2008 Workshop - Warsztaty


Earthbag Workshop
near Warsaw Summer 2005 		4.2Mb
 
   
   
       
Digging out the earthbag dome foundation
  
Laying the first of the earthbags
  
       
   
   
 
Tamping down
an earthbag
  
Resting after building an earthbag arch
  

 

Strawbale workshop near Warsaw
Summer 2005
Photographs by Jaromir Gasiorek

  
   
   
       
Tamping down the
sandbag foundation
  
Setting the door
on the sandbags
  
       
   
   
 
Raising the straw bales
  
Building the roof
  


Clay workshop near Warsaw
Summer 2004		  
   
   
       
Testing the consistency of the clay plaster
  
Weaving the wattle in preparation for the daub
  
       
   
   
 
Applying the clay and straw plaster to the wattle
  
Applying the first layer of clay finishing plaster
  

 

Sand dome workshop near Warsaw
Summer 2004		  
   
   
       
Clay plastering the sandbags
 
A few worn out members of the crew of 2004
       
   
   
 
Building the dome from sand taken from the site
  
Leveling the ground for a sweat lodge where the sand for the dome was taken
  

 

Workshop at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales
Spring 2003		  
   
   
       
Slate arch made without the
use of bonding materials
  
Putting the first layer of clay plaster on the straw bale wall
       
   
   
 
Good feelings inside the new building at CAT
  
Oxford Brookes University Students (CENDEP)
 

 

Workshop in Przelomka, Poland
Summer 2002		  
   
   
       
Jerema and crew selecting bales for a wall
  
Local thatchers putting the roof on the house
       
   
   
 
The crew of 2001 outside the house
  
Protecting the foundations with boulders