Tag Archive: foundations

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: Bernhard Masterson
Location: Oregon City, Oregon
Tuition: $860
http://www.bernhardmasterson.com

[ June 19, 2010 to June 27, 2010. ] A complete cob workshop that provides the skills necessary to transform the earth into a cottage or studio. We will cover design, passive solar, foundations, soils/materials, cob mixing, straw-bale hybrids, doors and windows, sculptural details, roofing, plastering, flooring and more. Using inexpensive natural and local materials we’ll create a garden studio of great durability [...]

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. [...]

Instructor: Greg Allen
Location: Durham, NC
Tuition: $150
http://cobandon.blogspot.com/

[ April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010. ] Familiarize yourself with the concepts behind a rubble trench foundation. On Friday night, you will see a photo presentation documenting the digging of the foundation trench. Over the weekend, experience hands-on work as we do flow-testing on the trench, lay gravel, install drain-pipe, and ready the foundation for the masonry stemwall that will be built [...]

Instructor: Greg Allen
Location: Durham, NC
Tuition: 150
http://cobandon.blogspot.com/

[ April 16, 2010 to April 18, 2010. ] Arguably the most important part of a structure is its foundation. For a material like cob, the foundation is especially important because there is no going back to fix it once tons and tons of material is sitting on top of it – it must be done right the first time.Our Friday night presentation will [...]