Light-clay is a hybrid form of construction that draws on some of the oldest and newest thinking in building. It combines clay with fibrous materials like straw, hemp, wood chips, etc., usually as infill for a wood frame structure. It is related to some of the oldest vernacular traditions like wattle and daub, where an infill mixture of clay and straw (daub) was plastered over interwoven willow whips (wattle), like plaster on lath, between some kind of wood framework. When dry, the daub was plastered with a mix of lime, sand and animal hair, and then painted. A more direct antecedent was the tradition