This 5 day workshop includes mixing, building, and shaping with cob, as well as foundation work and plaster finishing techniques. Open to all ages. LET’S GET MUDDY!

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

Learn the basics of cob ingredients, mixing, and tools. Get dirty this weekend perfecting your cob techniques and making friends. Open to all ages.

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

This 5 day workshop includes mixing, building, and shaping with cob, as well as foundation work and plaster finishing techniques. Open to all ages.

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

Natural Stone Foundation
Load Bearing Cob Walls,
Natural Plasters & Paints,
Earthen (Adobe) Floor

As much as is reasonably possible, we try to prepare you to be able to go home from our workshops and build your own home.

We will build a lime mortared foundation suitable for a cob structure. You will learn everything you need to know to build a lime mortar foundation for a building, including site selection, drainage, using lime, choosing materials, and utility access.

We will ‘learn by doing’ to build cob walls as we choose materials and mix cob, build w/ foot mixed & tractor cob, trim & shape walls using a cob saw, and bury roof anchors & build cob up to beams.

We will cover just about every aspect of building cob walls including, site selection and passive solar design, building your home on a solid foundation, sourcing materials for a good cob mix, setting windows and doors, and special considerations for roofing a cob building.

Working with natural plasters is perhaps the most rewarding aspect of creating an earthen structure; the dessert after the main course of building with cob. We will explore and compare a variety of recipes.

We will consider the advantages and challenges of using lime, and will work with natural mineral pigments to create various colors & effects.

As a special treat, we will install a natural earthen floor on the final day of the workshop. We will learn how to prepare materials, prep the building for pouring the floor including setting up the frame, and see the final stage to building with earth.

Register online at http://www.disputantacob.com or feel free to call me at 606-256-8954

Looking forward to cobbing with you soon!
Warmest Regards ~ Diane

This post was submitted by Diane Jennings.

Start Date / End Date:: June 2-3, 2012

Learn the basics of cob ingredients, mixing, and tools. Get dirty this weekend perfecting your cob techniques and making friends. Open to all ages.

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

Learn the basics of cob ingredients, mixing, and tools. Get dirty this weekend perfecting your cob techniques and making friends. Open to all ages.

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

This 5 day workshop includes mixing, building, and shaping with cob, as well as foundation work and plaster finishing techniques. Open to all ages. LET’S GET MUDDY!

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

Explore different natural materials available for plasters and renders. Learn and practice prepping, mixing and applying plasters.

This post was submitted by Carrie Lewis.

The Sustainable Shelter Workshop Series is a 7 week course designed to empower participants with the ability to design/build/renovate their own home using simple techniques and natural, vernacular materials. During this course we will start from the ground and move up teaching not only the art/science of natural building and green design, but the corresponding appropriate technologies essential for successfully integrating your shelter into a permaculture landscape.

This post was submitted by Aprovecho.

During these three weeks you will construct a sauna and, time permitting, a cob oven, from start to finish. As part of this program you will learn the basics of making a foundation, building four different wall systems with materials including cob, straw bale, light-straw-clay and cob-cordwood, and constructing a living roof. In addition you will learn earthen plastering techniques, tour a variety of beautiful natural buildings, spend time designing your own projects and enjoy the many recreational and cultural opportunities the Rogue Valley has to offer.

The location of the structure is on a large property in the town of Ashland. Participants will camp on-site and be served three organic meals six days a week with one day off each week. Besides the field trips within the workshop schedule, participants will finish their stay with a one-day rafting trip on the scenic Rogue River. In order to provide the highest quality teaching this apprenticeship is limited to four individuals.

James will be building in Ecuador from January 15th to April 2nd. He will be in email and Skype contact during this time, but if you’d like to contact him by phone before or after these dates, please call 541-488-0916.

This post was submitted by James Haim.