Clary Rose Cob Oven

Clary Rose Cob Ovenerica anntag:www.dayonedesign.org,2012:clary-rose-cob-oven/13337630902012-04-06T12:52:22-07:002012-04-06T18:55:46-07:002011-05-20T00:00:00-07:00 <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg"> </a><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg">Welcome to Clary Rose Farm!</a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nEXjKMhgwzk/T39GjSrr92I/AAAAAAAACNo/e2IkeOShLyc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252816%2529.jpg">A wonderful new permaculture demonstraiton site near Fort Jones, California</a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKqFR09I-MQ/T39GjHN_xuI/AAAAAAAACNY/uuxVES1TKJY/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25281%2529.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKqFR09I-MQ/T39GjHN_xuI/AAAAAAAACNY/uuxVES1TKJY/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25281%2529.jpg"> </a> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9kcQc7hBYA/T39GipYaCEI/AAAAAAAACNM/DQyx-HTBDY0/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25282%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9kcQc7hBYA/T39GipYaCEI/AAAAAAAACNM/DQyx-HTBDY0/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25282%2529.jpg"> As per usual, I'm here to get dirty and show a bunch of people how to make a functional oven out of mud and some salvaged materials <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKJ69W2HSdU/T39JM8UFWmI/AAAAAAAACOA/Nc0s4hM-UL0/s320/oven%2Bdrawing.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-NVYcMHT4/T39GiZ2sMEI/AAAAAAAACNE/yPfQTWY-TSc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25283%2529.jpg" thumb="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-NVYcMHT4/T39GiZ2sMEI/AAAAAAAACNE/yPfQTWY-TSc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25283%2529.jpg"> Laying the insulative layer, old bottles make great air pockets in a bed a slip-coated sawdust. <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKfFiYRUaYk/T39GbXJDriI/AAAAAAAACM0/24BA0oHUt6U/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25284%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aKfFiYRUaYk/T39GbXJDriI/AAAAAAAACM0/24BA0oHUt6U/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25284%2529.jpg"> Starting the cob <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJpmYWzQeCM/T39Ga89ZrCI/AAAAAAAACMs/o10WD0t_fNc/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25285%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJpmYWzQeCM/T39Ga89ZrCI/AAAAAAAACMs/o10WD0t_fNc/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25285%2529.jpg"> Laying the hearth floor with fire bricks <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oD8sZ5q5nr8/T39GaUTM2VI/AAAAAAAACMg/amiO-5XgkmU/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25286%2529.jpg" thumb="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oD8sZ5q5nr8/T39GaUTM2VI/AAAAAAAACMg/amiO-5XgkmU/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25286%2529.jpg"> the sand dome form <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZABTal8vy4o/T39GaHpEXCI/AAAAAAAACMQ/7aEw3zw5bZM/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25287%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZABTal8vy4o/T39GaHpEXCI/AAAAAAAACMQ/7aEw3zw5bZM/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25287%2529.jpg"> the arched doorway <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VGbV2USs7g/T39GZ6hAwOI/AAAAAAAACMI/Zvgb5PbtBbE/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25288%2529.jpg" thumb="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3VGbV2USs7g/T39GZ6hAwOI/AAAAAAAACMI/Zvgb5PbtBbE/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25288%2529.jpg"> <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfDrebqmFQk/T39GPfnhdTI/AAAAAAAACMA/Rs5eto7YjyQ/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%25289%2529.jpg" thumb="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cfDrebqmFQk/T39GPfnhdTI/AAAAAAAACMA/Rs5eto7YjyQ/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%25289%2529.jpg"> we also build benches into either side of the oven and integrate existing fence posts into the structure <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yUu85r0vdgE/T39GPG2_JqI/AAAAAAAACLs/yBQOr0MB-aU/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252811%2529.jpg" thumb="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yUu85r0vdgE/T39GPG2_JqI/AAAAAAAACLs/yBQOr0MB-aU/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252811%2529.jpg"> straw-clay for insulation <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qObA7Z6BaJw/T39GOuNK04I/AAAAAAAACLk/MkG8_hPL-jY/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252813%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qObA7Z6BaJw/T39GOuNK04I/AAAAAAAACLk/MkG8_hPL-jY/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252813%2529.jpg"> sculptural cob holds it in <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmeMg6T_RoY/T39GOZ6rBsI/AAAAAAAACLU/rAaOlfI8F0g/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252814%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RmeMg6T_RoY/T39GOZ6rBsI/AAAAAAAACLU/rAaOlfI8F0g/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252814%2529.jpg"> almost to the top! <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIU-i0QQhFA/T39GOF5A6YI/AAAAAAAACLM/DslAJDrdtOQ/s1600/carrie%2Boven%2B%252815%2529.jpg" thumb="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIU-i0QQhFA/T39GOF5A6YI/AAAAAAAACLM/DslAJDrdtOQ/s320/carrie%2Boven%2B%252815%2529.jpg"> Carrie is going to do decorative earth plaster once the oven is dry. We enjoy pizza the first night!