Decorative Clay Plastering Workshops 2017 one with Athena Steen..!!

 

To book a workshop email    earthhands@gmail.com

Come and practice how to make your dream natural home look stunning with beautiful natural colours using a wide range of clay plaster, paint and carving techniques.

• 26-31 May – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop , with Athena Steen from the Canelo Project, Sussex, England – £485.. Now reduced to £385.

• 14-19 July – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop – Sussex, England – £295

 An AMAZING opportunity to attend a workshop with Athen Steen (the author of so many straw bale books) in the UK as Athena normally resides in Arozna and is coming all this way to teach this amazing workshop revelealing her natural clay mixes for the beautiful earth plasters and how to work with them and make incredibly smooth walls and decorate them with beautiful carvings.

A six day Workshop with Athena Steen.

26 – 31 May 2017.

 for website link see: 

http://earthhandsandhouses.org/decorative-clay-plaster-workshop-uk-athena-steen/

Set on a beautiful estate of Michael Hall Steiner school in the East Sussex countryside in the village of Forest Row, UK.

Taught in English by Athena Steen of the Canelo Project, author of many straw bale books, and architect and author Paulina Wojciechowska.

This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to gain hands-on experience of all aspects of clay plaster on a real straw bale that will be used for an outdoor classroom, in the woods of the school. The structure and straw bale walls of this building were built 2 years ago by class 9 students and a workshop that we ran and is waiting to be finished off with many layers of straw clay, smooth plastering and carving.

What You Will Learn

The six day workshop is based around the real hands-on experience of using clay plaster on the walls of a real structure, supported by regular lectures to ensure you understand the theory and possibilities. Over the six days you will learn:

• Recognising the clay found on our land and understanding how to use it for creating clay plaster in construction
• Preparation and application of the first 2 coats of clay plaster onto the straw bale wall
• Application of a clay and straw “cob” mixture to straw bale walls
• Preparation and application of the final layer of plaster
• Sculpting with clay plaster
• mixing different clay colours applying and carving the smooth plaster layers.
• Methods of protecting clay plaster from the elements.
• Preparation and application of clay paints for a beautiful natural finish.
• The theory of how clay floors are built.

This clay plaster workshop will be mainly hands-on, with theory lessons on each day to back up the practical skills learned and provide the opportunity for more detailed questions to be answered.

Book Your Place

The price of the six day In-depth Clay Plaster and artistry with clay plasters Workshop is £535 per person, or a discounted price of £485 is available if booked by 15th March 2017.
Numbers on the workshop will be limited to ensure a good learning experience, and we are expecting the allocated places to fill up before the workshop begins.
To book your place
email: earthhands@gmail.com
call Paulina (+44) 7787918184.

About your Workshop Leaders

The workshop will be lead by our guest teacher Athena Steen, along with Paulina Wojciechowska.
Athena is considered one of the founders of the natural building revolution. In 1989, along with her husband Bill, she founded the Canelo Project, a non profit organisation with the aim of spreading their knowledge of natural building far and wide. Paulina gained her experience and wisdom in natural building while spending 6 months working with Athena and Bill, 20 years ago! Click here to read more about Athena and the Canelo Project.
Paulina Wojciechowska, is a qualified architect who has 20 years of experience building with straw bales and  earthbags in communities all around the world. Paulina worked alongside leading straw bale and clay plaster veterans Bill and Athena Steen in 1997-8 and has been involved in running natural building workshops and designing and building structures with natural materials since then. Click here to hear Paulina talk about her experiences.

Food, Location, Accommodation

Vegetarian food will be available at an additional cost, payable upon arrival. This is expected to be in the region of £10 per day. The food will comprise a self service breakfast, full cooked lunchtime meal, and a light supper.
The workshop will be held on the grounds of Michael Hall School, in Forest Row  on a large 6×10 metre straw bale structure built in previous years to be an outdoor classroom.
You may camp within 20 minute walk by Weir Wood reservoir on a camping farm field or on a floor of a un used storage barn for £5/day, which includes the use of a kitchen, with toilet and shower facility.
Click here for more details of the camping facilities, maps, travel information and other accommodation available.
Please note that consumption of alcohol and smoking on the site are not allowed.

Workshop Timing

The workshop will run approximately on the following times:
Days 1-5:  – 09:00 to 18:00
Day 6: – 09:00 – 16:00
If you are  camping, you are welcome to arrive any time from 15:00 on the day before the workshop starts and to depart the day after the workshop ends.

Booking Multiple Workshops in UK.

You are welcome to attend a combination of our other workshops:
Design Your Dream Natural Home + Earthbag dome workshop £675
Earthbag dome + Straw Bale + Artistry in clay and clay plastering (July dates), £855 if paid before 1st March, otherwise £975
Design Your Dream Natural Home + Earthbag dome + Straw Bale + Artistry in clay and clay plastering (July dates) £1245 if paid before 1st March, otherwise £1450

But there is more…

This will be more than just a clay plaster workshop – it will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy learning and relaxing amongst like minded people, some who may become your friends for life!

Learn more…

For more information on how to book a workshop email
Paulina at

earthhands@gmail.com


 

Earthbag, Superadobe Dome Building Workshop 2017

 

Come and build a complete Earthbag, Superadobe Dome with arched entrance in just 6 days!

• 10-15 May – Earthbag Dome Workshop – Sussex, England – £295
• 25 June – 3 July – Earthbag Dome and Clay Plastering Workshop – Sussex, England – £345

 A 6 day Earthbag  Dome Workshop.    (some call it Superadobe, except we keep our earthbag technology as natural as possible, built using mostly earth and no barbed wire..! cement and barbed wire used ONLY where absolutely necessary.)


10th – 15th May 2017,   or
25 June – 3 July 2017 (including 2 extra days of earth plastering)

Taught by architect and earthbag author Paulina Wojciechowska.
The workshop will be lead by Earth Hands and Houses founder Paulina Wojciechowska, a qualified architect who has over 18 years of experience building with earthbags in communities all around the world. Paulina worked alongside Nader Khalili at Cal-Earth in 1996 and is the author of “Building with Earth”, one of the leading earthbag construction books.

What You Will Learn

The workshop is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience of all stages of constructing a 2 metre interior diameter earthbag dome with an arched entrance, in a beautiful location in E.Sussex, and will include:
Earthbag Dome Workshop (6 days)

• Theory of earthbag stucture foundations.
• Building an earthbag dome from an existing base.
• Creating earthbag walls using both single bags and earthbag tubes.
• Different techniques using arches and lintels to construct doorways and windows within the earthbag structure.
• Ensuring the structure is stable through the correct use of buttressing and corbelling based upon the nature of the earth used to fill the bags.
• Recognizing the clay found on our land and understanding how to use it for building.
• Preparation and application of the first 2 coats of clay plaster onto an earthbag dome.

Book Your Place

The workshop prices is:
six day Earthbag Dome Workshop:
£345 per person, or £295 if booked by 1st March 2016.
a six day Earthbag Dome Workshop with an option to saty for 2 more days of plastering £385:
Numbers on the workshop will be limited to ensure a good learning experience, and we are expecting the allocated places to fill up before the workshop.
Note that we are running a series of workshops at this time in E. Sussex, a Straw bale as well as the artistry with clay plastering and carving after this Earthbag workshop, as well as Design Your Dream Natural Home before this workshop.

To book your place
email earthhands@gmail.com or
call Paulina on (+44) 7787918184.

About your Workshop Leader

The workshop will be lead by Earth, Hands and Houses founder Paulina Wojciechowska, a qualified architect who has over 18 years of experience building with earthbags in communities all around the world. Paulina worked alongside Nader Khalili at Cal-Earth in 1996 and is the author of “Building with Earth”, one of the leading earthbag construction books. Click here to hear Paulina talk about her experiences.

Food, Location, Accommodation

Vegetarian food will be available at an additional cost of £10/day, payable upon arrival. The food will comprise a self service breakfast, full cooked lunchtime meal, and a light supper.
The workshop will be held on farmland, 1mile outside of the village centre of Forest Row. You may camp on the field for £5/day.
Click here for more details of the camping facilities, maps, travel information and other accommodation available.

Workshop Timing

The earthbag dome workshop will run from 9.30am to 5.30pm on each day. You will be welcome to arrive the day before the workshop and to leave the day afterwards.

But there is more…

This will be more than just an earthbag dome workshop – it will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy learning and relaxing amongst like minded people, some who may become your friends for life!

Earthbag Homes in Disaster Regions

Click here to read more about why earthbag homes are a great construction method to introduce into the world’s poorer, disaster prone communities.

Straw Bale Workshops 2017

A fun, hands-on workshop where you will get to build and plaster a complete structure made from straw bales…

• 6-14 May – StrawBale and In-depth Clay Plastering, Workshop – Alicante, Spain – 395 / 495€
• 18-23 May – Straw Bale Workshop – Sussex, England – £365
• 6-11 July – StrawBale Workshop – Sussex, England – £365
• 24-30 August – Straw Bale Workshop – Przelomka, Poland – 200€

 6-14 May 2017
StrawBale and In-depth Clay Plastering, Workshop  
in Alicante, Spain.

A six day straw bale and clay plastering workshop
(with an optional extra two days)
Saturday 6th – Friday 12th May 2017 or
Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th May 2017

Set in a beautiful olive grove in the rugged mountains near Tarbena in the Costa Blanca region of Spain.
Presented by experienced natural building teacher Antony Dennis.
This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to gain hands-on experience of building a straw bale structure and plastering a real straw bale building that will be used for visitor accommodation, in the beautiful surroundings of our olive grove set in a lush green valley in the mountains north of Alicante.

What You Will Learn

Hands-on experience of all the stages in straw bale wall construction, and in depth theory and practice of applying a wide range of different clay plasters to a real structure.
On the first six days we will build a straw bale structure and cover it with the first two layers of plaster. Topics covered will be:

• Site planning and building of the foundations for a straw bale structure
• Raising straw bale walls
• How to tie the straw bale walls together
• Making a wall plate and compressing a wall
• Installation of door and window frames
• Managing the use of bales to maintain wall strength
• Recognizing the clay found on our land and understanding how to use it for building
• Preparation and application of the first 2 coats of clay plaster onto the straw bale wall

The final two days will present both the theory and practice of clay plastering in much more depth. Topics will include:

• Preparation and application of the final layer of smooth plaster
• Sculpting with clay plaster
• Methods of protecting clay plaster from the elements
• Application of lime to protect a naturally constructed building.
• Preparation and application of clay paints for a beautiful natural finish.
• A variety of methods using in the creation of different internal wall structures.
• The theory of how clay floors are built.
• The application of the final layer of clay to an existing clay floor.

This straw bale workshop will be mainly hands-on, building a small temporary structure out of straw bales, and applying all the different clay plaster techniques to both this and an existing 4×4 metre building which will be used for visitor accommodation at the olive grove site. Theory lessons will back up the practical skills learned and provide the opportunity for more detailed questions to be answered.

Book Your Place

The price of the two workshop options are:
Six day straw bale and clay plaster workshop:
450€ per person, or a discounted price of 395€ is available if booked by 1st March 2017.
Eight day straw bale and clay plaster workshop
570€ per person, or a discounted price of 495€ is available if booked by 1st March 2017.
Numbers on the workshop will be limited to ensure a good learning experience, and we are expecting the allocated places to fill up before the workshop begins.
To book your place
email antony@la-murta.eu or
call Antony on (+34) 633 012 477.

About your Workshop Leader

The workshop will be lead by Antony Dennis.
Antony presented all Earth, Hands and Houses workshops alongside Paulina for 4 years and owns his own straw bale house on his olive grove in the mountains of Spain, which is the location of this workshop.
Antony has a natural talent for explaining things clearly, a love of natural building and over 25 years of experience taking houses apart and putting them back together, These gifts, along with his ability to hold a caring, openhearted community space make his workshops both an informative and pleasurable experience.

Food, Location, Accommodation

Vegetarian food will be available at an additional cost, payable upon arrival. The food will comprise a self service breakfast, full cooked lunchtime meal, and a light supper.
The workshop will be held in an olive grove, 2km south of the village of Tarbena. You may camp within the olive grove for free.
Click here for more details of the camping facilities, maps, travel information and other accommodation available.
Please note that consumption of alcohol and smoking on the site are not allowed.

Workshop Timing

The workshop will run from 09:00 to 17:00 on each day. If you are  camping, you are welcome to arrive any time on the day before the workshop starts and to depart the day after the workshop ends. There is a rest day on Wednesday 10th May.

But there is more…

This will be more than just a straw bale workshop – it will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy learning and relaxing amongst like minded people, some who may become your friends for life!
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            The strawbale wall being compressed.

The wall plate that goes around the strawbale wall for compression.

                                            The first layers of plaster

                                        
The strawbale wall being plastered with clay plaster

Yummy Vegan Lunches

Natural Building Workshops 2017 The Listing

Review our workshops by:

• Location: Sussex, England, Alicante, Spain, and Poland
• Workshop type: Straw Bale, Earthbag, Decorative Clay Plastering, Designing Your Natural Home or Planning Your Dream Natural Home

Click on each workshop name to see the full details.

Workshops by Location and Dates

England

Held in a beautiful rural location in Forest Row, Sussex, just 30 minutes drive from Gatwick Airport. These workshops are mostly taught by architect and earthbag author Paulina Wojciechowska.

• 10-15 May – Earthbag Dome Workshop – £295
  A six day workshop where you will get to build and start to plaster a complete earthbag dome with vaulted arch entrance.
• 18-23 May – Straw Bale Workshop – £365
  A five day workshop where you will hands-on practice all the techniques of straw bale construction, with an introduction to clay plastering.
• 26-31 May – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop  with our guest teacher from the US Athena Steen from the Canelo Project – £485
  A six day workshop with one of the founders of the natural building revolution! Come and learn from Athena how to make your dream natural home look stunning with beautiful natural colours using a wide range of clay plaster, lime, paint and carving techniques, as well as learning about the different types of clay mixes.
• 16-22 June – Planning Your Dream Natural Home Workshop – £395
  A six day workshop to learn how to go from your initial ideas to being ready to build! Includes how to choose your site, work with authorities, design your home, and understand all the building technologies to successfully manage and take part in the construction.
  
• 25 June – 3 July – Earthbag Dome and Clay Plastering Workshop – £345
  A seven day workshop where you will get to build and plaster a complete earthbag dome with vaulted arch entrance.
• 6-11 July – Straw Bale Workshop – £365
  A five day workshop where you will hands-on practice all the techniques of straw bale construction, with an introduction to clay plastering.
• 14-19 July – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop – £295
  Come and practice how to make your dream natural home look stunning with beautiful natural colours using a wide range of clay plaster, paint and carving techniques.
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• 30 September-1 October  – Designing your Natural Home – £195
  A weekend of  learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model. – (Limited to 6 people).  Basic accomodation available for £10/night.
• 11-12 November  – Designing your Natural Home – £195
  A weekend of  learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model. – (Limited to 6 people).  Basic accomodation available for £10/night.

Spain

Our Spanish workshops are held in a beautiful olive grove in the mountains, a hour’s drive from Alicante, and are taught by Antony

• 6-14 May – Straw Bale and In-depth Clay Plastering, Workshop – 395 / 495€
  Come to the sunny Spanish mountains for a 6 or 8 day workshop to gain hands-on practice of all aspects of straw bale construction, and clay plastering to finish the walls and natural floor of an existing naturally built house.

Poland

Our Polish workshops are located on beautiful meadowland, on the grounds of a large sculpted straw bale house, near lake Hancza, in the village of Przelomka, taught by Jarema Dubiel.

• 24-30 August – Straw bale Workshop – 200€

Workshops by Type

Straw Bale Workshops

A fun, hands-on workshop where you will get to build and plaster a complete structure made from straw bales…

• 6-14 May – Straw Bale and In-depth Clay Plastering, Workshop – Alicante, Spain – 395 / 495€
• 18-23 May – Straw Bale Workshop – Sussex, England – £365
• 6-11 July – Straw Bale Workshop – Sussex, England – £365
• 24-30 August – Straw Bale Workshop – Przelomka, Poland – 200€

Earthbag Workshops

Come and build a complete earthbag dome with arched entrance in just 5 days!

• 10-15 May – Earthbag Dome Workshop – Sussex, England – £295
• 25 June – 3 July – Earthbag Dome and Clay Plastering Workshop – Sussex, England – £345

Decorative Clay Plastering Workshops

Come and practice how to make your dream natural home look stunning with beautiful natural colours using a wide range of clay plaster, paint and carving techniques.

• 26-31 May – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop , with Athena Steen from the Canelo Project, Sussex, England – £485
• 14-19 July – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop – Sussex, England – £295

Planning Your Dream Natural Home Workshops

A six day workshop to learn how to go from your initial ideas to being ready to build! Includes how to choose your site, work with authorities, design your home, and understand all the building technologies to successfully manage and take part in the construction.
16-22 June – Planning Your Dream Natural Home Workshop – Sussex, England – £395

Designing Your Natural Home Workshops

A weekend of learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model.

• 30 September-1 October  – Designing your Natural Home – £195
  A weekend of  learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model. – (Limited to 6 people).  Basic accomodation available for £10/night.
• 11-12 November  – Designing your Natural Home – £195
  A weekend of  learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model. – (Limited to 6 people).  Basic accomodation available for £10/night.

Workshops coming soon:

10th - 18th February 2014 in Thailand

Building an Earthbag, sandbag Dome...

Fantastic low tech skills for Building for disaster relief... and disaster resistant houses.

....best for areas prone to flooding, and hurricanes. 

Taught by architect and earthbag author
Paulina Wojciechowska.
10th – 18th February 2014.
An 8 day workshop in Chaing Mai, Northern Thailand.
Earthbag buildings offer a very low cost of construction and far greater resistance to natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes, making them an ideal building method to introduce into many regions in Asia.
The workshop will be lead by Earth, Hands and Houses founder Paulina Wojciechowska, a qualified architect who has over 17 years of experience building with earthbags in communities all around the world. Paulina worked alongside Nader Khalili at Cal-Earth in 1996 and is the author of “Building with Earth”, one of the leading earthbag construction books.
The workshop is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience of all stages of constructing a large 4 metre diameter earthbag dome in a beautiful location in Northern Thailand, and will include:

• Learning about earthbag and sand bag  structures that can be constructed in areas prone to flooding and hurricanes.
• designing a house that can withstand floods and hurricanes.

• Theory of earthbag stucture foundations.
• Building an earthbag dome from an existing concrete base.
• Creating earthbag walls using both single bags and earthbag tubes.
• Different techniques using arches and lintels to construct doorways and windows within the earthbag structure.
• Ensuring the structure is stable through the correct use of buttressing and corbelling based upon the nature of the earth used to fill the bags.
• The theory and some short practice of clay plastering techniques applicable to earthbag dome structures.

Earthbag Workshop cost (8 days) : 360 euros 
Other important practicalities:

• This workshop is part of a series being run by our host, Maggie McKerron. Please see [http://maggimck.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/workshops-in-chiang-dao-thailand-2014/ ] for details of the other workshops Maggie is running which you may also wish to attend.
• Food will be provided for an additional cost of approximately 6 euros per day with shared kitchen duties.
• Free camping will be available on site.
• The best way to travel to the workshop is to fly or take a train to Chaing Mai in Thailand and then travel one and a half hours by bus or taxi to the workshop site.

After this workshop there will be an opportunity to stay on as a volunteer and participate in finishing the dome.
This is more than just an earthbag workshop – it will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy an amazing 9 days of learning and relaxing amongst like minded people, some who may become your friends for life!

For more details see  www.earthhandsandhouses.org
email info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org
call Paulina on +44 1825 713349

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PAST WORKSHOPS

22 - 29th October 2013, 

Building with Straw bales

 (a workshop taught by Paulina)

Taurus Mountains of South Turkey
In the Mediterranean forest of Dutalan, 60km from Antalya in Turkey. 

A straw bale and clay plastering workshop.

This is a rare opportunity to learn how to build straw bale walls around a wooden hexagonal structure that supports a reciprocal roof. 

 In a 2 part workshop we’ll learn how to; raise straw bale walls with hazel pinning, tying walls, making a wall plate and compressing a wall, Installing door frames and window frames, as well as making clay plaster, recognizing clay, preparing clay plaster, the application of 3 different layers of earthen clay plaster, preparing wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, painting with clay paint and make light straw clay insulation. 

 Hands-on and some theory. 
  
Cost: 395 Euro 
(food: approx. 6 Euros per day, accommodation: free camping)

for more information 
email: earthhands@gmail.com
or call : +44 (0)1825 713349.

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Workshops for 2013

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

www.earthhandsandhouses.org




UK, Essex, nr. Stanstead 
In a semi-rural location where camping is free with basic facilities. 

28 May-2 June, Building with Earthbags. Domes and arches. 

This is an Earthbag workshop, learning to build a root cellar, or any 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. 
Cost: £260 without meals, or £320 with meals (Taught by Paulina) 

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UK, Hoathly Hill Community, E. Sussex 
In the gardens of the community.

 Weekend 21,22,23 June,  Building with Straw bales.

Mid Summer Straw Bale Building and Celebration.    

Come and join us for a fun weekend of learning natural building, camping with campfires and a mid summer celebration.
This is a straw bale workshop, building a round house, which will include a straw bale wall system that will be strengthened with hazel pinning, tying the walls, making the wall plate and compressing the wall as well as plastering/sculpting the walls with an earthen plaster. Hands-on and some theory. 

Cost: £ tba without meals, or £tba with communally cooked meals (Taught by Paulina) 

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

27th July - 30th July, Building with Earthbags - Domes and arches. 

This is an Earthbag workshop, we will be 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: 160 Euro 

1st – 3rd Aug, Clay plastering workshop. 

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 

4th August, Lime plastering. 

Plastering with Lime, clay finished walls. 
Cost: 30 Euro 

All courses in Przelomka include free basic camping facilities or make your own arrangements. (Accommodation: There is accommodation in the neighborhood for 6 to 20 Euros per night. Food: this is usually prepared together and the cost is shared) 

Discount for ALL 3 workshops - 270 Euro (Lime plastering is FREE if you attend the other two workshops)

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Workshops in Poland,  taught by Jarema

Poland, Nowe Miasto, near Olsztyn. 70 km from Warsaw. 

7-9^th May –Survival workshop.  

Three days learning Survival skills such as building of shelter, learning about herbs and other useful information regarding hygiene, and natural medicines.  This course is for beginners. 

Cost: 100 Euros. 

Poland, Nowe Miasto, near Olsztyn. 70 km from Warsaw. 

 30^th May – 1^st June. Clay plastering workshop.

This workshop will teach you how to recognize clay, how to prepare and apply clay plaster, two different layers of earthen clay plaster, final smooth plaster with a range of two colours, preparation of wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, painting with clay paint, lime plaster.
Cost: 150 Euro.

Poland, Karczak / Podlasie

16-18^th June,  Building with Straw bales, 

This is a straw bale workshop which will teach you how to build earthbag foundations, Straw bale walls with hazel pinning, tying the walls, making the wall plate and compressing the wall.
Cost: 150 Euro.  

21-23 June,  Clay plastering workshop. 

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 lime plastering.
Cost: 150 Euro. 

Poland: in Pupki near Olsztyn.

28-30^th June,  Natural building workshop, 

which is An Introduction to:

·        Earthbag Building

·        Cordwood building

·        Cob and wattle and daub, filling in a timber structure post and beam barn.

We will be spending a day on each technology.

Cost: 150 Euro.

Poland: in Pupki near Olsztyn.

3 -5^th July, Clay plastering workshop. 

 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 lime plastering.
Cost: 150 Euro. 

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Taurus Mountains of South Turkey    (a workshop taught by Paulina)

In the Mediterranean forest of Dutalan, 60km from Antalya in Turkey. 

22 - 29th October, Building with Straw bales

A straw bale and clay plastering workshop - this is a rare opportunity to learn how to build straw bale walls around a wooden hexagonal structure that supports a reciprocal roof. In a 2 part workshop we’ll learn how to; raise straw bale walls with hazel pinning, tying walls, making a wall plate and compressing a wall, Installing door frames and window frames, as well as making clay plaster, recognizing clay, preparing clay plaster, the application of 3 different layers of earthen clay plaster, preparing wheat paste for stabilizing the final layer, sculpting, painting with clay paint and make light straw clay insulation. Hands-on and some theory. 
 Cost: 395 Euro  
(food: approx. 6 Euros per day, accommodation: free camping)

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Northern Thailand near Chaing Mai,
On a beautiful site looking up at the mountain Chiang Dao. 

10 - 18th February 2014

Building a large Earthbag house dome 

Building with Earthbags, or Superadobe. A rare opportunity to build a 4m diameter dome which will be used as a guest house. The workshop will include foundations, making the dome and arch, and some clay plastering. After this workshop there will be an opportunity to stay on as a volunteer and participate in finishing the dome. 
Cost: 360 Euros

for more information email: info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org, or 

call Paulina on 01825 713349.  

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Workshops for summer 2012

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

Hadlow Down, East Sussex.
4th-5th April 2012 (Easter holidays)-(in the woods)
Plastering and sculpting a hot tub.

[cost:£10/day, children Free, Bring your own packed lunch to share]



Forest Row, East Sussex
19,20th May 2012 - Building a bread Oven made of clay.

[cost:£30/day or £55, children Free, Bring your own packed lunch to share]



Cowden, East Sussex
16,17th June 2012- plastering and sculpting an existing earthbag dome. Learning how to make a plaster using clay, sand and straw, sculpting and making smooth plasters for the fine finish.

[cost:£20/day, children Free, camping field available, shared food and cooking]



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.