Cob: UPCOMING COB BUILDING WORKSHOPS NEAR CORVALLIS, OREGON

[Meagan McAleese]

Hello All,
I want to go to the weekend or possibly the week in Oregon but I live in 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (3hours north of Whitefish Montana for those 
without an atlas handy)
I am trying to arrange it and it's murder on the pocketbook. Travel 
especially. I am thinking of driving but I can't do it all -18 hours each 
way(especially if I go on just the weekend) I am wondering if anyone else 
lives somewhere up here and would like to share a ride- It might even work 
to pick someone up in the surrounding areas - 
montana/idaho/washington/B.C./Saskatchewan etc.
Or, perhaps someone wants a cobbing helper somewhere else up here. Anytime 
this summer. I'm open. I can spare a weekend, maybe even a week. I know very 
little about cob but I'd work like a bugger and I'd love to learn something 
new.
You can email me at useful_fish at hotmail.com
Hope to hear back!!
Meagan

>From: Ocean <ocean at intabas.com>
>Reply-To: Ocean <ocean at intabas.com>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>CC: nbc at lists.riseup.net
>Subject: Cob: UPCOMING COB BUILDING WORKSHOPS NEAR CORVALLIS, OREGON
>Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 03:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>UPCOMING COB BUILDING WORKSHOPS NEAR CORVALLIS, OREGON
>Learn Cob with Ocean, Perry, Jill & Kiko!
>
>Weekend Workshop, July 26, 27, 28
>Seven-Day Intensive, August 11-17
>
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>Here's the Blurb:
>-----------------
>   "What is COB?!"  A mixture of clay, sand and straw which hardens like
>soft concrete to create sound, organic, healthy buildings, garden
>walls, ovens...the possibilities are endless!  This traditional
>building technique has been used for centuries throughout Western
>Europe, even in extremely rainy climates similar to Oregon.  Recent
>local cob projects include the Garden Kiva retreat space at Ahimsa
>Sanctuary and the beautiful cob-walled courtyard and wood-fired earthen
>oven at Intaba's Kitchen in Corvallis.
>
>     Participants will learn the basics of cob construction with
>instruction and guidance from Ocean, owner and builder of Intaba's
>Kitchen and the Garden Kiva; Perry Uber, journeyman builder and Head
>Apprentice at Ahimsa Sanctuary; Jill Lorenzini, an experienced natural
>builder from Arizona; and Kiko Denzer, sculptor of Intaba's Kitchen and
>author of the book "Build Your Own Earthen Oven".  The Weekend Workshop
>will cover basic cob construction, sculpture and plastering.  The 7-day
>Intensive will detail the construction of a small guest cottage,
>including siting, design, foundation, walls and wooden features
>(windows, lintels etc.)
>
>     Participants of both the Workshop and Intensive will receive
>wonderful gourmet vegetarian meals from Intaba's Kitchen.  Intensive
>guests will also camp at Ahimsa Sanctuary on 25 acres of coastal
>rainforest and enjoy hydrotherapy in Ahimsa's wood-fired sauna and hot
>tub.
>
>     Come expecting to work and play hard, make lasting friendships,
>dance and drum when the day's labor is done!
>
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>WORKSHOP COSTS
>--------------
>Fees cover food costs, instructor fees, and camping.  Net proceeds will
>support the peacemaking education projects of Ahimsa Sanctuary.
>
>Weekend Workshop   $95-145/person
>7-Day Intensive   $350-475/person
>
>Work exchange is offered for multiple family members or those commited
>to a sustainable, low-impact lifestyle.
>
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>INFO/REGISTER
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>Call Ocean at 541-929-7564 or email to ocean at peacemaking.org
>
>----------------------------
>
>=====
>Visit Intaba's Kitchen, the newest restaurant in Corvallis!  Our website 
>features daily specials, events, photos & more-- http://www.intabas.com
>
>And visit Ahimsa Sanctuary, our retreat center in the beautiful Oregon 
>coast range, dedicated to nonviolence-- http://www.peacemaking.org
>
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