Upcoming Workshops - 2010/11
October 2010 NEWS/EVENTS: We at Adobe Alliance are eminently proud to announce that we are branching out online to teach adobe design and building. Beginning October 18th, 2010, our ally, friend and admired instructor Kurt Gardella offers his 6-week internet course in adobe construction from foundation to bond beam! Detailed information about the class can be found in this Adobe Basics PDF. Registration for the class is open right now and can be completed directly online.
November 2010 NEWS/EVENTS: We are inviting our alumni, old and new friends to join us at Swan house on November 11th, 2010 for an original ADOBE FIESTA to build a Nubian vault, to mix mortar, even to make adobe bricks, all under instruction, all by hand. Participants will benefit from the formal teachings of Simone Swan and of Stevan de la Rosa, and from exchanges with experienced adobe aficionados, as usually happens in such unique sessions and informal gatherings in the desert. Registration for the ADOBE FIESTA is open right now and can be completed directly online.
Duration: No more than two weeks (end date is November 25th) and no less than a weekend. Fee: Registration is $220 plus proportionate donation for expenses to be calculated individually. Expenses to be covered by donations include: Materials, fuel, scaffolding rental, salaries and incidentals. Salaried will be Efren Rodriguez, local adobe artisan and alumnus Stevan who oversees and instructs the adobe fiesta. Personal expenses (not included in registration fee) are lodging (camping or motel) and meals. Camping: $10 a day on site plus briefest of outdoor hot shower can be paid for on location.
A pristine privy offers spectacular views from its throne. Bring gallons of drinking water, sun protection, gloves. We are on the superb Tex-Mex border 10 miles east of the Presidio-Ojinaga international bridge.
March 2011 NEWS/EVENTS: MARCH 4, 2011, Adobe workshop to be announced, at Swan House. 10 miles east of Presidio, Texas, in Big Bend country, reachable by scenic route only.