$50 suggested donation per family - Please bring your children! These are skills they can learn and apply when they are older. And they LOVE playing in mud all day!

We built our 4 stall outhouse in the Fall of 2020 but haven’t been able to cob it…so now is the time to get it insulated, protected from the elements, and designed by all of us to create some beautiful art on the land.

This is an intensive workshop which is hands-on the entire duration of the day. We will be harvesting clay from our hillsides, adding sand and straw, and sealing the straw-filled pallets with a lathe wire and earthen plaster for longevity against fire, rain, rodents, and insects.

You will learn the basics of making cob (native clay, sand, manure, straw & water), earthen clay and lime plasters, stuccos, tadelakt, thermal mass, and cob history as we build.

Please come prepared to be standing, kneeling, and moving around a lot. Wear loose clothing that can get stained with our different colored clays. Community Lunch will be provided. Bring snacks, water bottles, sandals, boots, gloves, and any sculpting tools you may have at home (trowels, yogurt container lids, sponges, latex gloves).