[Scpg] Earth Plaster learning opportunity at Oasis in Santa Barbara June 6th-15th FREE/Santa Barbara CA

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

*Learn Earth Plaster*


      June 6-15th, 2012 Santa Barbara, CA




Dear Friends of Earth:

You're invited to come participate in a round of interesting, 
educational earth building at the Oasis Design research site on San 
Marcos Pass, starting Wednesday, June 6th, 8th, 1/2 day on the 9th, free 
day on the 10th, then Monday the 11th through Friday the 15th midday.

We're going to be working with master plasterer Kieran Fitzsimmons on 
some really interesting projects designed collaboratively by Massey 
Burke, Kieran, Betty Siemans,  Art Ludwig, and others.

The site in Santa Barbara has hundreds of original integrated design 
innovations under development, several of which have been recognized as 
best practices worldwide. (All designs are published into the public 
domain via our books <http://oasisdesign.net/catalog/index.htm> and web 
site <http://oasisdesign.net/>, none are patented).

There is no cost to learn from these craftspeople who teach workshops 
costing hundreds of dollars. Here we are following the successful 
template of earlier plaster and cob fests where work is traded for 
learning in a fun environment to create a mutually beneficial, no cost 
learning opportunity. There's space to stay here and excellent organic 
food will be provided. When it gets too hot we'll head to the creek. 
There's a drum circle nearby on the 9th. On the afternoon of the 15th 
through Sun the 17th we're headed to the Live Oak Festival 
<http://www.liveoakfest.org/> if you'd care to join us.

*Please RSVP ASAP. * The work is more detailed this time, and there is 
limited space and more Kieran attention. Priority will be given to 
people able to commit for more days and/or who have more experience.

Art
oasis at oasisdesign.net
805 967-9956


*The work is mostly detailed finish plaster, *interior and exterior, 
plus some design and modeling of future projects and performance review 
of past projects.  Here's our list:

    * Final trimming and exterior finish plaster on a 10 x 14' cob/
      heavy clay straw loft
    * Fire resistance retrofit of trim around an exterior door
    * Installation of tempered glass and fire resistant trim around a
      stained glass window
    * Interior rough and finish plaster on the curved wall of a spiral
      staircase
    * Experimental extremely fire resistant adobe-shielded, metal-framed
      exterior fire doors
    * Rocket stove plaster touch up
    * Models and testing protocol for earthquake resistant, charming cob
      cottage/ impregnable fire bunkers
    * Design for ferrocob office remodel
    * Design for automatic fire shutters

Many features and natural building techniques will be encountered in 
this project:

    * Extremely fire safe detailing,  including windows, skylights,
      deck, railings, ventilation, eaves, rafter tails, etc.
    * Lightweight construction for earthquake
    * Highly space-efficient architecture in a retrofit; the small space
      is built like a boat
    * High performance passive solar & daylighting
    * Cob
    * Straw clay
    * Ferrocement
    * Carpentry in reused & site milled wood





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