Learn how to build a baking oven out of earth. Great fun to cook in, especially worthy of bread baking. Nothing compares to the loaves baked in a wood fired mass oven. You will learn everything you need to know about building a cob oven as well as an introduction to natural renders and plasters.
We are running this course over two consecutive Saturdays so we can demonstrate the full build process from start to finished pizza! This also offers you the opportunity to stay with the intervening week if you would like to volunteer in the woodland and help us with some of the ongoing tasks.
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| August 5th & 12th, 2017 | Coed Talylan |
Cost: We ask for a small contribution to cover basic food and materials cost. Donations are welcome at the end of the workshop.
* If you would only like to attend one of the days the fee is half price. |
This course is for anyone with an interest in natural building as well as bread making. Big and little children welcome too.
We will work in groups on each component of the build process. This course is a good introduction to natural building in general as you get to work with basic natural materials, earth, sand, straw and stone. All participants will come away with a thorough understanding of how to build their own cob oven.
Sara Tommerup is a trained natural builder. She works with a wide range of natural building techniques, from earth and straw to wood and stone. She is a resident of Red Pig Farm where she runs her natural building company. Although mainly focused on housing, she enjoys making bread ovens (and baking) which she originally learned to build by oven builder and artist Kiko Denzer.
Coed Talylan is a 70 acre woodland on the western edge of the Brecon Beacons. Nestled below the iron age hill fort of Garn Goch in the foothills of the black mountain it offers a secluded and peaceful location for our course participants to learn and explore the potential of applying agroecology within a co-sufficient community settlement.
Accommodation is available for camping around our guest lodge, an A-frame wooden cabin with kitchen and dining/living space. We have running filtered spring water throughout the site, compost toilets and wash facilities.
We will email directions when you sign up to a course.
We endeavour to make our courses and events affordable to all. Unfortunately, we do not receive any external funding and rely on large amounts of voluntary input. Concessions are available for pensioners, unemployed and full-time students only.
See the cancellations and refunds policy.
To book a place on the course contact us for a booking form. Please note that we ask for a 25% non refundable deposit to secure your place on the course.
