Cob Wall and Lime Plastering Workshops

One key aspect of our Heritage Project was to learn about the skills of cob wall construction and lime plastering. Our learning was supported by Mike Wye and Associates https://www.mikewye.co.uk/ who facilitated the workshops. There were nine local people attending, including Trustees, project team members and volunteers from our community.

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The teaching room is ready for us

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The workshop started with a very informative introcuction by Ryan Stojic our main instructor.The talk explained how lime mortar and lime plaster is manufactured, different products and an overview of the different uses and teachniques

Following the introduction the remainder of the workshops were very practical. The following photographs tell the story of the workshop.

Learning about different lime products

Laying Stone Walls

Lime Pointing

Raking out the joints

 Pointing - The demonstration

 

 Pointing - Having a go

Pointing - Finishing

Cob Wall - Making Cob Blocks

Cob Wall - Building a Cob Wall

Plastering 

Plastering to Lathes

 Plastering

Plastering - Finishing