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England
These workshops are held in beautiful rural locations and mostly taught by Architect and Earthbag book author Paulina Wojciechowska.
- Designing your Natural Home – £195/person . You can set your own dates, (if you are a group of 2-4 persons we can agree on dates that suit you.)
This is a fun weekend of learning how to progress your ideas into a real design, including the construction of a small straw clay model. The weekend will also include lectures and design – (minimum 2 persons, limited to 4 people). Basic accomodation (a matress in a shared room) is available for £10/night, or B&B in the village. Location: in Forest Row, East Sussex, near Gatwick, UK. - 24-30 June 2020 – Earthbag Dome Workshop
A 6 to 7 day workshop where you will get to build and start to plaster a complete earthbag dome to be followed by the plastering workshop below…. Location: Forest Row, East Sussex, 30 minutes from Gatwick airpot, UK. - Cost: £395
- To book email: earthhands@gmail.com
- 3-8 July 2020 – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop
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. - Cost: £345, or £235 if added on to the Earthbag course.
- To book email: earthhands@gmail.com
- for the Strawbale Workshop in Poland summer 2020 see below
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The next Earthbag workshop will be held in June 2021…see below:
- June/July TBC… 2021 – Earthbag Dome Workshop
A 6 to 7 day workshop where you will get to build and start to plaster a complete earthbag dome. to be followed by the plastering workshop below…. in East Sussex, UK. - Cost: approx. £395
- July 2021 – Decorative Clay Plastering Workshop
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. In East Sussex UK. - Cost approx: £345. or £235
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Poland 2020
Our Polish workshop is located 60km from Warsaw, in a forest and is Taught by Jarema Dubiel in Polish and English. The site also has a small strawbale house and an earthbag dome on it.
- June or July? 2020 TBC– Straw bale and clay plastering Workshop – 220€ (for more information and to register email: jaremadubiel@tlen.pl)
This is a 5 day workshop where you will have hands-on practice of the straw bale construction, with an introduction to clay plastering. On this workshop you will learn how to build sandbag foundations, construct the strawbale wall system together with compression and all the plastering layers necessary for a strawbale wall, together with the sculpting layer and the smooth plaster that can be applied to other wall systems.
Free camping available.