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Album: Earth Ovens

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Date: 04/09/05 - Size: 23 items

Photos from my earth-oven projects.

Like Sands Through the Sifter...

...so goes the finest rock. Many buckets of sand were sifted in the making of this oven. The larger rocks were utilized as filler in the oven's foundation.

04/14/05

The Oven Dance

Mixing sand, clay, and water for the oven's foundation.

04/12/05

Turnovers

After mixing mud with your feet, a simple tarp turn flips the pile for mixing once again...and again...and again.

04/12/05

Mr. Bill, Fernando, Manny, and Willer

Laying stone and clay for a rock filled foundation.

04/12/05

Nearly Done

After five hours of work, the foundation is nearly finished.

04/14/05

Name Tags

After filling the foundation with a mix of loose rock and small boulders, we packed a 2" layer of cob over rubble to create a recepticle for sand. I like the idea of participants placing their names somewhere in the oven, marking their contribution

04/14/05

Brick Laying

The bricks are laid in a sand bed, which serves as both an insulation medium and allows for adjustments in brick placement, before creating the sand form.

04/14/05

Beginning the Sand Form

We placed newspaper between the bricks and form to avoid too much sand falling between the bricks. Our stock of bricks was rather erratic in size and quality, unfortunately, this meant that large spaces existed between them.

04/14/05

The Form

The oven's layers will be constructed around the pile of sand laid here.

04/14/05

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