[Scpg] Mosaic and Cob Workshop at Wright Land

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Wright Way Organic Resource Center

ALTERNATIVE BUILDING WORKSHOP 2004

MOSAIC 

AND 

COB WORKSHOP

Saturday, August 21, 2004

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Wright Land, Malibu Hills

$30.00 Workshop Fee

  a.. Explore the artistic and architectural inclinations of cob and mosaic. 
  b.. Gift yourself a day of creativity focused on nature, imagination and design. 
  c.. Get your hands and feet dirty, enliven your magical side and have fun while investigating these very available, useful and beautiful materials.
Artist and Permaculture Designer Teo Briseño will lead this day long workshop investigating the artistic and functional potential of cob and mosaic. 

What is cob? 

The word cob comes from an Old English root meaning "a lump or rounded mass." It’s a traditional building technique using earth mixed with water, straw and often sand. Cob is easy to learn and inexpensive to build. It dries to a hardness similar to lean concrete and is used like adobe to create self-supporting, load-bearing walls… This ancient technology doesn’t contribute to deforestation, pollution or mining, nor depend on manufactured materials or power tools. Cob is non-toxic and completely recyclable… From "The Cobber’s Companion" by Michael G. Smith. A Cob Cottage Publication.

Mosaic

The process of making pictures or designs by inlaying small bits of colored stone, glass etc. in mortar.

More about Teo:

Teo Briseño is an artist exploring edible landscaping, multimedia arts, stonework and natural architecture. He has worked with James Hubbell and on permaculture sites, gardens and farms in India, Brazil, Mexico and California. 

Schedule:

10:00 - 10:30 Introduction

10:30 - 12:00 Cob mixing and materials discussion 

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch (please bring one)

12.45 - 1:15 Observation in nature

1:15 - 3:45 Application of materials and techniques

3:45 - 4:00 Closing and reflections

Please bring with you:

  a.. Lunch 
  b.. Work clothes (and a bathing suit) 
  c.. Palette or putty knife, 
  d.. Mosaic materials (tiles, stones etc.) 
  e.. Textures to use for imprinting 
  f.. Board or working surface (approximately 2' x 2') 
  g.. 2 containers about 6" in diameter 
  h.. Sponge

Please call or e-mail to sign-up ahead of time. Contact Peg Butler for more information

Wright Way Organic Resource Center 

24680 Piuma Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 Ph. 818-591-8992 Fax 818-591-0116

E-mail wworc at elwright.net For directions: http://www.elwright.net/wrightway or call.



Wright Way Organic Resource Center sponsors inner city youth to attend our workshops and experience creative, environmentally-focused events with  intergenerational, diverse groups of registered participants.  We gratefully accept donations to help support these efforts. Wright Way Organic Resource Center is a Project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs(SEE) a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.