earth oven workshop at SucherNova Farm

      Cost for the workshop $80 per day, or $120 for the weekend. Kids freeCome learn the valuable craft of sculpting your own cob wood fired oven using Earth right from your property.  Workshop will be lead by Miguel "Sir Cobalot" of Living Earth Structures who has been building ovens, benches, saunas and huts around Sonoma County and the world for the past 15 years.  Miguel has extensive experience leading workshops, and teaching cob building in schools.Saturday, May 3- Come for 1 or both days1.  Learn how to build a foundation for your oven.2.  We will be using adobe bricks to make the base of the oven, and will leave a space for wood storage below.  3. Insulate and set the bricks for the floor of the oven4. Build the thermal mass layer shell of the hearth5. Discussion of how to identify proper Earth for building. Bring a sample of Earth from your home Sunday May 4.1,  Learn how to insulate the oven for maximum efficiency2.. Sculpt the oven into its final shape3, A discussion of plastering and sealing. Contact suchernovafarm@gmail.com