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The Hand-Sculpted House:
A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage

by Ianto Evans;  Michael G. Smith;  Linda Smiley

www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_handsculpted_house:paperback

This book is a guide to the new-old-fashioned art of building with cob, a composite of earth, straw, and water. The book gets into the nitty-gritty of building with cob and explores the spiritual aspects of the practice. Adorned with delightful illustrations and photographs, The Hand-Sculpted House is approachable and fun to read.

Reviewed in Environmental Building News January 2003

Retail price: $28.00
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Publisher Chelsea Green Publishing Company PO Box 428, 85 N. Main Street, Suite 120 White River Junction, VT 05001 Phone: 802-295-6300 Toll-free: 800-639-4099 Fax: 802-295-6444 www.chelseagreen.com Full list of 21 items from this publisher

Available as: book (paperback) Length: 384 pages Published: 2002 ISBN: 1890132349 LOC: TH4818.A3 E93 2002

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