at White Oak Farm & Education Center
 |
Join us this Summer as we sculpt a small cottage in
the woods. In this weekend workshop you will have the opportunity to
get your hands (and feet) dirty mixing and building with cob, stacking
straw bales, and making and applying earthen plasters. Lectures and
discussions will also cover: light-straw-clay building, design basics,
foundations, roofs, and more. We will have the opportunity to tour a
hybrid pole frame-straw bale-cob home, a straw bale-cob sauna, and a
cob oven. Participants will walk away from this weekend with the techniques
and principles needed to begin building with natural materials.
Working with natural materials for four days allows learning to take
hold in your body. During this workshop you will learn how to test soil
for building, mix cob, build cob walls, and learn the basics of earthen
plastering, light-straw-clay, and straw bale building.
The Workshops Start on Thursday morning. Out of town
participants are welcome to arrive Wednesday evening between 5pm and
10pm. The workshop ends at 4pm on Sunday.
Cost: This four day workshop costs $320.
More Workshop
Details>>
Sign Up Now at our partner site cobtogether.com
For more information please contact the Farm: info@whiteoakfarmcsa.org.