Laurel Nest Yurts

Laurel Nest Yurts will be bringing a workshop out west to Santa Cruz, California this January 20, 21, and 22nd.  We’ll be putting up the yurt on beautiful land out in the mountains surrounding Santa Cruz, a beautiful place to retreat to.

We are offering a “Complete Yurt Building Experience” and a DIY Yurt Building Workshop.

Our yurt building workshops give you all the skills you need to:

• Build the platform

• Plan, design and build your walls, roof and tono.

• Install framed and mesh windows and skylight

• Sew your yurt cover out of Canvas

• Erect the yurt

Participants leave with

• Yurt building manual

• List of vendors for all raw materials

• Knowledge on how to use all the necessary tools

• Strong foundation for building your own yurt

The cost for the workshop is $125 to help cover costs incurred by workshop (snacks, materials, instructors, printing of the manual, etc.)  We will have a limit of 10 people at our workshop, snacks and camping available.

“I loved the hands-on options. Thanks for the background, so that personal modifications [to the yurts] can be made… I would recommend this workshop to others!”

“The workshop was awesome! People had a great time and learned a lot…There were people who already knew a lot, and people like me who were total beginners, and everyone was comfortable and got a chance to learn.  Thanks Hal, Charlie, Asia, and everyone for a great weekend!”

If you would like to participate in deck building and other parts of the yurt process, we will be hosting a “Complete Yurt Experience” for the week prior the the workshop.  Work trade opportunities may be available.

For more information or registration contact:
Adrian
831-338-8300
adriantepperman@gmail.com

Our next yurt building workshop will be offered January 20, 21, and 22nd 2012 in Santa Cruz California.

Sewing the yurt cover at our workshop…

We will be teaching people how to build all yurt parts.  All participants will leave the workshop with knowledge about building their own yurt, the complete yurt building manual, and a good foundation for starting their own yurt project.

We will offer lots of tips and suggestions, and participants should leave the workshop with first hand experience and knowledge about how all yurt parts come together (including the yurt cover and all frame parts).

“I loved the hands-on options. Thanks for the background, so that personal modifications [to the yurts] can be made… I would recommend this workshop to others!”

We feel that because the roof ring is the most challenging frame piece to build, it will benefit all participants to make it on site.  In the sewing studio, we teach how to make windows, assemble the walls, and cut and  sew an entire roof!  Some of the participants have helped with the sewing.

“I got to learn, then actually build many parts of the yurt in 1 day! I recommend this workshop to others!”

The cost for the workshop is $125 to help cover costs incurred by workshop (food, materials, instructors, printing of the manual, etc.)  We will have a limit of 8-10 people at our workshop.

Below is an outline of what can be expected from the workshop.  More detailed information will be available closer to the workshop, so check back in! And keep checking facebook! Thank you!

We had some other positive feedback, and testimonials, and they are below… thanks to everybody who made the workshop a success!

‎”I don’t know where I could find a better value in a sustainable shelter or a more helpful group of people to facilitate my dream of building my own yurt, then at Laurel Nest Yurts.”

“The workshop was awesome! people had a great time and learned a lot..no matter what level of know-how they came in with. There were people who already knew a lot, and people like me who were total beginners, and everyone was comfortable and got a chance to learn. Thanks Hal, Charlie, Asia and everyone for a great weekend!”

Yurt Building Workshop Outline

Friday

Noon- 6 p.m

Introduction to Yurts and Yurt Living

v     Circle in the Yurt for meet and greet

v     Workshop participants share their vision of the yurt they will build

v     Basic information about yurts and yurt parts

v     Learning about the yurt cover

Material choices

v     Learning about the roof, cutting roof panels, frustrom yurt calculator

Discussion about yurt options/ Q & A session

Saturday

10 a.m- 6 p.m

Making yurt frame parts

Participants will cycle through yurt part making stations

v     Making khana pieces demonstration

v     Yurt khana assembly

v     Rafter demonstration

v     Ring assembly

v     Finishing off/ sanding staining of ring/ khana/ rafters

v    Sewing the roof cover

Evening activities (optional)

Dinner and campfire.  Please bring guitars, drums, digeridoo… hula hoops provided.

Sunday

10 am- 4 pm

v     Learning about the yurt cover

Material choices

Making windows

Grommeting

v     Lunch

v     Erecting the Yurt

v     Closing Circle in the yurt/ Q&A

We are planning a yurt building workshop January 20, 21, 22nd, and will take place in Santa Cruz, California.  If you are interested in signing up, please e-mail us or fill out the contact form, as there will be limited space available.

Workshops:

We offer two types of yurt building workshops.  Our goal is to meet your needs and help you be involved in building your own yurt.

Workshop 1: Help Build Your Yurt! You pay the cost of the yurt, learn the steps of building the yurt, and work for 3 weekends on building yurt parts, set up a yurt, and when the building school is over you can take home your yurt or have it shipped to your home.

Workshop 2: Learn to Build Your Yurt Purchase book and use it as a tool during workshop as you learn to make all the different yurt parts, including the rafters, khana, door frame,  You will assemble an entire yurt, put together khana, grommet a canvas, and put the yurt up .  You will go home with a sample rafter, khana piece, a roof ring, and a canvas.

Speaking engagements: we want to educate people about yurts.  We are happy to come to your area and host a class, workshop, or talk about yurts and yurt building.  We can help you get started on building your own yurt, the possibilities are endless… let us know how we can help you!