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Cob Oven Workshop

2 days

What will you learn in this Cob Oven Workshop? 

We’ll build a cob oven from start to finish, using clay soil, sand and straw.  Through the process of building a cob oven, we also cover a wide variety of earthen building techniques that can employ these and other natural materials in other systems of building.  All of our ancestors built homes with local natural materials, and cooked food in a variety of different ways using fire, but today we so rarely have an opportunity to use the basic element of fire to cook our food.  Cob ovens allow us to slow down and reconnect with the beauty and simplicity of cooking with fire and the heat stored in the mass of earth.  In this class (fire safety permitting) we will also have the opportunity to cook in a cob oven we already have here on site, and experience the deliciousness of cooking in a cob oven.

 

WHEN

October 25 & 26

What this course will cover:

  • Basic understanding of building with earthen materials

  • Mixing cob

  • Screening & mud mixing methods

  • Identifying foraged clay soil

  • Understanding mixes

  • How to figure out recipes with your materials

  • How to build the components of the cob oven

  • How to cook in a cob oven

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LOCATION: Potter Valley, Ca

This workshop takes place on the land where we live and share with several other families. There is a pond for swimming when hot, and a barn where we will share meals. There are dirt roads and trails for hiking after class, and plenty of places to camp, either next to the barn, or up in the hills.

COST: $350

Early bird discount- Register before October 1st - $300

All meals provided starting with lunch on Saturday, through lunch on Sunday. Much of the food we will serve will be from our garden, supplemented with other local, organic ingredients.

Camping available on site.

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  • Earthen Plaster on Rocket Stove

  • Workshop students plastering garden wall

  • Bottle details

  • Earthen plaster sculpture

  • Earthen Plaster Mandala

  • Colored earthen plaster

  • Earthen plaster on Light Straw Clay cabin

  • Carving by Yoshi Makino

  • Carving by Yoshi Makino

  • Plaster by Yoshi Makino

  • Plaster by Yoshi Makino