[Humanpowered] Announcing our 2022 Fast Cob Workshops

[Dave Olsen]

But first...Fast Cob just got even Faster!

I didn't know it was possible.  A professional carpenter who attended two of our 
workshops in 2018 compared the output in a day and he was certain that Fast Cob 
was as fast as wood-frame construction (that uses 1,000s of dollars of tools).

Well, near the end of this past Summer (2021), I tweaked the mixing process to 
make it at least twice as fast and much easier on our bodies.  Call it the gift 
of getting older ;)

Which now makes Fast Cob _the_ fastest building technique on the planet!

Big statement.  But we have proof.  Hard proof.  Proof that will last hundreds 
of years!

And with that, I'd like to announcement our 2022 Fast Cob Workshop 
<https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> Dates:

  * *Thursday May 19 to Monday May 23 - Focus on Finishing**
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  * ** *Thursday June 16 to Monday June 20 - All the Basics of Building*

Thursdays and Mondays are travel days with a Welcome Dinner and Farewell 
Breakfast included.

Again this year we will only welcome 6 people to each workshop, so space is 
obviously limited.  In fact, t_here are only 4 spots left in our Focus on 
Finishing workshop and just 2 spots remaining in our All the Basics of Building 
workshop_.

Our Focus on Finishing 3 day intensive <https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> 
will do exactly that: we show you "first layer" of plastering (which nobody else 
has done), the finish layer with two different aggregates (sand and lime), 
natural pigment paints (with a DIY recipe), and lime-wash.  If the energy level 
holds up, we'll also pour a cob floor!

We've made finishing not only gorgeous, but very easy.  That breakthrough also 
came this summer.  The lime plaster is perfect for areas subjected to water 
spray (like showers and sinks).  The sand plaster is limit-less in its 
applications and making.  The natural paints are completely non-toxic at every 
stage and as vibrant as any other pigment, ranging from bright white, to 
yellows, oranges, reds, greens, blue, purple and black.  All from our Mother Earth.

Our All the Basics of Building 3 day intensive workshop 
<https://cob.lasqueti.ca/workshops.html> will focus on our mixing and building 
technique so that you can develop muscle memory that you will never lose.  In 
between hands-on sessions, we'll do talking tours of foundations, roofs, and 
plumbing and electrical installations.

This year we'll be deep in the forest building a bike shed; although our 
workshops are all about learning (these are work_shops_ not work_camps_!), the 
technique makes building so fast and fun that I'll be surprised if we don't get 
to put a rafter or two on at the end of the workshop.

If you've been wanting to break away from the chains of civilized life and build 
your own home that is fire-proof, insect-proof, rodent-proof, and possibly 
earthquake-proof (we'll see how big the next one is):, this is the technique 
that will revolutionize your life, and you won't create an ounce of garbage in 
the process.  But you will create buildings that your descendants will cherish 
and utilize for generations.

I'm also excited to offer *a $200 discount* to anyone who registers for both 
workshops at the same time.

And if you're curious about why the Finishing workshop is scheduled before the 
Building workshop, I had an intuitive thought in 2018 and that professional 
carpenter confirmed it: by seeing how to finish a cob building first, it allows 
you relax and build with even more ease, overcoming the common tendency to be 
ûber precise when building.  After all, I call Fast Cob the "Art of Imperfection!"

For me, the best aspect of living in a cob building is that they act like a 
thermal battery.  When they turn up the heat (via HAARP or in China or from the 
1,000s of satellites), our home is still cool enough to sleep comfortably - 
upstairs!  When the snow falls (as it just did), the floor that is heated from 
the Rocket Mass Heater is bare-foot warm when we get up after a long sleep.

If there was any sense to the civilization that engulfs us, cob buildings would 
be the norm and the forests would be safe again.  I will not comply with their 
plan to denude the planet.  And if you empower yourself through our workshops, 
you'll be amazed at the world you can create, affordably and without dependence 
on anything but yourself.  How's that for a revolution in building!
-- 


Dave Olsen

web: cob.lasqueti.ca <http://cob.lasqueti.ca/>email: cob at lasqueti.ca 
<mailto:cob at lasqueti.ca>phone: 877.873.1797 or 604.216.6700


Build your dream...easier, faster, and more affordably with Fast Cob!

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