2024 Workshop Season

Workshops and application forms posted below.

Two happy wall-stuffers on Denman!

Earthen plastering workshops on Denman Island, 2024

July 1-5, (5 days)

July 26-29 (4 days)

August 19-23 (5 days)

please apply for one or more than one, but not either/or. Choose the date that suits you best.

Cost is $500 for the 5 day workshops and $420 for the 4 day workshop. This includes all meals, childcare, and camping on site.

Join us in plastering and finishing a home made with natural and local materials. Workshop participants will get hands-on experience processing local clay, sand and fibre into earthen plaster, and applying it in creative and functional ways. While the main focus of the workshop is plastering and plaster prep, there will be some opportunity to try other natural building processes. There will be daily instructionals covering a wide range of natural building-related subjects from the ground up, and tours of local structures built with or incorporating natural materials in a variety of ways.

All genders welcome.

Payment plan available.

No experience necessary. Comfort with scaffolding and heights is an asset (but not necessary).

The property is a thriving land cooperative with plenty of mossy forest, sandstone rubble, a short trail to sunset and mountain views, with lake and ocean access nearby.

Denman, also known as Inner Island (Taystay'ich), is traditional Pentlach, K’omox, Sliammon and Kwakwaka’wakw territory.

A bunch of happy slip-sloppers on the Sunshine Coast!


Denman Island 2022

Hat Creek Workshop Aug 8th-12th

Hat Creek 2022

 
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This could be you.

Get dirty and learn stuff at the same time.

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building a revolution,

one handful at a a time.

Thinking of hosting a workshop on your land or in your community?

Contact us hello@mudgirls.ca