Beautiful carving in clay – Athena is a true artist!

Athena at work carving between layers of clay plaster to make a beautiful flower design.

Amazing colours are possible!

Clay plastered tipi designs…

Our world renowned guest teachers!

Athena Steen founded the Canelo Project, a non-profit natural building organisation with her husband Bill Steen in 1989.  Later they became authors of many books the best known being:

• The Straw Bale House
  (the first book on Straw bale building… the book that created the natural building revolution!)
• The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes
• Small Straw Bale, Natural homes, Project and Designs.