[Cob] Hello and introduction

[Dorothy Cordochorea]

Your miniature village sounds like a fun project, Jill.  Are you making it
out of cob?

--Dorothy

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jill Hogan <jill.hogan at mat.org.za> wrote:

> Hi Andy and the list
> Here at MAT we are about to start building a minature village.It started
> with me looking at minature villages all over the world, and then on youth
> day we built a little cottage with potters clay and a group of the youth.
> They had such fun that they wanted to know when we are going to build the
> next one, and that kicked the project off. We are aiming to build the first
> one on heritage day 24th Sept. This is play time will keep you up to date
> with what is happening. It is fun time.
> Second question looking for cobbers in Victoria Australia, know any
> Jill Hogan
>
>
> On 2011/09/07 08:34 PM, Andrew Purke wrote:
>
>>
>> Greetings all
>>
>> My name is Andy and I’ve been lurking on this list for some
>> time now gathering information for my upcoming cob projects.
>>
>> I’ll be ready to start building in the spring, starting
>> small with a tool shed and working my way up to an art studio (about 200
>> square
>> feet). Already built a cob oven that worked out great.
>>
>> The soil here is poor for growing but loaded with clay so
>> cob seems a good choice of material.
>>
>> I have the following books to get me started:
>>
>> The Hand Sculpted House
>>
>> Building with Cob
>>
>> The Cobbers Companion
>>
>> And Becky Bee’s book
>>
>> But could use some advice from experienced cobbers.
>>
>> Just wanted to introduce myself before jumping in with
>> questions so as not to seem rude.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Andy
>>
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