Tag Archive: design

Instructor: Alex Christakis & Vassilis Tsolakidis
Location: Argolois, Greece
Tuition: 350 euro
http://ecoart.gr

[ October 10, 2010 to October 17, 2010. ] Building the Village of Hope
Natural building workshop
October 10-17 2010
Ecoart and the Ecological Institute of Greece invite you at Elpidochori village in Argolis, to experience a creative as well as educating week of community living focused on building using natural material. During this intensive workshop, we will focus on constructions made of straw bale and cob [...]

Instructor: Kirk Mobert & Bryan Burnowski
Location: Point Arena, California
Tuition: $880

[ October 9, 2010 to October 17, 2010. ] As you have all requested, we have added one last Complete Cob Course for the 2010 year. This special workshop will be held at our Partner location in Point Arena California in beautiful sunny Mendicino County at the Mobert complex.
This is the most comprehensive cob course available in North America. In the past 15 [...]

Instructor: Danielle Acres
Location: Silk Hope, NC
Tuition: $225
http://earthenacres.wordpress.com/

[ July 5, 2010 to July 11, 2010. ] Spend a week in North Carolina learning about cob building as we work together on the construction of a small cob cottage. We will work on mixing and applying cob as we build up the walls, as well as incorporating windows, a door frame, built-in shelving and seating. There will also be discussions [...]

Instructor: Kindra Welch, John Curry, Sara Schmidt
Location: Dripping Springs, Texas
Tuition: $800 (discounts for early registration and couples)
http://claysandstraw.com

[ May 8, 2010 to May 15, 2010. ] Start Date / End Date:: May 8 – May 15, 2010Join us for a week of natural building and living in the beautiful Texas Hill County outside of Austin. Professional builders Kindra, John and Sara will take a week off from their packed building schedules to share their passion and knowledge of cob construction. [...]