Cob Oven- Build and Design Class

Description:

Cob is a versatile building material that has been used since time immemorial. It is cheap, made from locally available materials and when it breaks down it can all return back to the earth. While in our region cob has faded away from regular use, it still is a great way to build a wood fired oven. Come along as we walk you through the design process and build a cob oven. Once the oven is done drying and curing we welcome you to come back and join us for a pizza party.

Where: The Ancestral Knowledge Research Center and Museum, Lanham MD
When: The build will take place 4/25-4/26, 10am-3pm. The first firing is optional to attend. It will be June 11th at 6pm with pizza to follow
Registration Fee: $55-$85 (Sliding Scale, pay what you are comfortable paying)
Age: 10 & older (children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)

Materials and tools are included. Please bring a notebook, lunch, water, and bug spray. We will be outside and working with clay so dress appropriately. Due to the need for the cob to dry, we will not be doing the first firing the weekend of the class. The first firing will occur on June 11th, during our evening social hour. The pizza will be free for anyone in the class but BYOB!

Kyle Dexheimer - program coordinator/instructor

Kyle has joined AK with a diverse background. He attended the Coyote Tracks and the Tracker School. He has also studied various subjects under former Tracker instructors. He served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania where he should have hung out more with the potters and basket weavers instead he was focused on agriculture and trapping the rats that ate his avocados and soap.