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Warren, Vermont

Instructor: Ace McArleton, Jacob Racusin

http://www.yestermorrow.org

Tuition:$750

Have you always wondered about strawbale construction? Heard it is only for hot and dry climates? Think again! With their combination of insulation and thermal mass, plastered strawbale walls can be perfect for cold – and even wet – climates if they are designed and built according to a set of time tested principles. This course balances sessions in the classroom and on a demonstration project so you will learn to think your way through a bale house while gaining a feel for the nature of straw, clay and lime as building materials.

Earthen Building 101 Series

Building Foundation

- We will build a lime mortared foundation suitable for a cob structure.
- You will learn everything you need to know to build a lime mortar foundation for a building, including site selection, drainage, using lime, choosing materials, and utility access.
- We suggest out of town participants arrive Tuesday evening to set up camp. Local folks are encouraged to camp too. We will begin promptly at 9:00 Wednesday morning.
- Meals will be provided starting with supper on Tues. evening, three meals and a snack on Weds. thru Sat., and breakfast on Sun. morning. Please advise us of special diet needs.

- We will build a cob building as the second part of the workshop.
- You will learn everything you need to know to build with cob for a small building, including site selection, drainage, choosing materials, utility access, designing the threshold for a door, setting a window and door, and anchoring rafters in cob.
- We will start each day with breakfast, and begin building at 9:00. We will break for lunch at 12:00, and a snack will be provided in the afternoon at 3:00. Work will end at 5:30 to allow time for showers before supper at 6:30.
- Tours of local, sustainable and green building sites will be held some evenings.
- Plan to stay over Saturday evening for a special celebration

Santa Fe, NM

Instructor: Tim White

http://www.traditionalbuildingmodelsandsystems.com

Click here Hamaasha oct 1_4 Lime Stucco Seminar Flyer.doc to see an event  flyer.

For more information please contact twtraditionalplasters@frontier.net.

Ojai, California

Cynthia Grier of EcoLogic Life, and Carolyn Marie and Jack Stephens of Wild Earth Village Builders, are providing a FREE educational presentation on these environmentally safe and healthy options for home and office remodels, renovations and new building projects. Natural plasters protect walls from wind, rain and fire. They provide a beautiful, durable and non-toxic finish for interiors and exteriors that revive old world traditions from Tuscany to Tokyo.

Learn how these ancient methods have been continued in modern Europe and Asia. Discover how limestone comes from the earth, is transformed into plasters, applied on walls and turns back into limestone. Learn how clays from our own soils can be transformed into finishes with beautiful colors and rich, sensuous textures. Lime and clay plasters can even be sculpted or carved to enhance artistic expression. Earthen plasters are easy and fun to work with, easy to clean up, simple to repair and are completely recyclable too!

This presentation will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2009, 5:30-7:00pm at the EcoLogic Life at 109 S. Montgomery St. in Ojai. This event is FREE to the public. The following Saturday, August 15^th, the three presenters will be teaching a hands-on workshop in Meiners Oaks (http://nbnetwork.org/2800).

CONTACT: Cynthia Grier: info@ecologiclife.com or 805.272.8098

Boulder, Colorado

Instructor: Laura Bartels

http://www.greenweaverinc.com/

Tuition: $440

This course will provide an introduction to specifying, sourcing, mixing and applying lime and earth plasters and natural finishes over a variety of interior and exterior surfaces, both natural and conventional. The course will cover the the basics of clay and lime, the use of locally harvested materials, a selection of natural finish products, pigments, additives and sealers. Participants will have the opportunity to mix and apply clay and lime plaster and other natural finishes.

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Davidsonville, MD

Instructor: Steve Kemble and Mollie Curry

http://mudstrawlove.com

Tuition: Paid stipend of $200/week

This apprenticeship has already begun, and we have room for more good folks like you! There is plenty of time left for learning all the steps.
WE want people who are serious about learning and practicing strawbale building techniques in the context of a real job setting.
Steve Kemble and Mollie Curry of MudStrawLove LLC out of Asheville, NC will lead the program. They have 35 years of combined experience with straw bale and other natural building techniques (see their website at www.mudstrawlove.com). Steve and Mollie will be teaching all the techniques associated with the bale wall assembly, including stacking, securing, shaping and prepping bales for plaster, cobbing, window and door details, electrical, mixing and applying interior earthen plasters. There may be opportunities for learning lime plastering techniques as well. You will be working with the strawbale team 40 hours/week (Tues-Saturday) on the construction of a straw bale house in Davidsonville, Maryland. In addition to learning and practicing strawbale construction methods, you will apply your newly acquired knowledge by helping train and lead volunteer crews each Saturday.

The project is a two-story house that incorporates other green features such as passive solar design, locally harvested and milled lumber, photovoltaics, and geothermal heating/cooling as well as straw bale and local clay plasters. The foundation and roof will be completed prior to your arrival. Apprentices can live on site, either in their own tent, or in a shared 3 bedroom (partial strawbale) house. The farm on which the house is situated has a pool, a tennis court, miles of trails, and an organic herb-growing operation, and is located near Annapolis, the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, and DC.

The apprenticeship includes housing (limited) or tent site and a $200/week cash stipend. Full or part-time (paid) employment is possible after the apprenticeship to complete the plastering. Apprentices are expected to be strong workers committed to learning about strawbale construction.

Please contact MudStrawLove to set up a telephone interview at  (828)775-4823.

Jacksonville, OR

In three days, Andrew Morrison will teach you how to plaster with Natural Hydraulic Lime (NHL). You will learn everything you need to know about plastering with NHL including: plaster preparation, scratch coat application, brown coat application, and finish coat application. Three separate buildings will allow for all three coats to be applied in only 3 days. This is a rare opportunity to learn all three coats in a short time period. As always, friendships with like minded folks help enhance the overall experience. Space is limited. For more information or to sign up today, please visit www.StrawBaleWorkshops.com.

Naturita, CO

This workshop is being hosted as part of the construction of the Naturita Public Library, a 4400 square foot straw bale structure. Tim White, formerly of American Clay, will be instructing. Please contact Tim White at 970-946-1204 or twtraditionalplasters@frontier.net for more information and registration.