Order form, please print and mail to: Cob Cottage Company
Box 123
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
__ $30.00 (2 for $55) Send me "The Hand Sculpted House, A Practical and
Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage" by Ianto Evans, Michael
G. Smith and Linda Smiley. 346 pages, 8 x 10 Chelsea Green, 2002. This
guide to building an ecstatic cob house is likely to become the standard
resource for years to come. Its 18 chapters cover design and siting in
great detail, and discuss principles of Natural Building more than any
previous publication. A section on codes and permits is included. Over
100 photos, including 30 in color, and 200 diagrams by Deanne Bednar.
The Publisher calls it a "bible of radical simplicity".
Russian translation now available (not available from Cob Cottage),
Russian title: "Cob House, Philosophy and Practice", fully
illustrated, 330 pages, Published by: Ridna Zemlia, Kyiv, Ukraine,
contact publisher or local book store to order.
__ $15.00 (2 for $25, 10 for $60) Rocket Stoves To Heat Cob Buildings: How to
Build a Super Efficient Wood Fired Heater, by Ianto Evans with
Leslie Jackson, 58 pages, 7"x 8-1/2", Cob Cottage Company, 2004.
Note: price for this book includes shipping
__ $25.00 The Art of Natural Building, edited by Joe Kennedy, Catherine Wanek
and Michael G. Smith, 288 pages, 8 x 9, New Society, 2002, Inspired
by the 1997 Natural Building Colloquium in New Mexico, each chapter
is by a leader in the field and covers a specific technique, including
strawbale, rammed earth, lime, wattle and daub, light clay, hemp,
living roofs, cob, salvaged materials, solar, composting toilets and
alternative power systems.
__ $12.00 Lime in Building, by Jane Schofield, 3rd Ed. 2001, 32 pages 5 x 7,
This little hard to find British booklet is the best, most readable,
most understandable guide to using lime, as mortar, plaster, stucco,
whitewash, etc. It describes chemistry, preparation and use, tools
(nice illustrations) and application and mixing in detail.
__ $12.00 Put Your hands in the Dirt - Art Made With Mud Kids and Communities
Kiko Denzer 8-1/2x7 84 pages.
__ $27.00 The Natural Plaster Book - Dan Chiras and Cedar Rose Guelberth
The only comprehensive guide to natural plasters available
8" x 9" over 250 pages.
__ $27.00 "Home Work - Handbuilt Shelter" by Lloyd Kahn, 246 pages, 12 X 9, The
long awaited sequel to "Shelter" (see below), packed with all new
sketches and photographs as well as some detail descriptions. A wild
tour of housing designs, styles, and building techniques from around
the world.
__ $24.95 Shelter, by Lloyd Kahn, 176 pages, 11 X 14-1/2. Photographic history
of buildings worldwide, hundreds of photographs, many in color. In
print since 1973, a best seller which influenced a whole generation of
architects and builders and began the strawbale building revolution.
Rare remarkable photographs and line drawings.
__ $20.00 Send me "The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your
Own Earthen Home" by Michael G. Smith, 3rd Ed., 2001, 8-1/2 x 11, 134
pages. The first and most complete book in English on cob construction.
Step by step how to do it, a field manual. An influential and inspiring
work, and a must for all cobbers.
__ $10.00 Cob and the Earth Building Revival: A Reader by Cob Cottage Co, 3rd Ed
1996 8-1/2 x 11, 58 pages. An anthology of 15 international articles.
Background research, history, and technical details. Excellent English
papers on plasters, lime and cob buildings.
__ $14.95 "Build your Own Earthen Oven", by Kiko Denzer,
new 2001 Ed., 114 pages 7 x 9. Explains exactly how to build a sculptured
oven, using local natural earthen materials, and how to make sourdough
bread. Inspiring photos and charming drawings. Denzer is a professional
sculptor and cob master living in Oregon. Hanna Field, his wife is an
English trained bread baker!
__ $69.00 Serious Cobber's Reference Kit, We now include books:
The Hand Sculpted House, The Art of Natural Building, The Reader,
Rocket Stoves to Heat Cob Buildings, and Build Your Own Earth Oven.
Total value $97.95. Kit Price $69.00
__ $20.00 "Cob Cottages In Color" - 8-1/2 X 11 Paperback. Photocopied. About 20
pages, 15 in full color. (Updated in 2003) $20.00 "One picture is
worth 1000 words" Forty two knockout images of cob buildings,
including traditional 500 year old English cottages, recent sculptural
Oregon Cob experiments, interiors and exteriors. Coffee table or to
show a doubting spouse, neighbor or building department.
__ $20.00 (alumni $10) The Cob Web - 8 1/2 x 7, 16 pages. The only newsletter
devoted to cob. Packed with tips, stories, news and articles. Four
issues (2 years), postpaid.
__ $23.00 Video "Building with the Earth: Oregon's Cob Cottage Co." The why to
build with cob. The only video entirely dedicated to cob. Available
in VHS format, 28 minutes
__ $14.95 Create an Oasis with Greywater, by Art Ludwig, 51 pages, 8-1/2 X 11.
A must have for anyone designing or installing a greywater system.
This thorough booklet presents almost every design variation on
greywater systems, from the simplest to the most complex, and gives
the pros, cons and cost of each both in dollars and environmental terms.
__ $14.95 Branched Drain Greywater Systems, by Art Ludwig, 50 Pages, 8-1/2 X 11.
All of the practical information required to build a reliable,
economical, sanitary system to distribute household greywater to
downhill vegetation without filtration or pumping. A supplement to
"Create an Oasis with Greywater"
__ $14.95 Builder's Greywater Guide, by Art Ludwig, 50 pages, 8-1/2 X 11
Contractors need this book; "do-it-yourselfers" will enjoy if. Very
useful in interpreting the arcane language of the plumbing codes.
Time saving tricks, traps to avoid, flowcharts for system selection,
as well as user education
__ $ 5.00 Principles of Ecological Design, by Art Ludwig, 18 pages 8-1/2 X 11
The best written, most concise, eloquent instruction manual for
lifestyle transformation. If you are uneasy about your effect on the
planet yet don't know what to do, here is your guidebook.
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__ $400 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit (longer than 10 day workshops)
$_________ Full payment (includes NON-REFUNDABLE amount: $150 for 10 day or
shorter workshops and $400 for longer workshops)
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We can't process credit cards. (Our experience is that concealed cash is very
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and for any other currency. Checks should be made payable to Linda Smiley.
Please include appropriate shipping and handling fees. When sending cash
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Shipping and handling (except for "Rocket Stoves . . ." book which includes shipping):
For U.S. destinations add $4.00 for the first item and $1.00 for
each additional item. For Canadian destinations add $8.00 for the first item
and $3.00 for each additional item for airmail letter post. For U.S. Priority
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Last Modified: March 4, 2005