Japanese Plastering workshops with
Kyle Holzheuter
February 2020 - New Zealand, Enjoy the Summer!
AUCKLAND WORKSHOP
A short course covering the basics
of traditional and contemporary japanese plastering.
Location: TBC
Cost:TBC
Schedule
Day 1 - 15th Feb
AM - Presentation on history and
context of japanese plastering. Science behind japanese plastering.
PM -
Demonstration of preparation and application of brown coat onto
traditional bamboo lattice. Demonstration of traditional and modern plastering
tools and techniques with an opportunity to practice application.
Day 2 - 16th Feb
AM - Presentation on advanced
finishes - specifically Shikkui plaster
PM - Demonstration of Shikkui
Plaster application and finishing techniques
PORT CHARLES WORKSHOP
A longer course covering the basics
skills required to make and apply japanese plasters from scratch and the
production of bamboo lattices as support structure for plaster.
Location : Moehau Community, 1631 Port
Charles Rd, Coromandel, NZ
Cost: donation
Schedule
DAY 1 - Mon 17th Feb
5PM onwards - Orientation, dinner
and getting to know each other. Presentation in Farmhouse Library.
DAY 2 - Tues 18th Feb
AM
- Presentation on Japanese Plastering history and context. Basic brown
coat mixes and demonstration of application.
PM - Practice mixing and application
of brown coat on practice frames.
Evening - presentation on various traditional natural
buildings from around the world ~20min
DAY 3 - Wed 19th Feb
AM Farm tour + finding and
preparation of clay on site for use in plastering.
PM Building Bamboo Lattices for
frame.
Evening - presentation on properties
and uses bamboo. ~20 min
DAY 4 - Thurs 20th Feb
AM - Finish Bamboo Lattices and
attach to structure.
PM - Brown coat plastering on
Lattices
DAY 5 - Fri 21st Feb
AM - Finish coat plastering -
Shikkui mixes and application demonstration.
PM - Finish coats on practice
boards.
DAY 6 - Sat 22nd Feb
AM - Apply Finish Coats to
structure. Course Feedback.
Workshop Contact Details
Rongomai Bailey
rongomai.bailey*gmail.com (replace * with @)
+64 204 0207 041
About Kyle
Kyle works as a plasterer,
researcher and educator in Japan specializing in Permaculture systems and
natural building materials such as straw bale and natural plasters.
Kyle has studied natural farming in
Japan, permaculture in Australia, and organic and biodynamic farming in the US.
In 2004, Kyle completed a
Permaculture Teachers' Training at Crystal Waters Ecovillage, Australia, and
has taught Permaculture Design Courses at Daruma EcoFarm, Thailand and
Permaculture AWA, Japan.
In 2011 Kyle completed a PhD in
bioresource sciences at Nihon University researching the hygrothermal
environment of straw bale walls and building practices to prevent moisture
damage. He has led the construction of over 10 straw bale buildings in Japan
and was also instrumental in building the first light straw clay (2013) and
light rice husk clay (2016) buildings in Japan.
Kyle is a graduate of the Kyoto
Plastering Institute and in 2016 became the first westerner in Japan to achieve
the rank of first degree plasterer (highest nationally recognized).
In 2017, Kyle founded Permaculture
Center Kamimomi in Okayama, Japan. Permaculture Center Kamimomi hosts regular
workshops in natural building, no-till organic rice farming and Permaculture
systems. https://www.facebook.com/PermacultureKamimomi
