2024 Season
Workshops and application forms posted below.
Two happy wall-stuffers on Denman!
**Workshop FULL !
Earthen floor, Plastering and Cob Building Workshop
Location: HAt CREEK, BC
Sept 9th-13th 2024
COST: $400 - this includes the workshop instruction, camping, food and childcare.
This project is nearing its final stages after a long history. Located in beautiful Hat Creek (near Cache Creek), traditional Secwepemc territory. This is the third season we will be working on this tiny circular cob home. The specially crafted roof has been installed so we will be completing the mud to wood connection, plastering the earthen walls and laying a mud floor. Over this five day workshop you will learn the principals of natural building, different techniques and design ideas. Join us for the learning, the connection and get your hands and feet dirty with us.
no experience necessary
all genders welcome
payment plans are available, just ask!
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL!!
fun times in hat creek 2023!
Earthen plastering workshops on Denman Island, 2024
July 1-5, (5 days) (workshop full)*
July 26-29 (4 days) (workshop full)*
August 19-23 (5 days) (workshop full)*
please apply for the Workshop date that suits you best.
Cost is $500 for the 5 day workshops and $420 for the 4 day workshop. This includes all meals, childcare, and camping on site.
Join us in plastering and finishing a home made with natural and local materials. Workshop participants will get hands-on experience processing local clay, sand and fibre into earthen plaster, and applying it in creative and functional ways. While the main focus of the workshop is plastering and plaster prep, there will be some opportunity to try other natural building processes. There will be daily instructionals covering a wide range of natural building-related subjects from the ground up, and tours of local structures built with or incorporating natural materials in a variety of ways.
All genders welcome.
Payment plan available.
No experience necessary. Comfort with scaffolding and heights is an asset (but not necessary).
The property is a thriving land cooperative with plenty of mossy forest, sandstone rubble, a short trail to sunset and mountain views, with lake and ocean access nearby.
Denman, also known as Inner Island (Taystay'ich), is traditional Pentlach, K’omox, Sliammon and Kwakwaka’wakw territory.
A bunch of happy slip-sloppers on the Sunshine Coast!
Denman Island 2022
Hat Creek 2022
This could be you.
Get dirty and learn stuff at the same time.
building a revolution,
one handful at a a time.
Thinking of hosting a workshop on your land or in your community?
Contact us hello@mudgirls.ca