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
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- Local sweet pineapples
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- The Welcome Forest Spiirit
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- 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
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- 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
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- clean edge
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- Teacher Viva
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- 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
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- Beautiful Finish!!!!
28-Day Complete Cob Workshop in Boncarbo, Colorado
July 2018
21-Day Basic Cob Building Workshop in Guatapé, Colombia
May 2018
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- Walk down to the Lake
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- Best meals ever!
28-Day Complete Cob Building Workshop in Taylor, Texas
October 2017
Outdoor Kitchen & Oven in Castro Verde, Portugal
July/August 2017
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- The Beginning….always tough!
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- The Rock Ancestors
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- Our beloved Art Toilet
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- Our beloved Assistant
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- Foundation done in 3 days!
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- The long-awaited daily sunsets
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- CHAAAAAD
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- Morning Beauty in the Alentejo
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- Our beautiful pallet compost toilet
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- Party in the oven
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- Marton…so creative
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- The Alentejo fashion
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- FOundation ready
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- Mmmm the fresh nights
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- Our favorite spot
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- The first piece of furniture
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- The expert German leveller
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- Sunrise
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- Our one yoga morning!
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- Spanish Cob LOVER!!!
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- FInally some respite from the\at ball of fire
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- Cob on the Mind
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- Yessss! 2 Big WIndows!
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- Fun time begins
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- scuptress in action
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- another one
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- the hosts
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- Love this one
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- Happy Chad
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- Relieved Rachelle
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- Always Happy Bea
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- Last but not least….the oven
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- FINITO!!!!!
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- The last plug goes in
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- Base Floor Coat
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- A holy oven waitin for plaster
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- The shake tests finally settle down
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- COBLOOOOVE!!!
Santana 1-Day Cob Bench Workshop, Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal
July 2017
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- Red red clay soil of Santa Maria
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- Daily fireball sunsets
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- Best part of the day….well second best
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- Hallelujah we did it!
Sanguinho Cob Sauna & Dressing Room Workshop
São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
June 2017
Sal, Cabo Verde Bungalow Build
May 2017
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- Tires for foundation
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- Best Hosts
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- Straw cutters
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- Senegalese students
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- More rocks coming
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- The Gang
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- Floor Day
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- Pachamama
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- The fun begins!
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- Octagonal Roof
Marrakesh Hammam Cob & Tadelakt Workshop
November 2016
Brenac Cob Workshop, France
August 2016
São Domingos Cob House, Santiago, Cabo Verde
July 2016
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- Pre-Workshop Foundation Prep
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- The cob home owners to be Neiva and Meno
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- Rock Movers
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- The COB Stud
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- Foundation done
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- Conceição brings lunch
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- Class time on the Mountain
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- Andreas is happy
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- Feelin the COB
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- Day 4
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- Little guys get in on it
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- Front Door Frame in
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- Happy Viva!
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- Floor Prep
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- Plumbing in
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- Last piece of floor
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- Girls get in on it
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- Viva in charge
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- First Window
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- Days end! Grog bound!
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- Mom and Elayni
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- Cob Queen!
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- Cob Goddesses
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- Eliseo
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- Polinho
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- Pico and Lisito
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- Cutting bottles
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- Almost there
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- Roof T’s in
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- Johnny is 28!
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- FInal trim
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- Papi and Elayni
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- Wild Bunch
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- A Familha Beleza!
Calháu Cob Cottage, São Vicente, Cabo Verde
May 2016
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- The Call to Cob in Cabo Verde
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- Day 1: Here goes again….
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- O Pedreiro Adelim
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- Gorgeous local rockwork
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- Calhau soil test brix
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- Nuno’s First Cob Mix Ecstasy Dance
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- Start ’em young!
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- A Family Affair
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- Helder Helder
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- Ready Freddy
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- Manuel Feliz
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- Susana and Alice or Maria
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- Double Peul Hatted Cobbers
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- Best
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- Oooooh….wooooow….hmmmmm
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- Subindo
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- Floor Drop
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- Floor Done
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- Yessiree Manuel’s got the Flow
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- Frist Frame
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- Surfer Frame
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- Cob-inspired Yoga
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- The fun part: Little Nuno watches over
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- Gorgeous Synergy
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- Perfect Love
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- Another Beautiful Cob Family
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- Cob House Visit by University Students in Sao Vicente
Abéné Cob Bungalow, Senegal
April 2016
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- Joia measure of the trenchs the depth
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- Preparing for second layer of foundation with recycled concrete blocks
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- First layer of foundation done
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- Joia and Souleymane
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- Learning the hard work first
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- Viva’s Perfect Cob!
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- Door frame in
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- Using concrete debris as filler
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- Window Frames in
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- Meta installing his first window frames
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- Experimenting with shelves of different materials on the premises
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- The fun part….
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- Souleymane and Peter are proud of their first shelf
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- Mixing floor cob
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- Starting the floor
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- Proud Scupltors
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- La Maestra at work
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- Hat hooks and a triangle niche
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- The Gang
Toubab Dialaw Permaculture Boutique in Senegal
February 2016
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- The Start!
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- Hi Melissa!
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- Appreciated snacktime!
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- Nyass the Badass Cobber
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- Issa the Artful Cobber!
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- Joia’s first Batch!
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- Jo the Progressive Water-Bearer
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- Walls growing!
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- Nangadeff Mad Doff Niass!
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- Gorgui wins the “most cob batches” prize
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- Door Frame in Place!
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- Daily Ritual!
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- Another Happy Cob Family is created!
Yene Kao Cob House in Senegal
December 2015
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- Tire Foundation by 3000 Ecomen
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- Mamadou fills the tires with laterite
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- 500 tires
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- beautiful red laterite
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- Oumy, Mbarou and Kira mix mortar
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- Barbara, Wuz and Saco tamp the tires
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- Barbara and Lena building the rock foundation for interior walls
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- Yes for Watermelon every day!
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- Post-Thiebou Jen catnap!
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- Ahhh, the floor begins with gravel
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- Mbarou teaches her African moves
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- Kira and Mamadou pause the cob
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- Mbarou and Wuz do their thing to the African rhythms (see video)
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- Medun’s bakery
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- Oliver shows his stuff
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- Floor never felt so good and cool
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- Love those communal lunches
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- Happy Bday Ngone!
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- Djembe Fever with Casa di Mansa drummers
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- Lorenzo Bad Boy Cobber
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- Floor #1 goes down
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- The Snack Queen!
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- The Three Rooms
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- Walls-a-growin’…
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- Happy Saco
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- The Wild Ones
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- Barbara’s Eternal Trees
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- Aminatea feeds us again!
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- Cob Slump
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- Cob Heads….Saco
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- And Lorenzo
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- Le Cob est Fort
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- Beautiful Mbarou
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- Lena’s Mask
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- Lovely Lena and a Niche
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- First “Window” goes in
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- Charlie’s Angels
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- The Happy House Owners
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- Mamadou loves Plastering with Clay
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- Floor Girls
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- Morisha & the Boys
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- Barbara & the Boys
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- Saco & the Boys
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- Claudine & the Boys
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- Lena & the Boys
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- 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
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- El Molino Logo
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- The Tarifa coast & El Molino de Guadalmesi Tower
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- Design Team Celebration
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- Taking a Break from Trenching
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- Ughhh…roots and hard clay soil!
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- The Prep Crew Takes the Lead
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- The Rock/Lime/Sand Wall
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- First Celebration: Trench Done
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- Butt Action
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- Gibraltar Strait Sunrise
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- Our Beach
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- Gratitude for the Belly Goods
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- Ahhhhhh…..downtogether time
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- Chill-out time
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- The Windmills of Tarifa Molinos de Tarifa
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- Day 1
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- Dragon Dreaming Session
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- Root Men
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- Woah mah Boy!
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- Hola Eddy
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- Power Mano
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- The Hill
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- Molino Goat Posse
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- The Assistant
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- Fun on the Site
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- Local Hydraulic Lime
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- Robi siempre Robi!
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- Ankle says Breaktime
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- Everpresent Circling
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- Compost Toilet Entrance
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- Rockin’ the Cob
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- Sweet Fire Circle
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- Rock Wall Done
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- Our Final Design and the Week 2 Tasks to Accomplish
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- COBARTILLERYRESERVOIR
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- La Bailarina de Cob
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- Daviiiiid!
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- Eddiiiiiii!
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- Door Frame for Toilet Goes In
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- The Chain does the Work
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- Growin and Curvin
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- The North End
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- Trimmin expert…haha
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- Gettin up there excitement!
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- Shlurpin the goodness!
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- Window Guys
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- One more Layer? Say Yes!
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- Beauties make Beauty!
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- Sweeeet
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- Cob on the Brain!
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- In the Toilet Library
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- Bottle Windows
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- Is it Cob or Wood or What?
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- Cob Wood Connection
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- Sam n’ Sari Bellos Arboles
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- Roots n’ Rock
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- Tree Meditation
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- Belleza…
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- Cob in the Body
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- Adios Amigo
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- Final Celebration!!!
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- FInal Day Checkout Gathering
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- Ten Max in the CT
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- Toilet View
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- Dream Team!
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- Goodbye Friends
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- US-Oz Bros!
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- Molino Cob Team Extraordinaire!
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- Memorable Beach Sleep Morning….ahhhhh
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- Foundation
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- Rock Wall
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- Rock Wall
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- Cob
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- Electrical & Plumbing
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- WIndows
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- Windows
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- Beautiful Tree Sculpture on Molino Bathhouse with Scratch Plaster Coat
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- Roof Coming….
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- Love
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- Magic
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- Passion
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- Beauty
Fuerteventura: Rock n’ Cob Addition
August 2015
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- 3rd Fuerteventura Workshop
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- Claudine’s Home for the Workshop
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- Gorgeous West Coast sunsets
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- Aloe Vera on and on
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- Milt’s Green Figs Ripe and Sweet
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- Proud and Vibrant Aloes
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- Gorgeous Beaches
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- Palm Thatch Teepee
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- Sylvain’s Beautiful Rockwork to be Filled in with Cob
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- The old Harbor and great swim spot
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- Red Clay, Picón (crushed volcanic rock), palm trunk fiber, crushed aloe vera (for plaster)
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- Our test bricks
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- Horse poop dry and soaking
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- Here we go!
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- Using the mechanical farm toys for mixing large batches of dry material
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- Compost mixer does the job
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- Palm Trunk Fiber goes through Shredder
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- Trying to keep fibers long and bunched
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- The red gold!
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- Day 1
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- BioMilt the Farmer/Builder
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- Happy Anaïs, Best Cook Ever!
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- Rhythm Cob Goddesses
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- Loic: one-man Camera show
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- The Baby Seal Cob
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- 2-year old Cobber’s Hand
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- Tractor Mixing and Compressing
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- Our first giant tractor mix=10 batches
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- Look Ma, I’m an official Cobber
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- Happy Milt!
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- The Rock Man himself
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- Workshops-to-go.com
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- Another delectable feast
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- Now moving onto the cement mixer
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- The Man and his Cobs
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- First Altar/Shelf
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- The colors…..
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- Tight-knit bunch
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- Ring around the cob mix is a staple at every workshop
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- Woodstove Flue Passage
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- It’s Aloe Babes, Good For You!
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- Can’t stop cobbin’…
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- Our Baby Cob Floor begins
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- 1st layer of cob
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- And now the base plaster coat
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- Eternal Sunsets
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- Milt & Irene enjoy anothr green flash
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- Love the Old Windmill View of El Cotillo
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- The Last Lunch was the BEST!
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- Irene presents the COBUMUS
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- The Home Team
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- The Last Supper!
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- Ahhhh, finally…the Artsy Time
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- Floor Sample
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- Plastering sample
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- By the one and only Gary
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- And his son Louis!
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- Some Tahitian Waves 4U
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- Good buds
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- Love cobbers
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- Every kind
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- 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
February 2014
