The Hemp Building Workshop was a HUGE SUCCESS!
Thank you to Klara Marosszeky (Australian Hemp Masonry Company), Guy Stewart and Natalie Meyer (Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre), Jenny Creasy, Julia DesBrosses and Binnah Powell (Northern Rivers Hemp Association), Vicki Thrower, and all the other helpers!
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- The participants arrive!
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- Our campsite
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- Timber Framing to support the hemp
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- Form Work going up
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- The hemp becoming the walls and encasing the frame
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- Sprayers, tampers and platforms all pretty low tech
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- The first 600 mm rise of hemp finished
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- Fire side discussions about working with hemp
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- Last minute door framing
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- All hands on hemp
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- A fresh batch on its way from the pan mixer to the worksite
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- The hemp, binder, sand and water, mixed to the consistency of damp muesli
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- The first of the form work comes off
We raised $4,000 towards the project and introduced 15 more people to the wonders of working with Hemp Masonry.
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- Learning about the history and practice of building with hemp
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- Klara shows off a smaller scale mixer suitable for making hemp masonry
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- Nat Meyer from the NNIC, thinking about how to get hemp into the Sibley St Building
Feedback from the group was absolutely fantastic, rating it 5/5. With one participant describing it as the best two-day workshop they’d ever attended.
If you missed out, fill in the form below and we will contact you when we have another opportunity to get involved.
PreWorkshop Promotion
THE WORKSHOP IS NOW SOLD OUT! – USE THE FORM BELOW TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST FOR ANOTHER HEMP BUILDING WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE.