Natural Builder, Educator, Artist

Building with earth encourages one to fully reevaluate how a living space should feel.  Our senses delight in the beauty of a wall covered with clay plaster, alive with subtle variations of texture, color, and light.  Cob and straw-bale walls impart solidity and shelter in a profound way.  Structures and surfaces built by hand convey that they were built by people, for people, thus creating a nurturing experience for the sheltered.  

The principles and techniques of natural building offer meaningful and sustainable alternatives to conventional construction. 

• Materials such as sand, clay soil, and stone, are minimally processed, locally sourced, non-toxic, and easily recycled.
• Construction processes are simple and easily learned.
• Structures are beautiful, healthful, and extremely durable.
• Collaborative construction brings people and communities together.

As a sculptor and natural builder I work with individuals and organizations to support their visions of more healthful, more beautiful, and low carbon construction. I am happy to help with design, consulting, permitting, construction, and workshop facilitation. Since 2002 I have been building and facilitating;

• Cob cottages
• Straw-bale studios
• Light-straw-clay tiny houses
• Earth-bag root cellar
• Wood fired bread and pizza ovens
• Rocket mass heaters
• Sculptural cob benches
• Rocket mass heaters
• Clay and lime plasters
• ​Earthen floors
  
• Natural building retrofits
• Building science for natural homes
• Round-wood timber framing
• Green roofs
• Gray water systems
• Composting toilets

Do you have a dream of an outdoor fireplace, a meditation space, or natural home? I'd like to help you realize your vision. 

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