News & Adobe Earth Building Workshops
SOLID EARTH LTD run at least one 3-day earthbuilding workshop a year, usually in spring after the Ecofest in Nelson. Please check out this years Workshop schedule and find more detailed information here.
Join us and experience the unlimited possibilities of the building material Earth. Topics covered:
- Experiment with earthen plasters, natural paints and sealants
- Build walls and furniture from adobe brick, cob, light-earth and wattle-and-daub
- Lay a small adobe tile floor
- Sculpt a pizza oven
- Do artwork such as mosaics and reliefs
- Learn more about basic earthbuilding and professional techniques
- Visit a commercial adobe brick manufacture
We sometimes also run oven building workshops. If you wish to host this event and get a pizza oven built, please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss terms and conditions.
| 11 Aug 10 Due to popular demand: Second Earthbuilding Workshop |
 5th - 7th November 2010 Nelson $270 for the three days Contact SolidEarth for more infos or to enroll. Max. number of participants 12, first in first served  Topics covered: - Making and laying Adobe Bricks - [...continue] |
| 08 Jun 10 Eco Fest Nelson 2010 |
 visit us at our stall at the ecofest in nelson this year!21st and 22nd August 2010 making it easier to be green |
| 08 Jun 10 Earthbuilding Conference Waiheke Island |
 Earthbuilding Association of NZ presents:Earthbuilding Conference and Tour Labour Weekend, 22nd - 24th October, Waiheke Island optional earthbuilding tour on the 25th October in Auckland House Tours, Guest speakers, Forum Accommodation |
| 08 Jun 10 Earthbuilding Workshop |
 10th - 12th September 2010 FULLY BOOKED Nelson $270 for the three days Contact SolidEarth for more infos or to enroll. Max. number of participants 12, first in first served Topics covered: - Making and laying Adobe [...continue] |
| 20 May 09 Updated Project Pictures in Portfolio |
| We uploaded a lot of new pictures. Projects include Half-Bricks including a first Type of Ecotects (Marc Fielding) SOLABODE, Plasters (like at Hanleys house at the Glen), Pizza Ovens (Nayland College and Lud Valley), Outdoor Walls (Refinery and Cleveland Trc) and [...continue] |
| 12 Jan 09 Solid Earth Ltd proud owners of a Plastering Machine |
) SOLID EARTH LTD are pleased and excited to advise that we have invested in a used plastering machine from Germany.The pump is a OMD PTF (Mix-Pump-Spray), which is considered to be state of the art plaster application equipment. Its capacity and size will allow us to render with clay and [...continue] |
| 12 Jan 09 Development of New Light Adobe Bricks |
) Over the last year SOLID EARTH LTD have been involved in the development of a new lightweight adobe brick, which has better insulation properties that the traditional mud brick. The development has been sped up by an amendment to H1 Energy Efficiency, which came in to effect on 1 [...continue] |
| 12 Jan 09 Verena Re-elected Chair Woman of EBANZ |
 Verena heads into her third year as chair woman of the Earthbuilding Association NZ. She is very happy to be working in a strong committee of building professionals from all over New Zealand, contributing towards the promotion of the art and science of earth building and being involved in [...continue] |