| Saturday Sep 02, 2017 9:00 AM - Sunday Sep 03, 2017 5:30 PM | $200.00 - $250.00 |
|
|
Event
Building An Earthen Oven
Description:
Earth, a fundamental building material, is very accessible to a backyard builder. It is incredibly versatile in form and provides the thermal mass for excellent performance.
Building an earthen oven is an excellent way to begin your foray into working with earth, cob, adobe, and other earthen materials. These ovens are not only beautiful, but also deeply functional for making breads, pizzas, roasted vegetables, or any other baked goods. They provide a natural centerpiece for a yard, garden, or community center through their aesthetic beauty and ancestral associations.
This two-day workshop will leave you with all the skills to make your own oven and other earthen structures. Heres a breakdown of the two-day schedule:
Saturday- (Sept 2 - 9am-5:30pm)
Intro to natural building; overview of the project
Foundation siting and building overview
Sub-floor insulation
Build cob cap
Lay bricks
Build form for dome
Build arch for doorway
Sunday- (Sept 3 - 9am-5:30pm)
Build oven dome
Build insulation layer
Plaster discussion; make plaster for exterior finish
Overview of oven roof construction
Fire technique and demo
Cooking in a wood-fired earthen oven
This class is limited to 8 participants to ensure a rich hands-on experience; early registration is required.
About the Instructor:
Will Levin built his first oven using a book as his guide. He continued to refine his skills through research, building more ovens and studying the ovens performance and durability. After spending several years primarily building small and medium scale works in wood he began to focus his attention on natural building at The Cob Cottage Company in Oregon. Since then, Will has built with cob, strawbale and wood, as well as commercial materials in Massachusetts, California, and Mexico.
Information on NOFA/Mass www.nofamass.org/membership
|
|
 |
LocationWoven Roots Farm (View)
12 McCarty Road
Tyringham, MA 01264
United States
Categories
Contact
|
