Natural Building Weekend Courses

With Thomas and Ulrike Riedmuller

(3 separate weekends)

A thorough introduction to the world of natural building in an inspiring environment: cob, clay straw, bale cob, cordwood, wattle and daub, profound insights into a wide range of building techniques. You will gain an overview and a practical feel for cob…what it can do for you and what it can’t – the kind of thing you don’t get out of books. Let yourself be inspired by a beautiful cob home, earthen and lime plasters, natural paints, earthen floors, unique wood work, and many other sustainability features – and most of all by the people from whose mistakes you can learn.

Some previous participants of our weekend course went away and built their own cob house. Others came back to do the 9-day cob course for more profound learning. Let your creativity go with materials that encourage your artistry, rather than many conventional materials which inhibit them.

Dates: - 19/20 May The course for the broad overview, basic practical experience in all above techniques. - 16/17 June Pure Cob – building and sculpting finer details - 14/15 July Cob and Earthen Floors

Fees: € 160 per weekend

Please pay in full when you are booking. If you cancel 6 weeks before the course, we refund you except for an administration charge of € 25. Later cancellations can’t be refunded. Save 10 % if you book 2 months in advance. Concessions for group bookings are possible.