[Cob] NATURAL PLASTER Workshop update 08/06/04 (fwd)

[Shannon C. Dealy]

Update on The Cedar Rose Natural Plastering Workshops & Slideshow:
So far we have folks are coming from Maryland, California, Ohio, and
Michigan!  See what they are planning to bring to the workshop under "UPDATES". We
hope you can join us for a unique experience and the opportunity to learn from an
expert in the field!

* NATURAL PLASTER WORKSHOP           September 18 and 19, 2004
* NATURAL PLASTER 5-DAY INTENSIVE    September 18-22
* Evening SLIDESHOW by Cedar Rose
       open to public                                      September 18, 7 pm

Two plastering workshops and a Slideshow will be led by Cedar Rose Guelberth,
Co-author of The Natural Plaster Book! The setting is a lovely wooded rural
land at the Strawbale Studio, a uniquely sculptural thatched roof building  ~
featured in The Beauty of Strawbale Homes by the Steens.

Cedar Rose, from Colorado has been in the field of healthy homes, natural
building/design and natural plastering for 25 years. She studied architecture in
Europe for 3 years with a focus on natural plasters, and is one of the most
experienced people in the field in the States.

Assisting will be Deanne Bednar, the illustrator of The Natural Plaster Book,
& the Hand-Sculpted House book, co-designer/builder of the Strawbale Studio
Project. She also has a background as an art & sustainability teacher.

These workshops will incorporate a wide range of information and experiences
with natural plasters and finishes, as well as a tour, and some hands-on
activities, at the Strawbale Studio ~~ a unique thatched-roof structure.

The techniques you will learn about in these workshops can be used on natural
buildings and on existing structures. You will also have an opportunity to
check out the extensive resource library, walk in the woods, and spend time with
some good people.

This workshop is appropriate for natural builders, artists, architects and
interior design students, and all others interested in learning more about
creating habitable and beautiful spaces in their lives.

September 18 & 19  Natural Plaster Weekend  US$225/185*
September 18 - 22  5-Day Natural Plaster Intensive US$425/375*
September 18         Evening Natural Plaster Slide Show US$10 at the
door     
                     Please RSVP 1 week in advance for the Slide Show if
possible.
Price includes materials, handouts, tour of the Strawbale Studio, wonderful
vegetarian food, camping or indoor accommodations (bring mattress and bedding),
and access to a great Natural Building Library. 

DISCOUNTS: * if prepaid in full by August 18.  Also 20% discount for signing
up another person. Some work/trade available.
Regular fee: RSVP and 20% deposit due by Aug 18

ATTACHMENT: Open pdf attachment in Adobe Acrobat

CONTACT INFORMATION:
See www.uheac.org/links.html for reservation form or contact Deanne Bednar
248 628 1778  ecoartdb at aol.com 
PO Box 733, Oxford, Michigan 48370  
(make checks payable to Deanne Bednar)

LOCATION: 1 hour north of Detroit, on wooded rural land. 

UPDATES
Additional evening presentation (sounds fun!) 

A 5-day attendee has offered to do a PowerPoint slideshow on Monday or
Tuesday evening on the building process of a round straw bale studio at Pine Manor
in Southern California with rubble French drain, earth bag base, reciprocal
roof, hydronic heated earthen floor painted with a mural and finished with
earthen plaster. AND - A really neat Hobbit house also at Pine Manor, which used an
existing straw bale entrance wall, added a light clay wall, and then earth
bags for the front wall, a round door, locally harvested beams, living roof with
a mature pine growing up through the middle and finished with an earthen
plaster. 

House Plans
Another participant is hoping to bring the design for the natural building
her family will be building in the Southern U.S. 

Bye for now.  Let us know if these workshops are something you are interested
in!  Contact Deanne at ecoartdb at aol.com or 248 628 1887. or visit
www.uheac.org/links.html