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May 2-7, 2010
Straw Bale Design/Build
Yestermorrow D/B School, Warren, VT
Have you always wondered about strawbale construction? Heard it is only for hot and dry climates? Think again! With their combination of insulation and thermal mass, plastered strawbale walls can be perfect for cold - and even wet - climates if they are designed and built according to a set of time tested principles. This course balances sessions in the classroom and on a demonstration project so you will learn to think your way through a bale house while gaining a feel for the nature of straw, clay and lime as building materials.
Cost: $750
Contact: Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Phone: (802) 496-5545
Email: designbuild[at]yestermorrow.org
Website: www.yestermorrow.org
May 9-14, 2010
Natural Plasters and Finishes
Yestermorrow D/B School, Warren, VT
Henry Beston noted how the hand-made thing has the mark of the living soul. This course will teach you how to create and apply beautiful hand finished plasters and paints on many wall surfaces. People around the world have been using clay, gypsum, and lime as plasters and paints for millenia, and these materials have shown a timeless aesthetic and utility. The course will cover at a basic level three principle plaster and paint mediums: clay, lime, and gypsum, and finish with plaster coats, paints, and washes of clay, lime, casein, wheat paste, mica, pigments, and other natural ingredients. Students will leave this course with practical experience mixing and applying a wide variety of finishes on various wall systems, from rough straw bale to finished gypsum wall board. Emphasis will be given on learning the working properties of the materials and developing critical thinking skills to apply the knowledge in real-world situations, rather than on specific recipes for specific conditions.
Cost: $750
Contact: Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Phone: (802) 496-5545
Email: designbuild[at]yestermorrow.org
Website: www.yestermorrow.org