• $350 Early Bird Rate (register 30 days in advance)

    $390 Regular Rate

    5% discount for family + friends participating together!

  • Meals are included during our workshops. Food is vegetarian, with vegan and gluten-free options available.

    We provide a simple breakfast spread of fresh fruit, oatmeal packets, homemade muffins and/or granola bars, coffee, and tea.

    Lunch and dinner are hearty vegetarian meals, catered by local small businesses. Vegan and gluten-free options are available upon request.

    *There is no dinner on the last day*

  • Camping sites are available for no additional cost.

    We have a small number of tiny, rustic sleeping cottages available to rent. Each cottage provides the basics- a mattress with fresh bedding, a lamp, and a fan. Inquire about cottage availability when registering.

    Our campus is 10 minutes from Saxapahaw, a small town with AirBNB rental options as well.

    All workshop participants have access to our community bathhouse, which includes hot showers and compost toilets. There is also a small pond for swimming and a fire pit available for use in the evenings. Feel free to bring an instrument!

  • This workshop is held on-site at the Mud Dauber campus, on our small homestead.

    We are 10 min away from Saxapahaw, NC, 30 minutes from Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC, and one hour from Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

 

2-Day Cob Oven

DATES: not offered this season

DESCRIPTION:

Cob ovens are an inexpensive type of wood-fired oven. They can be used to make delicious pizza, bread, roasted veggies, baked beans, etc…. anything you can do in a conventional oven, but with more evenly-distributed heat, better flavor, and more opportunity to make baking into a fun event.

In addition to constructing a complete, basic oven, we will simultaneously be building a connected countertop. The countertop will be a great introduction to building with cob, and combining it with strawbales in a hybrid system.

  • HANDS-ON:

    * installing the subfloor insulation layer, and the thermal mass subfloor

    * installing the firebrick floor

    * constructing the thermal cob dome

    * installing an insulation dome

    * mixing and applying a scratch plaster

    * building a cob and strawbale countertop base

    DISCUSSION:

    * different options for cob oven design (chimneys, size variation, sculptural layers…)

    * how to fire and use a cob oven! (we will use one for a pizza dinner!)

  • 7:30-8:30 Breakfast

    8:30-12:30 Morning work session

    12:30-2:00 Lunch + Discussion

    2:00-5:30 Afternoon work session

    5:30-6:30 Shower, relax

    6:30 Dinner! (no dinner on Day 2)

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    Other schedule items:

    • Day 1: 8:30 AM Orientation, 6:30 PM PIZZA PARTY!

REGISTER:

Click below to fill out the registration form and we’ll get back to you within 48 hours to confirm availability and discuss payment. We look forward to seeing you here!

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Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page, or contact us here!