Simple lime plaster coating, pigmented, hemp chips enhanced, 3D lime plaster, “fresco”, the jargon and the techniques will reveal all their secrets to you during this two day hands-on workshop. If you like eco-construction, and have artistic fondness, we highly and warmly recommend this creative artistic lime plaster course to you!!

While building her own house, Audrée wanted an interior finishing made with natural materials, that would ressemble her, that she could do herself and that would let her express her creativity. After a solid apprenticeship with Sylvie Plaire, she decorated each room of her house with a mix of different lime plaster techniques. She now happily shares her passion and her experience, and work in this field professionally.

This course belongs to a series of courses about the GREB construction technique. You can take it  individually, but you will get the most out of it by following the whole curriculum.

Especially, we highly recommend that you follow a basic lime plaster course before attending. When coming with already the basics, you’ll be able to focus on the subtleties of the different creative techniques. Please then consider also registering to our lime plaster course:==> HERE https://terraperma.ca/en/courses/outdoor-lime-plaster-greb/

You will have a 25% discount on the total if you follow the three 2017 courses about the greb technique. Send us an email for details.

Course Objective:

The goal of this workshop is to give you an overview of the different artistic possibilities that lime plaster offers you as a protective and decorative coating.

A short theoretical lecture will introduce many creative techniques offered by this wonderfull natural material. The main section of the course will be dedicated to practicing the different techniques in real-life conditions. You will acquire the right skills and confidence in your ability to pursue the exploration of your creativity at home.

Course language:

The teacher will use french as basic language, but will be able to translate for you the difficult parts. Please notify us if you need full time translation. We cannot promise it depending on the budget, but we’ll arrange something if many english-only students register.

Required level:

The teacher will adapt the complicatedness to the level of the students. However, as we expect people to come here to deepen their practice, we will not be able to slow down the group to compensate for those who would come with no experience at all. Because of this, we recommend that you already come with some experience. Thank you for your understanding, and please consider taking the basic lime plaster course if you’re a beginner. It takes place a week before, and will arm you well for this course.

Lime Plaster Coating – Building with the GREB technique

You will have a 25% discount on the total if you follow the three 2017 courses about the greb technique. Send us an email for details.

Accommodation

The price of the course includes a camping patform (8×10 roughly), please bring the camping gear you need. Alternatively, you can book a stay in one of our eco-cabins, visit the corresponding page on our website: https://terraperma.ca/en/stay/accommodations/

Material necessary:

Each student must come with the following gear:

• Construction boots ideally (steel toes) , {we will tolerate solid hiking-like boots, but if you seriously want to do construction at home, we encourage you to invest in a good pair of working boots.}
• Individual safety equipment: (dust mask, safety googles, ear defenders, construction gloves) {For hygiene sake, we cannot lend these equipment, but we’ll be selling a whole kit  on site, we havent determined the price yet}
• Working clothes: Have to be tough, strong, adapted to the weather and you shouldn’t mind dirtying them. They musn’t hang loose at the sleeve, the neck, the belly. Have a spare in case of rain.
• Camping gear: The course spans on two days, the course price’s includes a camping spot (8×10 plateform). (Friday and Saturday nights). Bring the camping gear you see fit (tent, mattress, sleeping bag etc…), and extra things for the evening (music instruments, etc…)
• Food for your stay:  The course price doesn’t include meals. You’ll have access to a collective kitchen, equipped with propane stoves and a range of cooking gear. However, depending on the group size, it might become difficult to cook all together. We strongly advise that your meals be prepared in avance. Please be aware that we don’t have access to a fridge. If everybody agrees, it will be possible to proceed with a potluck formula. WE’ll discuss this possibility shortly before the course with all the students.
• Swimsuit and towel: The course price includes access to the whole Terra Perma parc, that includes a private, pristine, protected lake. Bring what you need to enjoy it! There is a ban on sunscreen, soap and bug repellant in the lake, please be considerate ????
• Your own construction tools (optional) We’ll gladly lend you our tools!! However, if you have tools you’d like to familiarize yourself with, or that you want to explore deeper, it will be more interesting for you to come with them.

The price includes: 

Participation to the workshop for one person, camping spot, access to a collective kitchen, access to Terra Perma’s parc

Possible supplement: Safety gear kit (disposable dust mask, safety googles, ear plugs (2 pairs), construcion gloves.) (price to be set)

Teacher Audrée Lavallée

Artisane écologique, touche a tout… Principalement éco-designer de vêtements, accessoires et costumes sur mesure sous le nom de Zoluna. Permacultrice dans l’âme, rêveuse d’un monde plus en harmonie avec notre environnement et nos valeurs profondes. Eco-constructrice d’une maison en ballots de paille méthode Greb, l’habitat de l’hêtre, construite avec des matériaux recyclés mixtes, rocket stove, masse thermique, solaire passive, jardins et culture en forêt… Amoureuse des enduits a la chaux et de toutes les possibilités qui s’y rattachent! Passionnée du partage des connaissances qui nous permettent d’être de plus en plus autonomes!

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