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 Stove
  • 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

Plastering

I like to use pottery reclaim clay for plasters because it makes such a strong final surface, but all I could get my hands on was a light gray. After I plastered the space I thought it looked like concrete! But I also know that gray & white can look really pretty.
The wall above the bench is the old exterior stucco on the garage/studio & it had a few cracks & discoloration at the top. I gave it a lime wash and wallah it looked great.
I plastered most of the bench & there were a few small cracks so I decided to give it a lime wash too & burnish the cracks: gone!
Lastly were the shelves. I had cobbed little protruding shelves to hold the right side of the planks but I wasn't quite sure how to approach the left side not wanting to weaken the post that holds up a roof girder. So I put cobbed a short piece of log to the bench... & did NOT like the way it looked. So even though it was dry I took a stone chisel too it, albeit without too much force not wanting to damage the bench. I made little Juniper pegs collected during fire mitigation in the forest. I put the shelves up & the whole space came alive.
I share my property with a close friend who sleeps in a little camp trailer. She's been reading in the solarium in the mornings.
There are a number of things yet to do... get rocket stove barrels in, paint window trim, hang cell blinds (free on fb marketplace), trim door, cut door to studio, build a desk under west-facing window. But I'm certain we'll get to enjoy it this winter. It's a really pleasant space.
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What this space looked like last winter:

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Below: Fold out desk on west wall
& vesica pisces truth window.
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Above: This is the northeast corner. There is cob up the post that supports the roof girder & then it had light straw clay put against it on the inside, but between the post & existing building is half straw bales for insulation on the north side.

Below : Tile done on the end of the bench that will be for seedlings & plants.
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Right: fold out seat next to wood storage & feed tube for rocket stove; place to sit while feeding the stove.

The wall behind will be cut out to make a door
through to my studio.
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