[Santa_Cruz_Permaculture] Barrel Oven Workshop December 7-8 at Quail Springs with Eva & Max Edelson

[Quail Springs Permaculture]

BARREL OVEN 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 at quailsprings.org 
  or 805-886-7239