Thatch and Cob Workshop

Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 09:48:22 -0400
From: Kim Thompson <shipharbour@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Thatch and Cob Workshop
Naturally Beautiful Buildings
September 29 -30
Ship Harbour, Eastern Shore, N.S.

Thatching with local phragmite reed is resurging as a viable roofing
solution in Nova Scotia.
Jef Achenback and Perry Everett, Annapolis Thatching Co-op Inc., will
look at benefits, tools and skills needed for this ancient trade.

Participants will have hands-on thatching experience of a bale and cob
shed.

Cob buildings constructed in northern Europe 500 years ago are still
lived in comfortably today.
The cob mix for this workshop with builder Kim Thompson, is a
combination of clay, sand and straw, which,
when dry, makes a durable, non toxic building material. Natural clay
plasters and paints will also be demonstrated.
Lots of hands and feet on.

Cost: $100
Includes both workshops, music making, and meals
(one community pot luck).
Accommodation and camping available on site at the Straw House.
Sliding scale option for unwaged.

For more information and to register:

Straw Bale Projects
Kim Thompson
13183 Hwy #7   Ship Harbour, NS B0J  1Y0
tel. 902-845-2750     e mail: shipharbour@ns.sympatico.ca



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