Earth Building Workshops & Trainings
We are happy to announce hands-on natural building workshops on a range of topics in Spring and Summer 2022/23
Scroll down for detailed information and sign-up links.
Adobe Brick Design & Construction |
21-23 April 2023, Solid Earth Yard, Nelson
Over the 3 days we will cover everything you need to know to build an Adobe home to code, using local materials. The workshop is a mix of lectures, testing and ample time for hands-on practice at our Adobe yard Investment $510 The price includes lunch. |
SPECIALTY NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOPS
Book us to run an earth building training or workshop at your place
We are very happy to come to your place to run a workshop or training.
This can be anything from a fun 1-day pizza oven building play-shop, to a week-long specialized training in earthen plaster techniques for trades people, to facilitating working bees or community builds.
We usually require clients to be responsible for organizing the on-site logistics and advertising of their own event, but can of course help with this if needed.
For workshops we teach in a team of two and the charge for tuition is $1200+GST per day (for longer trainings we charge an hourly rate for preparation and planning), plus travel and accommodation.
A discount can be negotiated for community or school projects, please do not hesitate to talk to me about your options.
This can be anything from a fun 1-day pizza oven building play-shop, to a week-long specialized training in earthen plaster techniques for trades people, to facilitating working bees or community builds.
We usually require clients to be responsible for organizing the on-site logistics and advertising of their own event, but can of course help with this if needed.
For workshops we teach in a team of two and the charge for tuition is $1200+GST per day (for longer trainings we charge an hourly rate for preparation and planning), plus travel and accommodation.
A discount can be negotiated for community or school projects, please do not hesitate to talk to me about your options.
Topics we can cover
- Development and testing of earthbuilding materials
- Earthbuilding design and construction
- Set-up of large scale production and building sites
- Adobe brick technique
- Cob
- Light Earth
- Wattle-and-daub and experimental earth building
- Earthen plasters
- Pizza ovens
- Earthen floors
- Lime plasters
- Tadelakt plasters
- Restoration of historic earth buildings
- Artistic play 2D and 3D
- Therapeutic use of clay (art therapy, Kneipp therapy and medicinal clay)