
they anticipate a future need.
- Are all the sticks gone now? - Yeah.
Then we have to get some straw to make it strong.
Finnegan rushes to help James as the barrow hits the water tray.
With one at the front and one at the rear,
the obstacle is easily overcome.
Samaya's water mix is getting dry.
Luckily, a water supply is to hand.
Accurately placing the bucket under the tap,
she gets what she needs.
Lifting the water container with two hands,
she pours the contents into the sand,
tipping with one hand and steadying with the other
to make use of every drop.
The brush is now the favoured tool for applying the watery mix.
The tower constructors have nearly filled the bottom layer with sticks,
so the next design idea emerges.
Jamie, you have to put some in the holes.
Not bendy ones.
Andy's refined. No bendy sticks.
This is delicate work. Sometimes a stick is just too thick to fit.
And sometimes the structure needs a steadying hand
to ensure it doesn't topple.
Meanwhile, prepared bricks are placed with two hands
on Samaya's growing structure.