Cob ANNOUNCE: Natural building symposiums in Washington state

[John Schinnerer]

Aloha,

Two events coming up this summer:

The First Open Natural Building Symposium
July 1-7, 1998
Natural building fair, open to public (sliding scale admission), on July 5th, 
1-4 pm

The Third Women's Natural Building Symposium
June 15-22, 1998
Natural building fair, open to female public (sliding scale admission), on 
June 20th. 1-4 pm

Both events will be at (and this is the contact address for further info and 
registration):

Pragtree/WAIL Farm
13401 184th St. NE
Arlington, WA 98223
(360) 403-0185

Becky Bee of Groundworks ( http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/ ) is the primary 
"instructor," and along with the folks at Pragtree/WAIL Farm is organizing 
these events.  There will be at the very least hands-on learning/teaching 
opportunities in cob, cob/cordwood, straw bale, and likely some earth 
plastering and maybe even basic thatching.  Participants are invited to offer 
their own mini-workshop as well (I'll be doing one at the Open 
symposium...:-)

The farm is a beautiful piece of land an hour from metropolitan Seattle, WA. 
 Rustic camping is available on-site.  There are some more details at 
http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/workshop.html (scroll way down the page to see 
the symposium info).

John Schinnerer