BARREL OVEN BUILDING WORKSHOP
With Eva & Max Edelson (www.firespeaking.com)
At Quail Springs Permaculture (www.quailsprings.org)
DECEMBER 7-8, 2013
In this workshop students will learn how to build (and use) a barrel oven from the ground up!
The Barrel Oven is a very practical and wood-efficient oven which can be built at very low cost using mostly natural and recycled materials. The oven is sometimes also called a "mixed" oven because the heat generated by the wood burned cooks both by directly transferring heat into the cooking chamber as well as by retaining heat in the oven's mass and slowly returning that heat to the inside of the oven. For these reasons, this oven is much more practical to use and requires much less wood to do the same amount of baking as in the retained-heat mass ovens and traditional domed earthen ovens. It allows for quite a bit more spontaneity too since you can be baking just 15 minutes after lighting your fire. The firebox and the inside of the oven are sealed off from each other so the baking chamber is always clean of ash and carbon-black.
Eva Edleson is a professional natural builder, cook, gardener, and craftswoman. As a builder with over 10 years of experience, she specializes in earthen wall sytems, wood-fired cooking and as well as in naturally-based finishes including plasters and paint.
Max Edleson is a professional artist/builder dedicated to using naturally and locally available materials to create spiritually-uplifting and energy-efficient elements of homes and public spaces.
Max has designed and built multiple cob, adobe and strawbale buildings. He is a professional tile layer, mosaic artist, ceramicist and a mason of devices made for fire which include masonry heaters, baking ovens, various heating and cooking stoves, fireplaces and kilns. He is also a skilled round-pole timber framer.
For more information on Barrel Ovens, go to: www.firespeaking.com
Cost is $250, includes instruction, meals, and camping nearby
Early bird discount: $225, register by November 7th
Register with a friend or register for multiple workshops in the series and get 10% off
Contact for more information or to register: Sasha Rabin, sasha@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239