2020 WORKSHOPS
Learn to Build a Wood Fired Cob Oven
Exact dates TBA
Introduction to Cob and Natural Building
April Exact Dates TBA
New Cuyama, CA
No other public workshops scheduled for 2019 at this time
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Learn to Build a Wood Fired Cob Oven
Taught by Sasha Rabin and John Orcutt
To register, or for more information, cantata Sasha at sasha@quailsprings.org or go to www.quailsprings.org
This Cob Oven Building workshop is designed to teach you the skills needed to build your own oven in your backyard, as well as encouraging a new way of relating to our food and the process in which it is cooked and created. Using clay, sand and straw, we will explore the entire construction process from foundation to roof. The class is primarily hands on, involving building an oven from start to finish. (The foundation will already be built, but we will talk about how to do it, and what is needed). We will also go over all the other aspects of the building process, including soil analysis, options for variations on the oven design, moisture protection, heating and insulation for the oven, as well as how to fire and cook in the ovens. We will also discuss how to cook in your oven.
Workshop includes:
- Lunch Saturday and Sunday
Taught by Sasha Rabin and John Orcutt
To register, or for more information, cantata Sasha at sasha@quailsprings.org or go to www.quailsprings.org
This Cob Oven Building workshop is designed to teach you the skills needed to build your own oven in your backyard, as well as encouraging a new way of relating to our food and the process in which it is cooked and created. Using clay, sand and straw, we will explore the entire construction process from foundation to roof. The class is primarily hands on, involving building an oven from start to finish. (The foundation will already be built, but we will talk about how to do it, and what is needed). We will also go over all the other aspects of the building process, including soil analysis, options for variations on the oven design, moisture protection, heating and insulation for the oven, as well as how to fire and cook in the ovens. We will also discuss how to cook in your oven.
Workshop includes:
- Lunch Saturday and Sunday
Introduction to Cob and Natural Building
April sasha@quailsprings.org or go to www.quailsprings.org
Cob building combines clay sediment, sand, fiber, and water, and is hand sculpted to form walls, benches, ovens, and fireplaces. Cob building makes use of readily available, affordable, non-toxic materials to build beautiful, organic structures.
The course is appropriate for both first-time builders and for professionals in the building trade who are interested in natural materials. In this cob workshop, we focus on the characteristics of the natural materials most commonly used in construction: clay soil, sand, and fibers. Our main focus will be cob, though we will touch on various other building techniques that utilize the same materials, including adobe block, light straw-clay, wattle and daub, and plasters. We will discuss how to find and choose appropriate soil for construction, how to create various mixes, how to attach wood to earthen walls, and how to use earthen materials to build walls, sculpt niches, shelves, and furniture.
This course is primarily a hands on course, where we learn by doing. We will be building a small structure from start to finish. As a complement to the hands-on portion of the course, we will include slide shows and discussions of the theoretical aspects of natural building. Subjects include building design and siting, passive solar design, foundations and drainage, earthen floors, appropriate roof design, and wiring and plumbing for natural structures.
Workshop includes:
- Three meals a day
- A place to camp
- An opportunity to partake in our community
- 6 days of hands on and classroom time instruction on natural building.
April sasha@quailsprings.org or go to www.quailsprings.org
Cob building combines clay sediment, sand, fiber, and water, and is hand sculpted to form walls, benches, ovens, and fireplaces. Cob building makes use of readily available, affordable, non-toxic materials to build beautiful, organic structures.
The course is appropriate for both first-time builders and for professionals in the building trade who are interested in natural materials. In this cob workshop, we focus on the characteristics of the natural materials most commonly used in construction: clay soil, sand, and fibers. Our main focus will be cob, though we will touch on various other building techniques that utilize the same materials, including adobe block, light straw-clay, wattle and daub, and plasters. We will discuss how to find and choose appropriate soil for construction, how to create various mixes, how to attach wood to earthen walls, and how to use earthen materials to build walls, sculpt niches, shelves, and furniture.
This course is primarily a hands on course, where we learn by doing. We will be building a small structure from start to finish. As a complement to the hands-on portion of the course, we will include slide shows and discussions of the theoretical aspects of natural building. Subjects include building design and siting, passive solar design, foundations and drainage, earthen floors, appropriate roof design, and wiring and plumbing for natural structures.
Workshop includes:
- Three meals a day
- A place to camp
- An opportunity to partake in our community
- 6 days of hands on and classroom time instruction on natural building.