Tag Archive: oven

[ January 7, 2012 to January 8, 2012. ] Cob Oven Construction – January 7-8 – South Point, Big Island, HI – $300 Hail in the new year at beautiful Kipukamaluhia near South Point, just a few minutes from spectacular green sand beach. This exquisite sanctuary is a permaculture classroom and an earth-based dharma center. Rashani Réa, who runs Kipukamaluhia Sanctuary, is known world [...]

[ August 18, 2011 to August 21, 2011. ]

OK- we won’t be tasting mud but we will be trying our hands at all things cob related. This course will focus on building an oven and you will leave with the skills to build one of your own! And as with our longer eight day course, we will have a lot of fun and [...]

[ February 26, 2011 to February 27, 2011. ] Learn How to build an oven from mostly earthen materials in under two days! Learn the basics of Cob, earthen plasters, and earthen paints. Decorate the oven as a group artwork. Lectures and sideshows as well. Wonderful setting, nice people, great food.

Tuition includes everything except airfare.

[ October 17, 2010; ] Lexington, KY
October 17, 2010
Cob pizza/bread oven

During this workshop we will learn about the way an earthen mass oven works, how to choose the right ingredients for your cob, and ‘learn by doing’ as we build a cob oven:

- Lay firebricks
-.Build a form
- Mix fire cob & regular cob
- Build cob layers of oven
- Build the [...]

[ September 18, 2010 to September 25, 2010. ] Learn to create “functional art” in your own back yard! These elegant ovens make a beautiful showpiece and will turn out delicious pizzas that will make you the envy of your neighborhood.

[ August 12, 2010 to August 14, 2010. ] In this weekend workshop you will learn all the skills necessary to build yourself an affordable, practical and productive wood-fired oven.

* Basics of making and laying adobe bricks
* Construction of a vaulted arch
* Principles of building for fire
* Develop basic natural building intuition

[ July 17, 2010 to July 18, 2010. ] Have you caught the natural building craze? Learn how to use environmentally-friendly local materials to construct an outdoor oven. Facilitated by Nate Cunnings of Cunnings Oven Builders.