Earth Hands and Houses

Workshops for summer 2012

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UK, East Sussex
There will be several day or weekend workshops in East Sussex during
April-June on topics such as:

• Building a hot tub
• Sculpting and plastering a hot tub
• Building a bread oven
• Earthen plastering and sculpting, with smooth plaster finish

The dates and location will follow shortly

UK, Forest Row,
nr. East Grinstead and Gatwick, East Sussex

Located on a farm where camping is free with very basic facilities.
2-7 June, Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches. Building a root cellar, learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags, and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. Taught by Paulina.

Cost £240 without meals or £300 with meals

email: info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org
or call Paulina on 01825 713349 for more details.

Poland, Pupki, 20km from Olsztyn

In beautiful countryside, where we run a straw bale wall raising 2 yrs ago, we will be adding another straw bale wall to an existing one under the roof of a timber frame barn. The course is taught by Jarema Dubiel.

23-25 June, Straw bale wall rising, with hazel pinning, tying the walls, making the wall plate and compressing the wall. Mostly hands on.
Cost: 150 Euro including free vegetarian lunch and basic sleeping accommodation.

27-29 June, Clay plastering the straw bale walls. This workshop will teach how to recognize clay, how to prepare clay plaster, three different layers of earthen clay plaster, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, painting with clay paint, and light straw clay insulation.
Cost: 110 Euro including free vegetarian lunch and basic sleeping accommodation.

If you would like to attend all 2 courses the cost is reduced to 250 Euro
(This includes lunch for 6 days and basic accommodation for 8 nights)

North-Easterly Poland, nr. Lake Hancza, Przelomka.
Taught by Paulina and Jarema

21-24 July, Building with Earthbags - Domes and arches. Building a root cellar, or a meditation dome, learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags. Hands-on and some theory.
Cost: 150 Euro including free basic camping facilities

27-29 July, Clay plastering. This workshop will teach how to recognize clay, how to prepare clay plaster, two different layers of earthen clay plaster, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, painting with clay paint, and light straw clay insulation.
Cost: 110 Euro including free basic camping facilities.

31 July – 1 August, Lime plastering. Plastering with Lime a clay finished straw bale wall.
Cost: 30 Euro including free basic camping facilities

All courses in Przelomka include free basic camping facilities or make your own arrangements. (Accommodation: There is accommodation in the neighborhood for 6 to 15 Euros per night. Food: this is usually prepared together and the cost is shared)
Discount for ALL 3 workshops - 260 Euro (Lime plastering is FREE if you attend the other two workshops)

email: info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org
or Call Paulina on +44 (0)1825 713349 for more details.

Workshops for the summer 2011

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Workshop dates 2011.
www.earthhandsandhouses.org

UK, Sussex (near Gatwick), Balcombe
28May – 2nd June
Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches.
Building a root cellar, learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags, and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. Taught by Paulina,
Cost: 240pounds or 300pounds with all meals.

Poland, Near Plonsk, 60km from Warsaw
In a beautiful pine and birch woodland, where there are already straw bale and Earthbag houses, we will be building an extension to an existing timber house made of straw bales with Earthbag foundations. The course is split into 3 stages of the building process taught by Jarema Dubiel.

17-18 May – Earthbag foundations for the straw bale walls. The earthbags will be filled with sand, clay or gravel.
Cost: 70 Euros (includes free lunches).

20-22 May – Straw bale wall rising, with hazel pinning, tying the walls, making the wall plate and compressing the wall. Mostly hands on, but some theory.
Cost: 130 Euros (includes free lunches).

25-27May – Clay plastering the straw bale walls. This workshop will teach how to recognize clay, how to prepare clay plaster, three different layers of earthen clay plaster, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, making a truth window, painting with clay paint, and light straw clay insulation.

Cost: 110 Euros (includes free lunches).

Cost For all 3 courses: 275 Euros.
The cost includes Very basic shelter and a vegetarian lunch.

Poland, North-east, near Goldap
In a newly formed eco-village this will be the first straw bale house.
This building course is a segment of a 3 week permaculture course, (more details will follow). This building course is split into 3 stages of the building process, taught by Jarema Dubiel.

26-27June – Earthbag foundations for the straw bale walls.
Cost: 70 Euros (includes free lunches).

29th June – 1st July. - Straw bale wall rising, with hazel pinning, tying the walls, making the wall plate and compressing the wall. Mostly hands on, but some theory.

3rd – 5th July, - Clay plastering workshops; how to recognize clay, how to prepare clay plaster, three layers of earthen plaster, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, making a truth window, painting with clay paint, and light straw clay insulation

Camping field and tee-pee available for free.
Vegan food, (ask for details).

Poland, North-east, Przelomka
(22-24 July), Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches.
Building a root cellar, learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags

(29-31st July), Plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster.

Cost: one 3-day July workshop 140Euros, two 3-day workshops 240Euro.
(Concessions available)
Accommodation: There is a camping field available for free, or make your own arrangements.
Meals not included.

Poland, Near Warsaw
(25 -28 August). Straw bale workshop. Straw bale wall raising will include how to divide straw bales, learning which straw is good for building with, fixing the wall to the foundation, stabilizing the bale walls, making a straw bale wall plate, first layers of plaster.
Cost: 150Euro.

(2nd – 4th September), Clay plastering, the only workshop this season on how to plaster a straw bale wall. The workshop will include: theory, how to recognize clay, how to prepare clay plaster, three layers of earthen plaster, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, making a truth window, painting with clay paint, and light straw clay insulation.
Cost: 120 Euro.
Accommodation: There is a camping field available for free, or make your own arrangements.

South of France
(18-28 October) (approximate dates)
Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches. – building a large 5m house dome with smaller niches.

www.maspinet.com
(More information to come)

EARTHBAG building workshop in Sussex UK. May 28-2nd June 2011

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Earthbag- Building
WORKSHOP May/June 2011
Sandbags/ Earthbags/Superadobe and Clay

www.EarthHandsAndHouses.org

Building an earthen dome,
which can be used as a root cellar, a meditation dome,
a sleeping pod, a sound room, a fertility chapel, etc..
Learn to Build

Earthen dome structures for
emergency and sustainable living

28th May – 2nd June (Bank holiday weekend)
Building with Earthbags- a dome and an arch, plastering the dome & sculpting with clay.

Location:
Near Balcombe, West Sussex. (near Gatwick Airport)
Content:
Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled
bags (Earthbags, Superadobe etc..), and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands on and some Theory.

Building with materials that you are standing on

Taught by:
Paulina Wojciechowska, who is an architect and author of ‘Building with Earth, a guide to Flexible-Form earthbag construction’, has been studying, building and teaching natural building since 1996.
Simon Welsh, writer performer, speaker…
will assist & host the workshop.

Minimum 10 persons for the workshop to run.

Cost:
Earthbag course + plastering (6 days):
£300 incl. food
£240 excl. food
Camping free

Food:
communal vegetarian/vegan cooking
or make own arrangements.

The first Earthbag, Superadobe workshop in Sussex England

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In 3 days 20 lovely people built a 2 metre internal diameter earthbag, superadobe dome with an entrance vault. We used approx.300 metres of polypropylene tube bag.

Below are a few pictures showing the construction process:

-A small drainage channel

-setting out of the earthbag dome

-A form was used to make an arched entrance

Aniko shaping the earthbag

-James and Marcin making the form

-The amount of clay used to fill the bags

-Vaulted entrance to the earthbag (earth filled bags) dome root cellar

The completed dome

part of the earthbag workshop group

The next two days were plastering the dome.

The earthbag dome after 5 days.

Part of the earth, straw clay, plastering group.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT GROUP!!!

2010 Sussex, UK Workshop- Building a Root cellar, an earthbag dome in just 4 days

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Building a root cellar
Learn to Build Earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living.

29th May - 1stJune (Bank holiday weekend) Building with Earthbags- a dome and an arch.

2nd June – plastering the dome and sculpting with clay

Location
3 miles east of East Grinstead.

Content:
Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags (Earthbags, Superadobe etc..), and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands on and some Theory.

Taught by:
Paulina Wojciechowska, who is an architect and author of ‘Building with Earth, a guide to Flexible-Form earthbag construction’, has been studying, building and teaching natural building since 1996.
Nicholas Harris, a British wheel of yoga accredited teacher
will assist & host the workshop.

Cost:
4 day earthbag course: Course participant: £160
Children: FREE
1 day plastering course: £30
Basic Camping field available for free..

Food:
£5 daily contribution towards communal
vegetarian/vegan cooking or make own
arrangements.

Contact us via email:
info@ ehah.org

Clay Plaster carving with Bill and Athena Steen in Slovakia June 2009.

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Earthen Plasters and carving,
& making a Japanese Tataki floor.

Summer 2009 Earthbag, Superadobe workshops in Poland

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Building small domes and an arch in 3 or 4 days.

Pupki

Plastering the dome

Przelomka

New 2010 Natural Building Courses and Workshops

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Turkey, mediterranean coast

9-11 April, Building with Earthbags, Building Earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Starting to build a small dome made out of earth filled bags, some plastering, hands-on and theory. Taught by Paulina

Total Price Per Person - 300 Euro
Room & Board Included but drinks are extra. Maximum 15 places available, book early.

For more information please contact babylontown@hotmail.com

Poland, 60 km from Warsaw

Located in a forest with existing structures that include a small load bearing straw bale house and an earthbag dome covered in shingles. The site also has a camping field.

25-27 May, Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches. Hands-on’, led by Jarema.

29-31, May, Clay and Straw. Clay plastering, sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls. ‘Hands on’, led by Jarema
for more information contact
Paulina@ehah.org, or info@earthhandsandhouses.org
www.earthhandsandhouses.org

UK, Sussex
The first EHaH Earthbag, Superadobe workshop,in the UK.
3 miles east of East Grinstead, close to Gatwick airport

29th May -1st June Earthbags. Building a root cellar, learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags, and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. Taught by Paulina, Cost 160 GBP

2nd June, Clay Plastering. Plastering and sculpting with clay on an earthbag dome.
Taught by Paulina, Cost 30 GBP

for more information contact
Paulina@ehah.org, or info@earthhandsandhouses.org
www.earthhandsandhouses.org

Poland, 20km from Olsztyn

24 - 27 June, Earthbag foundations with straw bale wall (date to be confirmed) raising building one wall in an existing barn structure. A hands-on course led by Jarema Dubiel.

1 - 4 July, Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches. Building a root cellar; learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. Taught by Paulina & Jarema.

5 July, Clay Plasters. Plastering and sculpting the dome with clay plasters. (date to be confirmed). Taught by Paulina & Jarema.

5 - 30 July That Round House. A series of four workshops building a low impact roundhouse. The workshop is led by Tony Wrench. Details on Green Hamlet.

Other mini workshops in July, Olsztyn

Wild Foods Walk, 1/2 a day. Finding wild foods that help towards survival (date to be agreed). Led by Jarema

Building a Sweat Lodge, 1 day. (date to be agreed) Led by Jarema

Przelomka, Poland
Close to lake Hancza, dates to be confirmed

The site is located on a beautiful hilly meadow, with forests and lakes, existing structures include an unfinished post and beam bearing straw bale house, a small earthbag dome and a straw bale shelter. A camping field with very basic facilities is on site and accommodation is available 1km away.

2 - 4 August, Building with Earthbags, Domes and arches. Building a root cellar. Learning to build earthen dome structures for emergency and sustainable living. Building an arch and a very small dome made out of earth filled bags and plastering/sculpting the dome with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. Taught by Paulina & Jarema.

7 - 9 August, Earthen Plasters. Plastering, sculpting and carving earthen plasters. All the plastering workshop participants are invited to stay on as volunteers for more plastering/sculpting/carving experience. Taught by Paulina

for more information contact
Paulina@ehah.org, or info@earthhandsandhouses.org
www.earthhandsandhouses.org

GREEN ARCHITECTURE DAY Sunday 19 April 2009, Brighton University

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- Illustrated talks on Eco-friendly materials and Eco-renovation
- Stalls and exhibitions
- Children’s workshops

Illustrated talks by designers, practitioners and professionals
• Eco-friendly materials
• Eco-renovation
A day of ideas and information for anyone concerned with buildings - those who design them, build them, live in them or work in them.

I will be doing a talk on:
Natural Earthen Finishes: Earthen plasters, paints, sculpting furniture etc.
This talk will introduce the possibilities of working with earthen finishes. The subjects explored will range from sculpting your own furniture, to bread ovens, hot tubs and clay floors. We will also be looking at a variety of different clay mixes used for sculpting, plastering and making clay paints.
for more information see:
www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk/gad/GAD09talks.html

New Natural Building Courses for Summer 2009

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Straw Bale, Earthbag, Earthen Plasters, Paints,cordwood...

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

Located in a forest with existing structures that include a small load bearing straw bale house and an earthbag dome covered in slats. The site also has a camping field.

1-3 May - Earthbags - domes and arches.

4 May - Earthen plaster plastering the earthbag dome.

8-10 May - Survival building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge.

20 km from Olsztyn in Poland

On a new site surrounded by forest and meadows, no facilities except camping, but accommodation available 1km away.

5-8 June - Earthbags - domes and arches. Hands on and theory. Taught by Jarema and Paulina

9th June - Earthen plaster plastering the earthbag dome.

12-14 June - Building with Straw bales. Hands on and theory. Taught by Jarema and Paulina

15-17 June - Clay plastering Sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

Lake ‘Hancza’ North-East Poland

The site is located on a beautiful hilly meadow, with forests and lakes, existing structures include an unfinished post and beam load-bearing straw bale house, a small earthbag dome and straw bale bus shelter. A camping field with very basic facilities is on site and accommodation is available 1km away.

3-5 July - Survival (building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge,)

9-12 July - Earthbags - domes and arches. .(hands on and theory) (taught by Jarema and Paulina)

14-16 July - Clay plastering, sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

19-20 July - Introduction to cordwood and wattle and daub.

Possibility to stay on and volunteer on this site.

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

Located in a forest with existing structures that include a small load bearing straw bale house and an earthbag dome covered in slats. The site also has a camping field.

7-9 August - Building with Straw bales. Hands on

11-13 August - Clay plastering sculpting, clay paints, straw/clay as insulation, making 1cm thin partition walls.

5-7 September - An introduction to Natural building. An overview of building technologies such as earthbags, cordwood, cob, wattle & daub.

12-14 September - Survival building a shelter, eating wild plants, basic hygiene, basic natural medicine, making a sweat lodge.

Workshops cost
75 Euro for a 2-day workshop
100 Euro for a 3-day workshop
130 Euro for a 4-day workshop
150 Euro for a 5-day workshop

for more infor see:

www.earthhandsandhouses.org

Jarema blog

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wszystkich zainteresowanych moimi pogladami na eko budownictwo i nie tylko zapraszam
do mamaziemia.blogspot.com

Look at our website

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Earth hands and houses has a website where you can see our projects and workshop details

Cordwood

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Cordwood Porch added to a straw bale house in Poland.

Straw bale, Cob, Earthbag, Cordwood, Workshop Courses for 2008

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60 km from Warsaw in Poland

16-18 May – A Hogan building workshop.

23 – 25 May. - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime.

4 – 5 June - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Building earthbag foundations for a straw bale structure.

6 – 8 June – Building with Straw bales. Building a straw bale structure

11-13 June- Earth plastering, sculpting, making and applying clay paints and straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay)

By Lake ‘Hancza’ North-Easterly corner of Poland

11-13 July - building with Cob, wattle & daub, adobe, clay plastering and sculpting, straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay). Building thin internal walls and partitions ( can be as thin as 1cm) using straw, clay and other fibres.

14, 15 July – cordwood and rammed earth building workshop.

18-20 July - Building with Earthbags / sandbags workshop. Learning about earth bag foundations, domes and arches, clay plastering and painting with lime.

22-24 July- Building with Straw bales. Building a straw bale structure

26-28 July – Earth plastering, sculpting, making and applying clay paints and straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay).

1-3 August - survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

9, 10 August - building a sweat lodge workshop and a labyrinth celebration.

60 km from Warsaw in Poland

5-7 September- survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

12-14 September – cordwood building, clay plastering and making a green roof.

4,5 October - survival workshop: building a shelter, eating wild plants, cleaning, washing, preparing food and some medicines.

6-8 October – an overview of Natural building technologies such as: straw bale building, cordwood and earthbag building

10-12 October – cob, wattle and daub, earth plastering, sculpting, straw/clay as insulation for new or existing buildings (learning how to insulate your existing house or barn using just straw and clay)

Workshops cost:

100 Euros for a 3-day workshop

70 Euros per 2-day workshop