Archive for December, 2010

Instructor: Janell Kapoor, Kevin Rowell, Eva Rose Edleson, Steveo Brodmerkel, Mollie Curry, Steve Kemble, Chad ‘Fez’ Gaetz, Meka Bunch, Ira Friedrichs, Aaron Maret
Location: Asheville, NC, USA
Tuition: $1,800 for all three weeks; $1,300 for two weeks; $800 for one week.
http://www.kleiwerks.org/kleiwerks-is/core-team/

[ April 24, 2011 to May 14, 2011. ] LEARN NATURAL BUILDING!
The Natural Building Extravaganza offers a smorgasbord of learning opportunities with major movers’ n’ shakers of this muddy movement. More than 10 building projects to dive into — all about mud, straw, bamboo, timber, fire, and love! Gain direct, hands-on experience through small group natural building workshops, classes, field trips, slideshows, and more.

HANDS-ON [...]

Instructor: David Reed
Location: USA
Tuition: $400
http://newjurabuilding.info/

[ April 2, 2011 to April 11, 2011. ] The second workshop in the 2011 build schedule.

We will be teaching a 10 day cob cordwood workshop detailing how to build a free standing exterior shower and bath house utilizing this method of natural building.

Cordwood masonry’s origins are unknown. There are some homes in Canada that are between 100 and 200 years old. In the [...]

Instructor: Paulina Wojciechowska, Stamatina Palmou, Alex Christakis, Teo Papakonstantinou
Location: Lefkas, Greece
Tuition: 400 euro

[ April 17, 2011 to April 21, 2011. ]

This workshop is a great introduction to earthen constructions. It demonstrates natural building techniques that can be used to transform your world. Locally sourced earth has been used for millennia to house humanity in healthy, effective, long lasting and beautiful structures. During this intensive workshop, we will focus on building with cob, lime and [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $260
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ January 15, 2011 to January 22, 2011. ] Dates: January 15th, 16th, + 22nd, 2011

We will use heaters to stay warm while building next to the warm house. Learn how to construct a special kind of cob oven that uses a rocket stove for a cleaner burn and faster heating time. In the process, learn how to mix and apply cob, earth plasters, [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $80
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ January 30, 2011; ] Participants will design a house of their choice that uses earthen building techniques. With a combination of models, sketches, and drawings, this class will cover the basics of what you need to know to design a small earthen building and how to think like a builder. Discussions and sideshows will cover: passive solar, engineering calculations, [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Dogon Country, Mali
Tuition: $1000
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ February 5, 2011 to February 12, 2011. ] Start Date / End Date:: February 5th-12th, 2011

Taught by Scott Howard with special guest, master mason Boubacar Kassogue from Dogon Country, Mali. Learn to build nubian vaults using small size adobe bricks. This technique dates back to ancient times and is still one of the fastest, most durable ways to enclose a space. Participants will [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Puerto Rico
Tuition: $260
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ February 26, 2011 to February 27, 2011. ] Learn How to build an oven from mostly earthen materials in under two days! Learn the basics of Cob, earthen plasters, and earthen paints. Decorate the oven as a group artwork. Lectures and sideshows as well. Wonderful setting, nice people, great food.

Tuition includes everything except airfare.

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $70
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ January 31, 2011; ] Create durable, beautiful, inexpensive paints to enhance your home. Earthen paints are non-toxic, easy to apply, easy to maintain, and are planet friendly. A great way to cover up drywall. Half the cost of conventional paint. This hands-on class includes explanation of a variety earthen building methods.

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $100
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ February 7, 2011; ] Taught by Scott Howard and friends. Create beautiful, non-toxic, natural wall finishes for your home. Break up the monotony of drywall. Earthen plasters can be applied over many subsurfaces and offer an affordable and fun way to enhance the interior of your home. Learn the ins and outs of mixing your own plaster, and applying [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Portland, Oregon
Tuition: $220
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ March 26, 2011 to March 27, 2011. ] Learn How to build walls using the Earthbag technique, a form of rammed earth. Although much faster than Cob wall construction, the end result can look identical. Learn a little about Cob and earthen plasters as well. We will be building a small shelter in The Portland Healing Arts Resource Project backyard. Pdx HARP is [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Costa Rica, Rancho Mastatal
Tuition: $260
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ April 3, 2011 to April 9, 2011. ] In this wonderful 1-week earth building experience, you can immerse yourself in a variety of earth building techniques. Participants will learn about and work with cob, wattle and daub, lime plasters and washes, earth renders and earthen floors.

The workshop will be held at the Rancho Mastatal Sustainable Living Center , one of the premier natural [...]

Instructor: Scott Howard
Location: Nicaragua, Casa Verde
Tuition: $3945
http://www.earthenhand.com

[ April 1, 2011 to May 28, 2011. ] This program offers participants three hands-on workshops together taught by experienced staff of Casa Verde. “Adobe in Action” is taught by Scott Howard. In this intensive class we will learn to build a two bedroom adobe brick house, which will serve the Casa Verde educational project in the future. “Alternative Energy” and “Organic Gardening” sections [...]