The Art of Mud: Cocoon

Honouring the Earth, Honouring Ourselves

A spacious and nourishing experience weaving guided sculptural workshops with open creative exploration.Together we’ll co-create a large-scale sculptural shrine at Protopia — a sanctuary for reflection, meditation, journaling, prayer, and creativity — built entirely from earth: sand, straw, and raw site-dug clay. This retreat is more than a workshop — it’s a cocoon, a time to slow down, reconnect with nature, and awaken your creative spirit through making, resting, and community living.

What to Expect

• 12 days / 14 nights of hands-on, earthen arts immersion

• Learn to sculpt with cob and clay plasters in artistic and structural ways

• Explore Tadelakt and burnished plaster techniques

• Spacious afternoons for personal practice, waterfall swims, or simple rest

• Shared meals, community rhythms, and fireside evenings of song, story, and reflection

• Leave with skills, confidence, and inspiration to continue your earthen art journey

What You’ll Learn

• Site clay sourcing & preparation

• Building armatures and sculptural forms

• Fermented clay sculpture mix

• Relief sculpture & organic forms

• Natural pigments & finishes

• Polished plaster and Tadelakt (Full Residency only)

• Creative embodiment & observational practice

Options

Week One (14–21 Dec): Foundations & Form

Co-create the shrine’s core structure, sourcing materials and sculpting the main form.

Full Residency (14–28 Dec): Refinement & Celebration

Dive deeper into finishing, detailing, polished plaster, and community rituals.

Pricing & Packages

• Week 1 Only (Shared Room): £1,200

• Week 1 Only (Private Room): £1,300

• Full 2 Weeks (Shared Room): £1588

• Full 2 Weeks (Private Room): £1770

  
  
  
  

Join Us

A chance to slow down, create, and reconnect with the Earth.

Ready to cocoon?👉 Sign up here

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