STRAWBALE & COB BUILDING WORKSHOP IN HISTORIC CHARLESTON!

$150.00$250.00

STRAWBALE & COB BUILDING WORKSHOP IN HISTORIC CHARLESTON!

Join us in beautiful historic downtown Charleston and learn to build with some of the most sustainable and oldest building methods in the world!  This intensive course will be led by experienced artisans and building professionals.  Together, we will build Historic Charleston’s first permitted Strawbale & Cob garden wall!  Come and learn these DIY methods which can be replicated on your own projects, including your own home!  All participants will learn the history and modern day applications for these methods as well as the hand’s on skills to build with natural materials.  This will be a fun & educational hand’s on building course taught by 4 building professionals.

Participants will learn and build with the following methods:

  • strawbale
  • cob
  • clay plaster
  • lime plaster
  • lime wash
Dates: 
  • Friday 5/31; 7:00pm – 9pm – meet-n-greet + evening presentation & wine
  • Saturday 6/1; 9:30am – building worksop
  • Sunday 6/2; 9:30am – 4:30 pm – building workshop
Ages: 16 and up (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
Cost: 
  • 1 day = $150/participant
  • 2 day = $250/participant

WE HAVE TWO FREE SCHOLARSHIP SPOTS; CONTACT US FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO APPLY.

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STRAWBALE & COB BUILDING WORKSHOP IN HISTORIC CHARLESTON!
Dates: 
  • Friday 5/31; 7:00pm – 9pm – meet-n-greet + evening presentation & wine
  • Saturday 6/1; 9:30am – BUILDING WORKSHOP
  • Sunday 6/2; 9:30am – BUILDING WORKSHOP
Description:
 
Join us in beautiful historic downtown Charleston and learn to build with some of the most sustainable and oldest building methods in the world!  This intensive course will be led by experienced artisans and building professionals.  Together, we will build Historic Charleston’s first permitted Strawbale & Cob garden wall!  Come and learn these DIY methods which can be replicated on your own projects, including your own home!  All participants will learn the history and modern day applications for these methods as well as the hand’s on skills to build with natural materials.  This will be a fun & educational hand’s on building course taught by 4 building professionals.
Participants will learn and build with the following methods:
  • strawbale
  • cob
  • clay plaster
  • lime plaster
  • lime wash
Ages: 16 and up (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
Cost: 
  • 1 day = $150/participant
  • 2 day = $250/participant

WE HAVE TWO FREE SCHOLARSHIP SPOTS; CONTACT US FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO APPLY.

This workshop will be taught by Liz Johndrow & April Magill . Facilitated by John Paul Hugley & Maggie Adkins.

About Liz: Liz is the founder of Earthen Endeavors, The Pueblo Project, and most recently the TERRA Collaborative. Liz has been a hands-on learner all her life. In 2004, with an earlier background in carpentry, she began her discovery of natural and earthen construction. This led to working on everything from straw bale homes in the northern climate and earthen construction in Central America. Her passion for building and sharing knowledge led to founding Earthen Endeavors Natural Building in 2009 and launched TERRA Collaborative (formerly the Pueblo Project) in 2014.  “I have always enjoyed living in spaces that bring me in touch with my natural surroundings. As a builder, I was thrilled to discover I could bring that contact deeper into my home experience through my choice of building materials. Since that discovery, I have been passionately exploring the world of cob, strawbale, adobe, earthbag, earthen and lime plasters, earthen floor systems, and timber framing. I find it most exciting that the simplicity of many of these systems and materials often allow for people of all ages and abilities to participate.”

About April: April is a licensed Architect in Charleston and the founder of Root Down Designs, a full-service architecture firm dedicated to the advancement of alternative building methods and high-performance and healthy building systems.  April is also an Adjunct Professor at The American College of Building Arts teaching ‘Sustainable Earthen Building Methods.’  April has facilitated and led over 3 dozen building workshops in the southeast.

 

About Maggie: Maggie’s path began with the study of interior design. Her passion for architecture, fueled by desire to work with her hands, led her to the American College of the Building Arts where in 2018 she received her B.A.A.S. in Building Art with a concentration in Ornamental Plasterwork. Her working knowledge regarding trade skills, design principles, technical drawing, and the history of art and architecture have earned her work in both contemporary settings and the field of preservation. She recently began her own business, JO Studios, LLC from which she operates as a design draftsman.

 

 

About John Paul:  JOHN PAUL HUGULEY, PRINCIPAL OF BUILDING ART AND FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THE BUILDING ARTS IN CHARLESTON. Armed with a degree in mathematics and business administration, John Paul went on to study Historic Preservation, Architecture and Structural Engineering at the University of Virginia.  While at UVA, he consulted on great American buildings such as Monticello, Gunston Hall and Fallingwater.  At the national building technology and engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, John Paul analyzed building problems, design flaws, maintenance neglect and material failures. He then went on to advance his professional training at London’s leading restoration firm Alan Baxter and Associates.  It was on this foundation that John Paul built his dream – a national school, headquartered in Charleston, dedicated to preserving and strengthening the art of building through training the next generation of building artisans. After years of fundraising, strategic partnerships and political alliances, the School of the Building Arts became the American College of the Building Arts in 2004. Continuing his dedication to the school after his departure, John Paul founded his for-profit venture, appropriately named Building Art, to foster ongoing business opportunities for graduates and others to apply their craft.

For more information, please see links below:

http://www.buildingarthive.com/in-the-press-1/#/new-page/

http://gardenandgun.com/feature/a-class-by-itself/

http://www.buildingarthive.com/in-the-press-1/#/garden-and-gun-marapr-2008

/http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/moore-farms-botanical-garden

http://charlestonmag.com/features/building_a_future

 

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