If you came to this website via my recent interview with Boing Boing (how to build a Hobbit House): welcome! You may be curious to learn more details about the construction of my cob house at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Check out these links to some of my previous posts for more information about building with cob.
Avi Solomon recently interviewed me for a bit on Boing Boing, titled Brian “Ziggy” Liloia on How To Build Your Own Hobbit House.
In the interview, I talk about my decision to build with cob, the great rewards and challenges in building your own home, the community building experience at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and more.
If you’re new to this blog (or even if you’re not), please check it out!
p.s. Want to learn even more about how to build your own cob house? Check out The Year of Mud: Build a Cob House book!
This afternoon, I did an interview with Tom Tucker of Greenblogosphere.com to talk about building with cob. We talked about my experience building a cob house, the benefits and history of cob, why I chose cob over other materials, etc. We also talked a little bit about life here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.
It was really fun to have this talk, and hopefully this audio interview will shed some light on what it’s like to build with cob.
You can listen to the interview below, or visit Greenblogosphere.com to listen to building a house out of cob.
About The Year of Mud
Hi there, I’m Ziggy. In 2008, I launched The Year of Mud while building my first natural home. This website is a collection of personal stories and experiences building with clay, straw, and wood over the past 15+ years. A few of the things that get me fired up are natural plasters, timber framing, & Japanese architecture. In 2012, we started offering Natural Building Workshops, so you can learn essential hands-on skills to build your own natural home.