In March and April of 2015, Eva led the finishing of a cob cottage at Deck Family Farm. The clay, straw, wood, manure, and milk for these finishes all came from onsite at this beautiful 320-acre organic farm in Oregons Willamette Valley. The main construction of this building was designed and led by Ali Maggio […]
In 2011, I taught a 3 week workshop and gave a presentation at the Natural Building Extravaganza in NC. A student in the course, Max Livingstone, was intrigued by the pallet building projects I had worked on and consulted with me on how to build his own. In 2015, after Livingstone had completed the main
Jun 11-19, 2011 in Bandon OR Max & Eva taught a 9 day intensive course called Complete Cob. Our project was to build a pavillion that is a large part of a budding outdoor kitchen at the home of Bob and Tammy Van. During the nine days, we sculpted this structure with local soil, driftwood,
This year at the VBC, Eva led the second phase of a light straw clay retrofit in SE Portland at the Planet Repair Institute! Light Straw Clay technology has been used for centuries! People love the low cost, low toxicity, and its use of sustainable, native and locally available materials! Over a ten day period,
Stop motion photography by Jonathan Shaw We had a lot of fun at the 2010 Village Building Convergence! In addition to the straw-clay retrofit, Eva Edleson led the construction of this of this Chicken Palace with Sol Crawford and Mark Lakeman at the Planet Repair Institute. These projects were designed by Mark Lakeman. It is
This year, during the Village Building Convergence 2010, Eva led the installation of one of Portlands first residential straw-clay retrofit projects. In just a few days, with many hands, we filled walls that previously had no insulation. The new insulation is estimated to have an R-Value of between R-1.6 and R-2 per inch. When finished,
In September of 2009 Eva designed and led the construction of a pallet structure, called the Fuddy,at Spirit Pine Sanctuary. (Click on images to enlarge!) All of the pallets were free and reclaimed from a nearby farm. The pallets were stuffed with straw-clay insulation and protected with an earthen plaster. I was inspired to build
