[Scpg] 2004 Spring/Summer Cob Saturday Workshop Series - Los Olivos, CA

[eric werbalowsky]

http://www.islandseed.com/scpg.html#Cob_Cottage_Workshops_


2004 Spring/Summer Cob Building Work Parties: Come one
come all.  Cob workshops are for gaining experience,
and this site has lots to share. Newbies are
encouraged to ask questions during workparty's
progress...for more info, sign on to the scpg list
serve to receive announcements and rsvp for
events...The following is a projected schedule of
activities -- all subject to change, please confirm
prior to booking your helicopter.

Mt. Figueroa is a lovely area to visit and the
location for these workshops. Spirit Pine Ranch is a
privately owned 400 acre site with several cob and
hybrid earthen structures. Betty Siemens and LeAnn
Deluna are modest and unassuming about their
accomplishments, and are natural teachers and an
inspiration for all who want to sculpt with cob. These
self-starters found out some basics and built on their
land with their family and friends. A couple years
later, cob pioneers Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley  held
10 day workshops here both in Spring 2003 and again in
2004. The new pix will be up soon (ahem, send some
please...), the 2003 series are linked below.

2004 Cob workshop start early as possible because the
heat gets real hot during middle of the day, sometimes
till later afternoon. The more participants can read
and practice prior to the workshops, the more
organized progress can be achieved. Basic cob guides
are now widely available such as the Cobbers Companion
and The Hand Sculpted House.

The following are all Saturday dates for the Los
Olivos Cob Workshops.
May 1 - Building an Earthen oven

May 15 - Creating a garden wall and bench

May 29 - Building a childs playhouse

June 12 - Building an outdoor fireplace

June 26 - Sculpting a bread oven - bench

July 10 - Get plastered! Outdoor Earthen plasters to
finish off the projects
 
Each one day class is $125 - includes lunch.
Save $ by enrolling in all 6 classes.
For info & enrollment, call (805) 737-9586