We are pleased to announce that Dancing Rabbit will be offering four weekend workshops in the art of earthen plastering this year. Briefly, earth plastering is one excellent way to seal strawbale walls. It can be used for both interior and exterior walls, and is aesthetically quite flexible and pleasing as a technique. Structurally, earthen and lime plasters are preferable to cement stucco on strawbale, as they allow the walls to breathe moisture out as well as in, reducing the risks of mold and rot in the walls.
Earth plastering is labor-intensive, very fulfilling work.
Organic, ecovillage-cooked food and camping space will be provided. Please pay as much as you can in this range, so that those who need to can pay less. All workshops will be led by Timothy Jean Rabbit, who has apprenticed in various forms of earth building with Keely Meagan, one of the leaders of Dancing Rabbit's Women's Building Workshop last year. Timothy is currently working at Dancing Rabbit at developing eco-friendly plaster systems that work for our climate. See her bio on page 6 for more Timothy details.