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THE INSTRUCTORS |
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Patrick Patrick Hennebery is a self-taught builder/ designer. He has been building in logs, post and beam, beach wood, stone and recycled materials since 1983. His interest in strawbale and earthen buildings began in 1996. He has completed numerous cob projects since then. (250) 539-5253 pat@cobworks.com |
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ElkeElke Cole lives in Victoria and designs, builds and teaches
"houses that love you back" . Her background is in architecture
with a degree received in Germany. After independently working on home
designs in the Comox Valley since her move to Canada, she became involved
with natural building in 1994. Since then she has designed, built and
taught both independently as well as with the Cob Cottage Company, the
Down to earth building bee and of course Cobworks. Elke is also the
coordinator for the natural building programs at O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE,
Shawnigan Lake. Contact Elke for Slide presentations, Consultation, Design
and workshops. elke@cobworks.com |
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Tracy Tracy Calvert is an accomplished cob builder with experience in strawbale, earthen plasters and general construction. As an instructor, Tracy emphasizes a sense of community as an integral part of the building process. She is dedicated to creating sacred spaces and to the importance of bringing heart back to the work site. tracy@cobworks.com |
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