[Cob] Just a few workshops...

[Robert J Churchill]

OK, now that is very helpful or at least it's a start.

--- On Thu, 5/7/09, Ocean Liff-Anderson <ocean at woodfiredeatery.com> wrote:
From: Ocean Liff-Anderson <ocean at woodfiredeatery.com>
Subject: Re: [Cob] Just a few workshops...
To: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 10:56 AM

Sorry about the lack of formatting, but here's cob workshops listed  
on Cob Cottage's website.  You can probably find more by Googling  
"cob workshop oregon" or whatever your location is...


Natural Building Apprenticeship in Ireland	2009 May 31	2009 Jul 24	 
Cork, Ireland	3200 Euro	Paul Dillon

Complete Cob in Ireland	2009 Jun 6	2009 Jun 14	Cork, Ireland	750 Euro	 
Paul Dillon

Natural Building Apprenticeship Intensive	2009 Jun 14	2009 Aug 10	 
Coquille, OR	5400	Max Edleson, Others

Natural Building and Ecological Living in Mexico	2009 Jul 28	2009 Aug  
8	Tlaxcala, Mexico	$1200, less discounts	Alejandra Caballero and Paco  
Gomez, with a star cast of assistants

Complete Cob	2009 Aug 1	2009 Aug 9	Coquille, OR	880	Betty Seaman and TBA

Permaculture Design/Implementation Intensive	2009 Aug 9	2009 Aug 23	 
Coquille, OR (Mt.Homestead)	Inquire	Chip Boggs, Ish Shalom, Guests

Finishing Apprenticeship Intensive	2009 Aug 14	2009 Sep 15	Coquille,  
OR	Inquire	Linda Smiley

Complete Cob	2009 Aug 22	2009 Aug 30	Coquille, OR	880	Bernhard  
Masterson and Max Edleson

The $1,000 House!	2009 Sep 12	2009 Sep 20	Coquille, OR	880	TBA

Pyromania! - Rocket Mass Heaters	2009 Sep 25	2009 Sep 27	Coquille, OR	 
240	Ianto Evans

Build a Composting Toilet	2009 Oct 1	2009 Oct 1	Coquille, OR	240	 
Ianto Evans

Off The Treadmill!	2009 Oct 1	2009 Oct 1	Coquille, OR	240	Ianto Evans

Natural Building and Ecological Living in Mexico	2009 Nov 24	2009 Dec  
5	Tlaxcala, Mexico	$1200, less discounts	Alejandra Caballero and Paco  
Gomez, with a star cast of assistants



On May 7, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Ocean Liff-Anderson wrote:

> I concur with Howard.  "The Hand Sculpted House" is the most
> comprehensive primer on cob building, containing information of the
> technical details of cob (including sourcing clay, quality of soil,
> ideal mixes of sand & straw, etc.) plus site considerations, design
> issues, and an overall philosophical treatise justifying and
> compelling the use of cob and other green building technology.
>
> However, even with such a great cob bible, there is NO SUBSTITUTE for
> hands-on (and feets-on) experience - get to a workshop!  You won't
> know cob until you've actually trod on it, built with it, seen
> structures rise from a pile of stones and dirt in to a living,
> breathing space.  There are countless cob workshops every summer
> around the States as well as abroad.  If you can't afford the
> workshop fees, many/most of the workshops accept work trade - cob is
> labor intensive, and workshop hosts gladly accept work traders who
> want to stay an extra week or several!
>
> You can find workshop opportunities by Googling cob workshop or such,
> or check http://www.cobcottage.com  That's the Cob Cottage Company,
> founders Ianto & Linda, and you'll find many books there
(including
> The Hand Sculpted House, the Rocket Stove, Build Your Own Earth
> Oven).  Beware, you must send Cob Cottage payment in cash or postal
> money orders - no credit cards!
>
> Good luck and happy cobbing,
> Ocean Liff-Anderson
> Corvallis, Oregon
>
> ps: Check out our cob oven restaurant - FireWorks! http://
> FireWorksVenue.com
>
> On May 7, 2009, at 7:40 AM, <howard at earthandstraw.com> wrote:
>
>> You should read The Hand Sculpted House.  Clay in your subsoil is
>> common, sometimes there is more or less so you need to determine
>> that.  Putting some in a jar of water shaken and mixed very well
>> then letting it sit for a time to settle out leaving clear water on
>> top will help you determine how much clay you have.  The clay is
>> the last thing to settle out, it is what colors the water, so the
>> top layer of material in your jar is the clay, the sand will be on
>> the bottom.  You need from 10 to 20% clay for cob so you may need
>> to add clay or sand depending.  Make some test bricks.  You can get
>> clay soil and sand mixed at an athletic supply company, ask for
>> mound clay, it is used on baseball diamonds.  You can get it in
>> bags or buy a truck load.  But first you should ask a local
>> excavating/hauling company if they can get you some good clay rich
>> sub-soil.
>>
>>
>> Howard Switzer, Architect
>> 668 Hurricane Creek Road
>> Linden, TN 37096
>> 931-589-6513
>> www.earthandstraw.com
>>
>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>   From: Robert J Churchill
>>>   To: coblist at deatech.com
>>>   Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:19 AM
>>>   Subject: [Cob] Curious about the clay
>>>
>>>
>>>   The word "clay" is used repeatedly but really where
exactly is
>>> all this clay coming from? I have no idea where I'm supposed
to
>>> get all this clay. For me, it would be easier just to buy clay
>>> from a ceramics shop but I don't even know if that would work.
I
>>> live in an urban area and it's not like we can just go out and
dig
>>> up clay at a local quarry.
>>>
>
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