[Lapg] Mosaic & Cob at Wright Ranch

[camille cimino]

come to support Teo & Wright Way or just come and
enjoy a day in Malibu....

see you there,
camlle
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Wright Way Organic Resource Center 

ALTERNATIVE BUILDING WORKSHOP 2004 
MOSAIC AND COB WORKSHOP 

Saturday, August 21, 2004 

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Wright Land, Malibu Hills 

$30.00 Workshop Fee 

*	Explore the artistic and architectural inclinations
of cob and mosaic. 
*	Gift yourself a day of creativity focused on nature,
imagination and design. 
*	Get your hands and feet dirty, enliven your magical
side and have fun while investigating these very
available, useful and beautiful materials.

Artist and Permaculture Designer Teo Briseño will lead
this day long workshop investigating the artistic and
functional potential of cob and mosaic. 

What is cob? 

The word cob comes from an Old English root meaning "a
lump or rounded mass." It?s a traditional building
technique using earth mixed with water, straw and
often sand. Cob is easy to learn and inexpensive to
build. It dries to a hardness similar to lean concrete
and is used like adobe to create self-supporting,
load-bearing walls. This ancient technology doesn't
contribute to deforestation, pollution or mining, nor
depend on manufactured materials or power tools. Cob
is non-toxic and completely recyclables .From "The
Cobber's Companion" by Michael G. Smith. A Cob Cottage
Publication. 

Mosaic:
The process of making pictures or designs by inlaying
small bits of colored stone, glass etc. in mortar. 

More about Teo: 

Teo Briseño is an artist exploring edible landscaping,
multimedia arts, stonework and natural architecture.
He has worked with James Hubbell and on permaculture
sites, gardens and farms in India, Brazil, Mexico and
California. 

Schedule: 

10:00 - 10:30 Introduction 

10:30 - 12:00 Cob mixing and materials discussion 

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch (please bring one) 

12.45 - 1:15 Observation in nature 

1:15 - 3:45 Application of materials and techniques 

3:45 - 4:00 Closing and reflections 

Please bring with you: 
*	Lunch 
*	Work clothes (and a bathing suit) 
*	Palette or putty knife, 
*	Mosaic materials (tiles, stones etc.) 
*	Textures to use for imprinting 
*	Board or working surface (approximately 2' x 2') 
*	2 containers about 6" in diameter 
*	Sponge

Please call or e-mail to sign-up ahead of time.
Contact Peg Butler for more information 

Wright Way Organic Resource Center 

24680 Piuma Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 Ph. 818-591-8992 Fax
818-591-0116 

E-mail wworc at elwright.net For directions:
http://www.elwright.net/wrightway or call. 



Wright Way Organic Resource Center sponsors inner city
youth to attend our workshops and experience creative,
environmentally-focused events with
 intergenerational, diverse groups of registered
participants.  We gratefully accept donations to help
support these efforts. Wright Way Organic Resource
Center is a Project of Social and Environmental
Entrepreneurs(SEE) a not-for-profit 501c3
organization. 




	
	
		
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