[Cob] Introduction & Cobber's Companion

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Tom Gorman wrote:

[snip]
> a workshop in the spring.  I've seen The Cobber's Companion by Michael Smith 
> mentioned and recommended in a lot of places, but have discovered that it has 
> gone out of print (and people are selling it used for $100!).  I understand 
> that much of the information is probably also in the other books like The 
> Hand Sculpted House,  The Cob Builder's Handbook, etc., but I find that every 
> book has it's own perspective and unique hints.  I thought I'd post here and 
[snip]

For what it's worth, Michael Smith, author of The Cobber's Companion is 
also co-author of The Hand Sculpted House, which is both a much more 
recent and more comprehensive book on designing and building with cob.

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