Beyond Adobe returns to Northern Arizona’s Sustainable Living Fair this week October 24th. Two workshops will be presented; Making Small Adobe Bricks for Kids and Making and Applying Earth Plasters for Grown-ups.
Adam Wayne will be the workshop hosts and will provide all the mud required to make bricks, plaster and a general good muddy mess of things. Kids will be provided with one adobe form and a brief explanation of what adobe is, the historical importance, how to make adobes and some practical ideas for building around the house. Attire is semi-formal and white after labor day is perfect. The workshop starts at 11:30 and runs for one-hour.
The plaster workshop will highlight both how to make plaster from local soils and how to apply hand-made plasters as well as American Clay Plaster. Participants will have an opportunity to try their hand applying mud on dry-wall substrates. The workshop starts at 3:30 and runs for one-hour.
This year’s Workshop Event will be at the Coconino Community College Lone Tree Campus Commons Building in Flagstaff from 9am-5pm on Saturday, 10/24.
