21-day Advanced Cobber Certification
Quinta da Vida Beleza
Lagoa, Azores, Portugal
July 2021
35-Day Advanced Cobber Certification
Quinta da Vida Beleza
Lagoa, Azores, Portugal
October/November 2020
- Local sweet pineapples
- The Welcome Forest Spiirit
- Most recent CCG-graduates in November 2020 built this amazing beauty! So fortunate!
35-Day Advanced Cobber Certification
Quinta da Vida Beleza
Lagoa, Azores, Portugal
August/September 2020
- The first cob building built August 2021
35-Day Basic Cobber Certification with BaleCob & Rocket Oven
Weston, Colorado
August/September 2020
19-Day Intensive Advanced Cobber Certification: Sauna & Rocket Heater
Shingletown, California
June 2020
28-Day Intermediate Cob Workshop with Oven and Rocket Stove
Pucón, Chile
February 2020
35-Day Advanced Cob Workshop with Reciprocal Green Roof and “Sara” Adobe Masonry Heater
Nevada City, CA I Aug/Sep 2019
- clean edge
- Teacher Viva
- sun setting on a great workshop!
28-Day Advanced Cob Workshop with Reciprocal Green Roof plus Cob Oven & Benches
Monte Sobreiro, Portugal
July 2019
35-Day Advanced Cob Workshop with Reciprocal Green Roof and
“Sara” Adobe Masonry Heater
“La Jungla, Chillán, Chile
February & March 2019
28-Day All-Women’s Complete Cob Workshop in Faial, Azores, Portugal
September 2018
- Beautiful Finish!!!!
28-Day Complete Cob Workshop in Boncarbo, Colorado
July 2018
21-Day Basic Cob Building Workshop in Guatapé, Colombia
May 2018
- Walk down to the Lake
- Best meals ever!
28-Day Complete Cob Building Workshop in Taylor, Texas
October 2017
Outdoor Kitchen & Oven in Castro Verde, Portugal
July/August 2017
- The Beginning….always tough!
- The Rock Ancestors
- Our beloved Art Toilet
- Our beloved Assistant
- Foundation done in 3 days!
- The long-awaited daily sunsets
- CHAAAAAD
- Morning Beauty in the Alentejo
- Our beautiful pallet compost toilet
- Party in the oven
- Marton…so creative
- The Alentejo fashion
- FOundation ready
- Mmmm the fresh nights
- Our favorite spot
- The first piece of furniture
- The expert German leveller
- Sunrise
- Our one yoga morning!
- Spanish Cob LOVER!!!
- FInally some respite from the\at ball of fire
- Cob on the Mind
- Yessss! 2 Big WIndows!
- Fun time begins
- scuptress in action
- another one
- the hosts
- Love this one
- Happy Chad
- Relieved Rachelle
- Always Happy Bea
- Last but not least….the oven
- FINITO!!!!!
- The last plug goes in
- Base Floor Coat
- A holy oven waitin for plaster
- The shake tests finally settle down
- COBLOOOOVE!!!
Santana 1-Day Cob Bench Workshop, Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal
July 2017
- Red red clay soil of Santa Maria
- Daily fireball sunsets
- Best part of the day….well second best
- Hallelujah we did it!
Sanguinho Cob Sauna & Dressing Room Workshop
São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
June 2017
Sal, Cabo Verde Bungalow Build
May 2017
- Tires for foundation
- Best Hosts
- Straw cutters
- Senegalese students
- More rocks coming
- The Gang
- Floor Day
- Pachamama
- The fun begins!
- Octagonal Roof
Marrakesh Hammam Cob & Tadelakt Workshop
November 2016
Brenac Cob Workshop, France
August 2016
São Domingos Cob House, Santiago, Cabo Verde
July 2016
- Pre-Workshop Foundation Prep
- The cob home owners to be Neiva and Meno
- Rock Movers
- The COB Stud
- Foundation done
- Conceição brings lunch
- Class time on the Mountain
- Feelin the COB
- Little guys get in on it
- Happy Viva!
- Floor Prep
- Plumbing in
- Last piece of floor
- Girls get in on it
- Viva in charge
- First Window
- Days end! Grog bound!
- Mom and Elayni
- Cob Queen!
- Cob Goddesses
- Eliseo
- Polinho
- Pico and Lisito
- Almost there
- Roof T’s in
- FInal trim
- Wild Bunch
- A Familha Beleza!
Calháu Cob Cottage, São Vicente, Cabo Verde
May 2016
- O Pedreiro Adelim
- Gorgeous local rockwork
- Calhau soil test brix
- Nuno’s First Cob Mix Ecstasy Dance
- Start ’em young!
- A Family Affair
- Helder Helder
- Ready Freddy
- Manuel Feliz
- Double Peul Hatted Cobbers
- Best
- Subindo
- Floor Drop
- Floor Done
- Yessiree Manuel’s got the Flow
- Frist Frame
- Surfer Frame
- Cob-inspired Yoga
- Perfect Love
- Another Beautiful Cob Family
Abéné Cob Bungalow, Senegal
April 2016
Toubab Dialaw Permaculture Boutique in Senegal
February 2016
- Appreciated snacktime!
- Gorgui wins the “most cob batches” prize
- Daily Ritual!
- Another Happy Cob Family is created!
Yene Kao Cob House in Senegal
December 2015
- Mamadou fills the tires with laterite
- 500 tires
- beautiful red laterite
- Barbara and Lena building the rock foundation for interior walls
- Yes for Watermelon every day!
- Happy Saco
- The Wild Ones
- Barbara’s Eternal Trees
- Aminatea feeds us again!
- Cob Slump
- Cob Heads….Saco
- Beautiful Mbarou
- First “Window” goes in
- Morisha & the Boys
- Barbara & the Boys
- Saco & the Boys
- Claudine & the Boys
- Lena & the Boys
- The Boys
And check out this video that tells it all: https://youtu.be/6du4m7nATXQ
El Molino de Guadalmesí: Building a Cob Bathhouse
September 2015
- Design Team Celebration
- Butt Action
- Gratitude for the Belly Goods
- The Windmills of Tarifa Molinos de Tarifa
- Woah mah Boy!
- Fun on the Site
- Everpresent Circling
- Our Final Design and the Week 2 Tasks to Accomplish
- Sweeeet
- Bottle Windows
- Is it Cob or Wood or What?
- Cob Wood Connection
- Sam n’ Sari Bellos Arboles
- Roots n’ Rock
- Tree Meditation
- Belleza…
- Final Celebration!!!
- Ten Max in the CT
- Dream Team!
- Goodbye Friends
- Foundation
- Rock Wall
- Rock Wall
- Cob
- Electrical & Plumbing
- WIndows
- Windows
- Beautiful Tree Sculpture on Molino Bathhouse with Scratch Plaster Coat
- Roof Coming….
- Magic
Fuerteventura: Rock n’ Cob Addition
August 2015
- 3rd Fuerteventura Workshop
- The Man and his Cobs
- First Altar/Shelf
- It’s Aloe Babes, Good For You!
- The Home Team
- The Last Supper!
- Ahhhh, finally…the Artsy Time
- By the one and only Gary
- And his son Louis!
- Some Tahitian Waves 4U
- Good buds
- Love cobbers
- Every kind
- One Cobbing Heart
AND FINALLY…..if you’ve gotten this far…..la sorpresa de Loïc:
Fuerteventura Cob Building Workshop
March 2015
Lavender Hill Workshop in Santa Cruz, California
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