well, thanks to many helping hands, march brought us the third floor’s roof! yippppeeeee! no more tarps!
an incredible feeling of accomplishment and calm has washed over the moonshadow community as we remember all of the aspects of our lives that are *not* related to this amazing building project… we have a lot of [...]
[ September 9, 2008 to September 27, 2008. ] Please call for directions - do not google or mapquest without also talking to us (or prepare to get potentially lost)
We will host intern volunteers (work share arrangement) during the last 3 weeks of September, with an intensive (paid workshop) during the last week of September, from Sunday the 21st to Sunday 27th.
This workshop will [...]
Read full entry...[ October 11, 2008 to October 12, 2008. ] Please call for directions - do not google or mapquest without also talking to us (or prepare to get potentially lost)
Come out to the Land and learn as you help us build a cob bench. We will cover the basics of building with cob and have a blast playing in the mud. We will also [...]
Read full entry...[ August 9, 2008 to August 10, 2008. ] This event has been postponed until September… please check back soon for the final date.
Please call for directions - do not google or mapquest without also talking to us (or prepare to get potentially lost)
This will be a hands-on workshop with lots of physical work involved. The root cellar walls will be built with rocks [...]
Read full entry...hello there friends of svi and moonshadow!
we are now up to the highest level we will attempt. Â the third floor has been laid and it’s time for us to work towards the final gable roof! Â WE ARE ALMOST COVERED! Â there are only about 20 more posts and beams to raise and we would like to [...]
[ March 15, 2008 to March 16, 2008. ] Please be our guest for the weekend! We need all sorts of help during the final phases of the Meeting Hall construction. The goal for March is to get a roof on the sucka! And to have a lot of fun and fellowship.
We’ll need all sorts of skills… everyone can contribute, whether it be construction, [...]
Read full entry...greetings, friends!
well, we got back into it mid-january with a super-great work-weekend full of positive energy and lots of progress. we got over half of the posts up on the second floor and had enough strong backs to lift all of the beams into place. that’s the kind of work we just can’t [...]
[ September 22, 2007 to September 23, 2007. ] greetings all! well, things are not in an emergency status now - a
ladder holding up the tarp here, a slit in the tarp for drainage
there… and although we got a great response from our call out, due
to a handful of cancelations and other reasons, we are postponing the
work days until next weekend. [...]
[ May 25, 2007 to May 27, 2007. ] Techniques taught may include adobe, cob, light straw-clay slip, earthen plaster, stucco and natural finishes, basic carpentry, adzing, post and beam timber-framing and ferro cement.
the schedule is below.
fees: friday - $25-15 sliding scale
saturday and sunday - $50-25 sliding scale
please plan to help cook at least one meal during the weekend so we [...]