Cob building with Maya
  • • What is cob?
  • ALL PROJECTS SUMMARY
  • Spring 2022
  • NEWEST IDEA F/650 SQ.' HOUSE. NOV.2021
  • • Pandemic project phase 1: Earthen oven
  • Pandemic Project phase 2 & 3: Bench & Roof
  • Pandemic Project Phase 4: Pajareque wall
  • Pandemic Project Phase 5: Solarium
  • Pandemic Project Phase 6: January 2021
  • Pandemic Project Phase 7: Rocket Mass Heater
  • Pandemic Project Phase 8: Cob/adobe floor
  • Pandemic Project Phase 8 : Plastering
  • Pandemic Project: November 2021 SOLARIUM MOSTLY DONE
  • • Cob wall: first project
  • • I. "ATV Shed": Rural building SITE & DESIGN
  • II. "ATV Shed": STONE PIERS & COB LIZARD BENCH
  • III. "ATV Shed": SUMMER 2012 STONE FOUNDATION STEM WALL
  • IV. "ATV Shed" spring 2013 STONE COMPLETE
  • V. "ATV Shed" SUMMER 2013 WINDOW PREP/COB WALLS BEGIN
  • VI. "ATV Shed" Fall 2013
  • VII. "ATV Shed" SUMMER 2014 SETTINNG WINDOW FRAMES
  • VIII. "ATV Shed" Summer 2015 FAMILY HELP
  • IX. "ATV Shed" Fall 2015 GOT ROOF
  • X. "ATV Shed" Spring 2016
  • XI. "ATV Shed" Summer 2016 PORCH TIMBER WORK
  • XII. "ATV Shed" Fall/winter 2016 STUCCO TESTS
  • XIII. "ATV Shed" Spring 2017 FINISHING COB WALLS
  • XIV. "ATV Shed": Summer 2017
  • XV. WALLS DONE! "ATV Shed" PORCH ROOFING f17
  • XVI. "ATV Shed" Winter 2018
  • XVII. "ATV Shed" SUMMER 2018 EXTERIOR COMPLETE W/STUCCO
  • XVIII. "ATV Shed" SU18 INTERIOR WORK
  • XIX. Late summer STUCCO DETAILS
  • XX. "ATV Shed" NORTH WALL INSULATION
  • XXI. "ATV Shed" fall 2018 CEILING INSULATION
  • XXII. "ATV Shed" 2020 Where it's at now
  • XXIII. "ATV Shed" 2021
  • • Cob Chicken Coop
  • • CSU-Pueblo Bench Spring 2019
  • • Mud Mural Workshop WITH KIKO DENZER
  • • Cob Mailbox
  • • Cob Oven at Pueblo Music House
  • • Rough Timber Frame Shed
  • • Cob bench workshop WITH ANNE FROBEEN
  • • Horticulture
  • • Mountain Park Environmental Center Fire Circle Benches
  • • Xeriscape garden
  • • Ecohouse model
  • • Natural Building on show
  • • Nature, art, fun and other photos
  • Info about Maya

Painting at Capitol Building / Earthen Art, Mud Murals

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Colorado 4-yr. art faculty were invited to submit work for a show at the Capitol Building. Last spring I'd done a painting of Kiko Denzer, from an image I'd taken aof him during a workshop at O.U.R. Ecovillage on Vancouver Island a couple of years ago. When I asked Kiko if he'd mind the portrait of him be shown, I also asked him if he'd consider doing a workshop at CSU-Pueblo this spring.
Kiko accepted and we'll be doing an earthen mural in the courtyard of the Art Department. I hope teachers can come learn how to do this with kids.
In the painting, Kiko is sifting sand. I loved the color of his shirt, and when he saw the image, he said, "I really liked that shirt and it finally became a workshirt." Well now you, sifting sand, and the shirt will be on display in the grand Rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol. We visited the space while dropping off the painting. From industrial and mining, maybe back to simple building.
If you'd like to see Kiko's work, go to Handprint Press (http://www.handprintpress.com/)
Kiko: oil on canvas 45" x 55"

Earthen mural workshop

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_For the workshop in Canada with Kiko we played with earthen plaster on boards then applied the chosen design to a building.
O.U.R. Ecovillage does organic gardning, natural building, education and community. They worked with the Canadian government to build an approved cob building/meeting house. While I was there, a cob artist studio was under construction.
Below is the relief mud mural we did. The next image is the completed cob building. The last is the studio under construction.

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Government-approved cob building

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