Class Details

Students bring:

• joyful hands and heart

• If you have sensitive skin or you just prefer the protection, you might want your favorite waterproof or water-resistant gloves.

• Feet! Barefoot is most fun, but rubber boots or lightweight shoes (“aqua sox” or equivalent) all work for tender or sensitive feet. Slip-on sandals are nice to have between mixes. We’ll be mixing coarse river sand, clayey subsoil, straw, and other fibers.

• A sample of your local sub-soil, so we can compare and contrast (a cup to a quart).

• Photos of your own work to share with the group, or any other interesting/applicable inspiration

• Skin lotion (mud/earth can have a drying effect; lanolin or lanolin/beeswax are good)

• Sun hat, sun protection, change of clothes

• Rain gear (we hope this will just be insurance)

• Water bottle

• paper and pen/pencil for notes/records, etc. (better than photos!)

• rations as needed, especially if you have special dietary needs

• Feel free to bring any favorite tools and/or materials you might feel appropriate for this course.

Copies of Build Your Own Earth Oven (aka "the cob oven bible") will be available for purchase.

This class is not currently being offered. 

Earth OVENS are easy as mud pies, and perform exactly like commercial models costing thousands. Cook pizza in as little as 90 seconds; then bread, meat, fish, vegetables, casseroles, soups, & stew; desserts, steamed bread, rice pudding; then dry fruit, firewood, or wet shoes! Insulated ovens can cook all day on one firing, and the fire transforms clay-earth into brick. We will build a full-size oven, a mini oven, and the fires to heat them up!

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This class is a community build class, where all students work together on a project for a predetermined recipient. For this reason, there is no materials fee, only tuition, which helps support the teacher and the school as you learn these new skills.

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Age Requirement: This class is for adults and youth 15-17 if their parent or guardian is also registered for the class.

Need a scholarship to attend a class? We offer full and half tuition awards (scholarships do not apply to class materials fee). Email info@tarweedfolkschool.com to register.