Tag Archive: earthen plaster

[ April 12, 2010 to April 14, 2010. ] Come learn about natural building and earthen wall finishes in this 3-day hands-on workshop. We will turn the earth beneath our feet into healthy, beautiful, loveable surfaces. The course will cover harvesting local materials, processing raw materials for various types of plasters, and applying a three-part system including scratch coat, finish coat and pigmented clay [...]

[ February 6, 2010 to February 7, 2010. ] Finishing walls with natural, nontoxic products imparts a number of benefits to a building, whether you are working on a plastered strawbale wall, or interior gypsum wall board. The ingredients are simple and safe, the process is creative and fun, and the possibilities are endless! In this course, we will look at the art, science [...]

[ July 26, 2009 to August 2, 2009. September 13, 2009 to September 20, 2009. ] Includes camping and 3 delicious organic meals per day.
10% discount for full payment by June 29 and for Mendocino County residents.

This comprehensive workshop will give you hands-on experience in up to 10 different natural building techniques including cob, straw bale, slipstraw or light straw-clay, slip-and-chip, clay wattle, earthen plasters, hand-made paints, and more. The workshop [...]

[ August 3, 2009 to August 7, 2009. ] Taught by Coenraad.

This 4 day workshop will teach you all you need to know in order to start your own project. You will learn how to find the right materials, how to mix them and how to build structures with cob. Previous participants have built benches, ovens, garden walls, and even complete cob cottages! Mornings [...]