Cob: Land

[Graham Cooper]

Hey Cob-heads,

I would like to start a discussion about land. We need land to build on,
right?
American land was "discovered" in 1492 (even though there were lots of
people already living here)
then conquered and controlled by a king - a Spanish King -
 which is where we get the word "real" estate. Real is Spanish for Royal.
Then we get "titles" & a mass of complex laws which are comprehensible only
to lawyers.....

Your comments please.

Graham Cooper
Seattle

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-coblist at deatech.com [mailto:owner-coblist at deatech.com]On
Behalf Of W
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:43 PM
To: Cob List
Subject: Re: Cob: Using Bricks


Kim
  Taking a workshop is definitely worth it.  I took one a couple of years
ago, and now I *know* I can build a cob structure (I just don't have a place
to build!).
  I understand you are on a tight budget, and the cost of workshops has
certainly kept me from taking any more than the one - however,  if you talk
to the company you'd like to host your workshop ahead of time, you may find
that after paying to go to a workshop and LEARNING so much, then hosting
one, you may come out pretty close to even, financially. (hmmm, run on
sentence, or what? I hope you could follow that!)
  I worked with both Cobworks < http://www.cobworks.com > & Cob Cottage
Company < http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage > when they ran a joint
workshop, and I hightly reccommend either one of those companies (They'll
travel anywhere).  Both Pat Hennebery and Ianto Evans (virtually the
"re-inventor" of cob) are extremely knowledgable and dedicated to long
lasting, high quality building.  (There are pics of the place I helped on at
the Cobworks site, in the second set of photos.)
  Whatever path you choose, best of luck to you!
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>
>I saw a site that spoke of hosting workshops, but I didn't figure they
would do it here. If I remember correctly, you had to have already attended
one of their workshops to host one; plus I think you have to have the
finances to feed 20 or so people. If you know of others who might do it
otherwise let me know, ok?
>
>  Kim


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