[Sdpg] Free Dragon Workshop for Kids!

[camille cimino]

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Sponsored by Ray Cirino of Cobanation

 Earthen Pizza Oven Workshop For Kids!

Come help us mix clay, straw, sand, and water to make cob (it’s like adobe) and help us build a dragon pizza oven.  

The Dragon is built on a trailer so we can take him to different places to make pizza and other baked goodies! 

When ? Sunday September 26, 2004
What time ?  10 am - 3 pm
Where ?   LA Eco-Village – Registration and Introduction

117 S. Bimini Pl.
Los Angeles, CA   90004
(right off the 101 fwy / Vermont, south to 1st)

 

Bring a sack lunch, something to drink, and a friend.  Please be sure and wear old clothes and shoes. We will be getting muddy!
Please RSVP, Camille Cimino at camcim at yahoo.com 
                         or  (213) 480-8002.
 
 
It's a DRAG........ON  ! ! !
 
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What is cob?

Earth is probably still the world's commonest building
material. The word cob comes from an old English root
meaning a lump or rounded mass. Cob building uses
hands and feet to form lumps of earth mixed with sand
and straw, a sensory and aesthetic experience similar
to sculpting with clay. Cob is easy to learn and
inexpensive to build. Because there are no forms,
ramming, cement or rectilinear bricks, cob lends
itself to organic shapes: curved walls, arches and
niches. Earth homes are cool in summer, warm in
winter. Cob's resistance to rain and cold makes it
ideally suited to cold climates like the Pacific
Northwest, and to desert conditions. For more info see
<www.cobcottage.com>

Cob has been used for millennia even in the harsh
climates of coastal Britain, at the latitude of the
Aleutians. Thousands of comfortable and picturesque
cob homes in England have been continuously occupied
for many centuries and now command very high market
values. With recent rises in the price of lumber and
increasing interest in natural and environmentally
safe building practices, cob is enjoying a
renaissance. This ancient technology doesn't
contribute to deforestation, pollution or mining nor
depend on manufactured materials or power tools. Earth
is non-toxic and completely recyclable. In this age of
environmental degradation, dwindling natural
resources, and chemical toxins hidden in our homes,
doesn't it make sense to return to nature's most
abundant, cheap and healthy building material? 

 
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