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.

Workshops for the summer 2011

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

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

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

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.

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

Summer 2009 Earthbag, Superadobe workshops in Poland

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

Pupki








Plastering the dome

Przelomka