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Book Title
Hand-Sculpted House : a Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Publication Name
The Hand-Sculpted House
Title
The Hand-Sculpted House
Subtitle
A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Author
Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, Ianto Evans
Illustrator
Deanne Bednar
Contributor
Deanne Bednar (Illustrated by)
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1890132349
EAN
9781890132347
ISBN
9781890132347
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Genre
House & Home
Topic
Design & Construction, Do-It-Yourself / General
Release Date
17/06/2013
Release Year
2013
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
10in
Item Width
8in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Publication Year
2002
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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"The Hand-Sculpted House inspired me to learn and do more and transformed how I saw homes and building in general."--Mother Earth News "If you follow it word for word you will build yourself a house no matter who you are."--Builder Paul Dillon, quoted in The Irish Times Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as "an ecstatic house." The authors build a house the way others create a natural garden. They use the oldest, most available materials imaginable-earth, clay, sand, straw, and water-and blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building. Cob (the word comes from an Old English root, meaning "lump") is a mixture of non-toxic, recyclable, and often free materials. Building with cob requires no forms, no cement, and no machinery of any kind. Builders actually sculpt their structures by hand. Building with earth is nothing new to America; the oldest structures on the continent were built with adobe bricks. Adobe, however, has been geographically limited to the Southwest. The limits of cob are defined only by the builder's imagination. Cob offers answers regarding our role in Nature, family and society, about why we feel the ways that we do, about what's missing in our lives. Cob comes as a revelation, a key to a saner world. Cob has been a traditional building process for millennia in Europe, even in rainy and windy climates like the British Isles, where many cob buildings still serve as family homes after hundreds of years. Cob houses (or cottages, since they are always efficiently small by American construction standards) are not only compatible with their surroundings, they ARE their surroundings, literally rising up from the earth. They are full of light, energy-efficient, and cozy, with curved walls and built-in, whimsical touches. They are delightful. They are ecstatic.

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Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN-10
1890132349
ISBN-13
9781890132347
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Hand-Sculpted House : a Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Author
Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, Ianto Evans
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Design & Construction, Do-It-Yourself / General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
House & Home
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
8in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Th4818.A3
Illustrated by
Bednar, Deanne
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
693/.22
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by space-junk-traders
    Jan 19, 2018

    So far so good.

    I'm still reading the book. It seems though, to be a well written book with a lot of pertinent information. Great use of Illustrations to picture the idea being conveyed.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by smalwonde
    Nov 25, 2020

    Build your own cob house!

    Excellent book on all things cob. Extensive writing on the history, technicalities of building and possible problems and their solutions all wrapped in hippy back-to-the-land philosophy. If that's what you're looking for you will find it in this book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: greatbookprices1

  • by nebovi-92
    Apr 07, 2024

    Cob houses r awesome.

    This book is in great condition and the reading is even better!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by mandolinjulie
    Nov 07, 2006

    The Hand-Sculpted House by Evans, Smiley, Smith

    I purchased The Hand-Sculpted House recently and was immediately riveted by this well written book. Anyone interested in building with renewable materials would be able to absorb the information needed to take on their project. I liked that the writers were knowledgable and had obviously researched many techniques and shared them with precise detailed descriptions. The only dislikes I could mention is that I would have LOVED more colored pictures of finished projects and a few avenues of building were cut short with another book (of their writings) recommended to purchase.

  • by nitramj
    Nov 20, 2016

    hand sculpted house

    very informative and inspiring. Wish I was 30 years younger and I would attempt to put this info to action.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

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