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>    1. Five day Natural Building Immersion,      Intro to Cob at Quail
>       Springs in Southern California Sept 25-29,        a few days left to
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> Subject: [Cob] Five day Natural Building Immersion,     Intro to Cob at
>         Quail Springs in Southern California Sept 25-29,        a few days
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> A few more days to join this five day immersion in natural building at
> Quail Springs in the high desert of Southern California in the beauty
> of Fall!
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> Introduction to Cob Building, with Sasha Rabin at Quail Springs
> Permaculture
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> www.quailsprings.org
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> September 25-29, 2013
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> Cob building combines clay sediment, sand, fiber, and water, which is
> then hand sculpted to form walls, benches, ovens, and fireplaces. Cob
> building makes use of readily available, affordable, non-toxic
> materials to build beautiful, organic structures.
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> The course is appropriate for both first-time builders and for
> professionals in the building trade who are interested in natural
> materials.  In this five-day cob workshop, we focus on the
> characteristics of the natural materials most commonly used in
> construction:  clay soil, sand, and fibers.  Our main focus will be
> cob, though we will touch on various other building techniques that
> utilize the same materials, including adobe block, light straw-clay,
> wattle and daub, and plasters. We will discuss how to find and choose
> appropriate soil for construction, how to create various mixes, how to
> attach wood to earthen walls, and how to use earthen materials to
> build walls, sculpt niches, shelves, and furniture.
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> This is primarily a hands-on course, where we learn by doing. We will
> be building a small structure from start to finish.  As a complement
> to the hands-on portion of the course, we will include slide shows and
> discussions of the theoretical aspects of natural building.  Subjects
> include building design and siting, passive solar design, foundations
> and drainage, earthen floors, appropriate roof design, and wiring and
> plumbing for natural structures.
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> Instructor:  Sasha Rabin, Natural Builder and Teacher
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> Sasha Rabin has been practicing natural building as well as teaching
> it since 2002, when she began her building career with an
> apprenticeship at the Cob Cottage Company.  Since then she has taught
> all over the US through the organizations that she co-founded, Seven
> Generations Natural Builders and Vertical Clay, as well as
> collaborated with other schools and organizations including The
> Yestermorrow Design Build School, The Canelo Project, The Solar Living
> Institute, Quail Springs Permaculture, as well as taught at the
> Permaculture Research Institute in Jordan.   Although she enjoys
> building, her true passions lie in the teaching and sharing natural
> building with others.
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> Cost: $500
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> $450 for students
> Register with a friend and get 10% off
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> Contact or to register: sasha at quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239
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