Tile Mosaic in cob wall construction

Creating 'Cob Decor'  
in our Guest Rooms at
Wattle Hollow Retreat
2001-2003

"After the original cob construction has dried it is smoothed with a cover of plaster uniquely made from all natural materials including oatmeal, oat bran, golden flax seeds, sand, clay slip and psyllium seed. 

"Different colors of plaster are created along the walls and then fragments of tile implanted to form mosaics....the almost infinite flow of creative ideas can make the process seem endless." ~ Joy Fox, as quoted in an article House of Cob by The Morning News, July 2001

 


Read more about The Cob Story of 2001    

Below: Finishing Touches of cob decor, windows, tile mosaics in the new (2003) retreat guest quarters at Wattle Hollow Retreat Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read poem The Earth is Waiting for You by Thich Nhat Hanh  next to 'cob woman' above

Read more about our early cobbing creations!

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