2009.09 current projects

The Bread and Pizza Oven

We finally made a bread oven!  It is built into a low retaining wall (currently in the works).  This photograph was taken before the finish plaster was added.

The oven was built in four stages.  First came the base and insulation of the oven floor.  For that layer we used first glass bottles and perlite, and sat the fire brick on top of that.

The second phase was a sand mound which would create the interior space of our oven and a mold for the clay.  

Using clay and sand we created the first layer.  For insulation we made a second layer of clay, sand, perlite and straw.  The finished plaster was made with clay and fibers.

The base is made of recycled brick and the oven is made from clay found on site.  

The oven was very fun to make and we look forward to reaping our rewards.

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