A larger straw bale structure we made at our Turkey workshop in October 2013.
Clay plastering the joints between bales…
Having fun in the sun…
The walls take shape… clay plastering the bale walls.
Jarema Dubiel teaching some theory to last years straw bale workshop group
Workshops are always lots of fun!
A straw bale and clay plastering workshop taught by Jarema Dubiel – cost: 280 Euros
Budowa domku z kostki slomianej i tynkowanie glina – koszt: 280 Euros
9-15 Czerwca 2018, in Przelomka, Poland
Budowa z kostki slomianej i tynkowanie glina 9-15 czerwca, PRZELOMKA
This workshop is set in a very wild and beautiful place, 200m from the cleanest classified lake in Poland, the 5km long lake Hańcza. Here, the neighbours are beavers and storks. This is also the site of a beautiful straw bale house and Przelomka is also the village of the first straw bale load-bearing house in Poland.
Warsztaty sa prowadzone w pieknym miejscu, na suwalszczyznie, nad jeziorem Hancza, do okola lasy i laki.
This workshop is taught by Jarema Dubiel, in both Polish and English.
Warsztaty prowadzone sa przez Jareme Dubiel sa one blisko w jezyku polskim oraz angielskim.
Click here to watch a Youtube video of one of Jarema’s workshops on Polish TV.
Tu mozesz zobaczyc film Youtube video w TV.
Click here to read about food, travel and accommodation for the workshop.
Click here to read about more details about Jarema.
What You Will Learn
This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to gain hands-on experience of constructing and plastering a small straw bale structure.
Topics covered will be:
- Site preparation and building of foundations for straw bale walls using earthbag, stone & lime, including the compression wires.
- Learning about the qualities of straw bales
- Straw bale wall raising
- Hazel wall pinning
- Installation of ventilation tubes
- Deviding the straw bales
- Cutting & tying straw bales
- Sowing of corners
- Wall compression
- Preparation of compression wall plates
- Preparation of clay plasters for protection of the wall
- learning the sculpting layer plaster and the smooth plaster finishes
Poruszane tematy będą:
- podmurówka z worków wypełnionych ziemia /sandbag/
- z warstwą oddychającą
- montowanie prętów
- zabezpieczenie wapnem i obłożenie kamieniami podmórówki
- rozpoznawanie jakosci slomianej kostki budowlanej
- stawianie ściany
- montowanie wentylacji
- dzielenie kostki,
- wiązanie kostki,
- szycie rogów,
- stabilizacja sciany zszywanie prętów
- przygotowanie i ułożenie drabinek
- kompresowanie ściany,
- wstępny tynk gliniany zabezpieczający
- dwie warstwy tynków glinianych
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.
Book Your Place
The price of the workshop is 280€.
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 in english:
email info@EarthHandsAndHouses.org or
call Paulina on +44 7787918184 .
Aby zarezerwować miejsce w języku polskim:
Jarema Dubiel
Email: jaremadubiel@tlen.pl
Tel. + 48 (0) 504-340-261
Food, Location, Accommodation
Vegetarian food will be available at an additional cost, payable upon arrival. There will be a large free camping field for those people who have their own tent.
Zapewniamy: Darmove pole namiotowe, noclegi w namiotach wlasnych, lub lokalne kwatery, obiady wegetariańskie, wieczorne ogniska.
Click here to read more details about food, travel and accommodation for this workshop.
Please note that consumption of alcohol and smoking on the site are not allowed.
Workshop Timing
The workshop will run from 10:00 to 18:00 on each day. If you are camping, you are welcome to arrive any time two days before the workshop starts and to depart a day after the workshop ends, so staying a little longer then the workshop time in exchange for some clearing up help.
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!
Learn more…
Hear Jarema talk about his work in this Polish language video:
Hear Paulina talk about her experience and vision for Earth, Hands and Houses:
Watch people’s experience of an Earth, Hands and Houses straw bale and clay plastering workshop: