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HAND-SCULPTED HOUSE
A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Author : Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley
ISBN : 9781890132347
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages : 384
Format : Large Format Paperback
Description : Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A Cob Cottage, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as ‘an ecstatic house.’
The authors build a house the way others create a natural garden. They use the oldest, most available materials imaginable – earth, clay, sand, straw and water – and blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building. Cob – the word comes from an old English root meaning ‘lump’ – is a mixture of non-toxic, recyclable, and often free materials. Building with cob requires no forms, no cement, and no machinery of any kind. Builders actually sculpt their structures by hand.
The Hand-Sculpted House is theoretical and philosophical, but intensely practical as well. You will get all the how-to information to undertake a cob building project. As the modern world rediscovers the importance of living in sustainable harmony with the environment, this book is a bible of radical simplicity.
