We are interested in hosting a series of workshops at our new location near Eugene, OR in September and October, including workshops on simple round-pole timberframing, greenhouse construction, natural finishes, preserving the harvest and building amasonry heater. Please let us know if you would be interested in such courses so we can determine if they […]
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We won 1st place in the masonry heater design/build contest with the heater that we recently built in Patagonia, Argentina and 3rd place with the oven that we built in Berkeley, California. We will link to the contest results on the Masonry Heater Association page when they have published them. This is the second year
Firespeaking wins two awards at this year’s Masonry Heater Association annual gathering! Read More »
This adobe pump house was built to reduce the sound coming from a generator at Spirit Pine Sanctuary. Betty Seaman made the bricks and together with her apprentice, Natalie Spears, they built this structure in December of 2009. Max led the construction of the roof which included milled lumber and cement- “ceramic” roof tiles.
What is a Rocket Mass Heater? A Rocket Mass Heater is a wood-fired device which is clean burning, affordable to build, uses local and recycled materials, and creates a wonderful kind of warmth for heating cottages and small homes. In a very unique way, the Rocket Mass Heater combines both the immediate heat offered by
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This is the masonry heater that we built in the central community building of the Rio Azul community outside of El Bolson, Patagonia, Argentina in March of 2010. This heater can act as an open fireplace to provide the magic of fire and cut the chill in the late Spring or early Fall… but it
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Earthen Oven Workshop at Sacred Grove Retreat Gold Hill, NC April 16-18, 2010 Contact us now to reserve space, or with any questions: www.sacredgroveretreat.com info@sacredgroveretreat.com 704-463-0768
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Hawthorn Farm is 10 minutes away from the town of Woodinville with several grocery stores, library with internet access, bookstore, restaurants etc. This three-acre farm is 20 miles northeast of Seattle. There is plenty of space to pitch tents, and the living room has lots of floor space if people prefer to be inside. The
Woodinville, WA August 12-21, 2010 Wood-Fired Barrel Oven Workshop (August 12-13-14) In this weekend workshop you will learn all the skills necessary to build yourself an affordable, practical and productive wood-fired oven. Basics of making and laying adobe bricks Construction of a vaulted arch Principles of building for fire Develop basic natural building intuition Rustic
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In May of 2009, I traveled back to the island of Bali, in the Indonesian archipelago, where I spent much time as a young boy. The island, its people and its culture continually inspire me… the degree to which they are immersed in and work together with their natural environment, their exuberantly-expressed spirituality and their
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During my stint as a staff member at the Cob Cottage Company, I was responsible for building three Rumford fireplaces. Within open fireplace design, the Rumford fireplace offers the greatest efficiency in terms of how much heat actually radiates into the room. The Rumford design is characterized by a shallow firebox and a tall and
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During 2006 & 2007, Max and Alex Edleson set about the building of Alex’s house in a clearing in the woods on a community-owned piece of land in the beautiful Rio Azul valley, near El Bolson, Argentina (Patagonia). The building is a hybrid of natural building techniques including round-pole timber framing, rustic carpentry, non-load bearing
