New York
Usal & Public Records – Intro To Natural Building
Usal & Public Records Present Living Series.
This summer we are teaming up with Public Records in Brooklyn for a four-part immersive series hosted each month through September in The Nursery, a hybrid plant nursery and immersive event space.
Part 1, BRANCH is a Natural Building Workshop with Sage Stoneman. In this immersive 4-hour workshop, discover the beauty and practicality of working with earth as you learn to identify native clay and develop essential skills in mixing and sculpting with cob, a traditional and sustainable building material. We will co-create an improvised earth sculpture with mud and only the resources of earth that will live on at The Nursery.
Each gathering explores human and planetary connection through multi-sensory activations, storytelling, and co-creation. The Nursery becomes a living organism, blending tactile experiences, movement, taste, reflective workshops, communal rituals, and ephemeral installations.
Ticket Type
When
06/14
Time
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Intensity
Intro To Natural Building
Led by natural builder and artist Sage Stoneman, this hands-on, feet-in-the-mud workshop will introduce you to the ancient and regenerative building technique, wattle and daub (a sculpt-able blend of clay soil, water, and natural fiber stuck to a woven wooden form).
What To Expect
Foundations of Natural Building
Intro to natural building, history and contemporary relevance
Hands in the Earth: Sculpting with Sage
Guided earth sculpting practice with Sage: think mud, straw and teamwork
Building Beyond Walls
Dynamic conversations about creating community-built natural structures and systems of support/resource-sharing beyond ownership
Mud & Magic: Joyful Play and Grounded Presence
Playful connection, muddy dancing, a sense of childlike wonder and profound grounded-ness
About Sage
Sage Stoneman is a multidisciplinary artist, natural builder and designer, co-counselor, and student of advaita vedanta (an ancient Hindu philosophy of non-dualism). He believes that learning how to build a home with local and natural materials is a fundamental step towards liberation for all people.
After studying with the legendary Sun Ray Kelley, he has traveled the country designing and building sculptural cob homes and teaching workshops. he refers to his work as HOMB (womb-home, or housing/healing opportunities making beauty) and believes that the art of building a home for oneself is a therapeutic practice of returning to our source.
After studying with the legendary Sun Ray Kelley, he has traveled the country designing and building sculptural cob homes and teaching workshops. he refers to his work as HOMB (womb-home, or housing/healing opportunities making beauty) and believes that the art of building a home for oneself is a therapeutic practice of returning to our source.
Yerba Madre
At each Living Series event, our friends Yerba Madre will be offering complimentary hot drinks, brewed with their organic, fair trade, loose leaf yerba mate. Or, In the mood for something refreshing? Grab a cold can and sip on one their delicious low sugar flavors, Berry Lemonade or Peach Revival.