Color plastering on inside of Stewardship Center

We have the first layer of plaster on the benches in the pavillion. They are beginning to look inviting.

We have the color plaster applied to almost the entire inside of the Stewardship Center. Its nice to finally work with something which isn't grey.

Josh, Aaron, and Kim apllying the color plaster.

Bottle window is in!

We completed the bottle window in the stewardship center!
















It turns out to look really cool fom inside.

Stewardship Center: Cob benches in Front Porch and in Friend's Pavillion

The cob benches have been started in the front porch area and the straw bale wall in the pavillion. The cob surfaces still need to be plastered.





Laying the stone face and filling the void with "chip"crete














Mixing the cob and covering the "chip"crete

Landscaping: Starting the stone wall at the entrance to the All People's Trail near the Stewardship Center

Laying down the wall one stone at a time

Michael Geromino, Mike Kannard, Nate Beccue,Zakke Abdulah, working on stone wall

Nate Beccue and Mike Cannard working on the retaining wall

More links

cobworks.com  

                 information, photos, workshops related to cob.

mudgirls.ca

                a women's cobbing cooperative in Canada that offers workshops, etc.

cobtogether.com

               some nice pictures of cob works.

earthenhand.com

              a gallery of various cob work by Scott Howard.

earthedworld.co.uk

             extensive photo gallery 

Looking back...

Here's the first attempt at using the camera to shoot some video. This is from August of 2007. Susan Clellen our fearless leader is in the yellow tshirt working with the great gang of volunteers who helped us frame the building.

Two Great Links

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com
this is a great source of information on all types of sustainable building

http://ilovecob.com/
this site is awesome for information and a great photo gallery of all kinds of cob projects