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00:37, 8 May 2011 IMG 0956.JPG (file) 1.56 MB Quality control: cleaning off the foundation 1
00:34, 8 May 2011 Smoothing the lime rinse.jpg (file) 46 KB Smoothing out bumps and such with a delicate touch 1
23:25, 7 May 2011 Bucket of sifted clay.jpg (file) 101 KB Bucket of sifted clay 1
23:24, 7 May 2011 221636 1863150732339 1048080038 32060781 2811727 n.jpg (file) 146 KB sifting clay to remove large objects 1
23:20, 7 May 2011 Mixing mixed oxide to lime wash.jpg (file) 114 KB When lime is slaked and oxides are mix, combine the two to create a colorful lime wash! 1
23:19, 7 May 2011 Mix the oxide with water first.jpg (file) 118 KB Mix the oxide with water before adding it to the lime putty. This will prevent clumps and encourage a consistent color. 1
23:17, 7 May 2011 Mixing lime. it's caustic so be careful!.jpg (file) 88 KB slake the lime in a bucket before adding pigment 1
23:16, 7 May 2011 Megan cooking blood.jpg (file) 85 KB megan heating up blood 1
23:16, 7 May 2011 Jodi cooking blood.jpg (file) 94 KB Jodi heating up the blood 1
23:13, 7 May 2011 Plasma pockets.jpg (file) 60 KB Another view of our speckled oven. 1
23:13, 7 May 2011 Cooking blood.JPG (file) 2.2 MB Emily heats up frozen blood that will be added for color 1
23:11, 7 May 2011 Applying the lime plaster.jpg (file) 79 KB Applying the lime plaster is easy! 1
23:10, 7 May 2011 24 hours after the lime plaster was applied.jpg (file) 56 KB 24 hours after the lime plaster was applied. Notice how the plasma pockets exploded resulting in a red speckled design. 1
22:02, 7 May 2011 Jodi working on oven.JPG (file) 1.9 MB Jodi removing the sand and newspaper from the oven 1
21:59, 7 May 2011 Cutting out the door.jpg (file) 103 KB Cut out the door after insulation layer is applied 1
21:50, 7 May 2011 Insulative layer finished.JPG (file) 2.05 MB Finished insulation layer 1
21:46, 7 May 2011 Adding a wooly bully insulative layer.jpg (file) 125 KB Adding a straw slip layer creates insulation 1
20:09, 7 May 2011 Community first layer.jpg (file) 107 KB Many hands make work light 1
20:08, 7 May 2011 Energetically stomping con.jpg (file) 112 KB Energetically stomping the thermal mass mixture 1
20:04, 7 May 2011 Building up the first layer.jpg (file) 90 KB Building up the first layer of the oven 1
20:02, 7 May 2011 Mixing the cob to be one homogenous color.jpg (file) 93 KB Mixing the cobb 1
20:00, 7 May 2011 Stomping cob.jpg (file) 123 KB The most feet available, the easier it is to mix sand and clay 1
19:58, 7 May 2011 Pour sand and clay on a tarp.jpg (file) 88 KB San and clay on a tarp ready for mixing 1
19:56, 7 May 2011 Finished newspaper.jpg (file) 83 KB After the sand dome was created, we covered it with Newspaper. When we excavate the sand from the finished oven the newspaper will be an indicator of when we reached the inside layer 1
19:47, 7 May 2011 Tamping the sand dome.jpg (file) 87 KB The sand dome is almost done. Jodi is compressing the sand by "tamping" it. 1
19:46, 7 May 2011 Sand dome creation.jpg (file) 86 KB A sand dome is being created to give the oven layer support 1
19:44, 7 May 2011 Sand and water.jpg (file) 111 KB Sand and water 1
19:36, 7 May 2011 A beautiful finished product.jpg (file) 80 KB Cobb Oven 1
19:23, 7 May 2011 Fire bricks on a finished base with megan.jpg (file) 105 KB Fire bricks on a finished foundation. We are now ready to make our sand dome mold! 1
19:08, 7 May 2011 Beautiful fire brick pattern.jpg (file) 81 KB a good look at our fire brick pattern 1
19:06, 7 May 2011 Spreading fine sand for the firebricks.jpg (file) 127 KB Spreading a fine layer of sifted sand over the thermal mass sub-floor before setting the fire bricks on 1
19:01, 7 May 2011 Cobb.jpg (file) 3.45 MB Thermal mass sub floor 1
18:50, 7 May 2011 Insulative (2).jpg (file) 2.99 MB another perspective of the oven 1
06:42, 7 May 2011 Constructing the base.JPG (file) 2.25 MB Constructing the base 1
18:11, 24 January 2011 Megsur.jpg (file) 60 KB November in Big Sur, Ca 1
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