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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book
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,cobb, 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...
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The Hand-Sculpted House
Here's how to create a beautiful, sustainable home from simple earthen cob
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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
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,cobb, 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. Building with earth is nothing new to America; the oldest structures on the continent were built with adobe bricks. Adobe, however, has been geographically limited to the Southwest. The limits of cob are ...
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Cob, a structural composite of earth, water, straw, clay, and sand, has been used for centuries, in virtually all parts of the world, to create homes ranging from mud huts in Africa to lavish adobe haciendas in Latin America. This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone from a rank beginner to a conventional architect how to design and build a cozy and beautiful cob home. Excellent color photographs and detailed line drawings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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Full over the head latex mask, individually hand painted and sculpted.
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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The dominate feature of this hand crafed switchplate is the Blackberry. The entire face plate is made from three dimensional sculpted clay that has been formed and fired onto a UL approved electrical outlet plate. This style comes in all standard configurations including single (except rocker), double, triple and quadruple. The artist requests no rocker in the single size due to the amount of fine detail work this swithcplate requires. Select your favorite back ground color. Click here for your color...
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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The dominate feature of this hand crafted switchplate is the Daffodil. The entire face plate is made from three dimensional sculpted clay that has been formed and fired onto a UL approved electrical outlet plate. This style comes in all standard and rocker configurations including single, double triple and quad. Select your favorite back ground color. Click here for your color options .
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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We have a very easy to read Switchplates Configuration Sheet . We recommend that you print this style sheet, and double check the configuration of the switchplates you wish to replace. Doubles can be tricky! Best results come from printing that page and checking your Switchplates. Be sure to check right and left orientation for your outlet! If you wish a configuration not represented on our style sheet, such as three outlets in a triple, please call us or e-mail us and we will see if the design...
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