The pupils from Owl Class at Thompson Primary School in South Norfolk built this marvellous wood fired earthen oven with us last week. Can you tell what it is?! The children were so enthusiastic and natural cob dancers - we hope they enjoy many mouthwatering pizzas from their new oven, for years to come. If looked after properly, their oven should last indefinitely. A teacher at the school is going to build a little shed roof over it to protect it and add a lime render for extra protection. If you build a cob oven though and you don't want to bother with a roof, just wrap a tarps around it when you're not using it and it'll be fine.Monday, 4 April 2011
Owl class build a cob pizza oven with us
The pupils from Owl Class at Thompson Primary School in South Norfolk built this marvellous wood fired earthen oven with us last week. Can you tell what it is?! The children were so enthusiastic and natural cob dancers - we hope they enjoy many mouthwatering pizzas from their new oven, for years to come. If looked after properly, their oven should last indefinitely. A teacher at the school is going to build a little shed roof over it to protect it and add a lime render for extra protection. If you build a cob oven though and you don't want to bother with a roof, just wrap a tarps around it when you're not using it and it'll be fine.
Monday, 14 March 2011
New cob course dates added!
Our 4 day complete cob course on 'How to build your own cob house or cob studio' in May, has been over subscribed. And so due to demand we've decided to run a second course this summer.
It will take place at our site in Norfolk and run from Friday 12th August, until the end of Monday 15th August. We've put it over a weekend again, so participants have to take less time off work.
The cob course will cover everything you need to know - practical and theory in order to build your own cob project.
It will cover:
Design and passive solar design
Siting
Building and planning regulations
Getting the cob mix right
Cob-bale design
Cob Walls
How to insert windows and doors into cob
Roofs for cob construction
Foundations
Stem walls
Clay plastering
Lime rendering
Earthen floors
And more...............
You'll meet loads of great people, eat loads of yummy food, whilst learning masses from the cob expert Kate Edwards herself. And at the end of it, you'll be ready to go away and build your own cob house or cob studio.
The course costs £400. To book we need to send you a booking form you fill in and you return it to us with your deposit. Get in touch for a booking form and to ask questions by emailing us at charlotteevecreative@hotmail.com or by calling us on 01493 369952 or 07766 220526. You can also email us via the website www.edwardscobbuilding.com
We can't wait to meet you soon!
Monday, 7 March 2011
We're looking forward to more school work
This month we're looking forward to building a cob pizza oven with the pupils at Thompson Primary School in Norfolk. This picture shows an oven the children built with us at Kenninghall Primary school recently. They were natural cobbers and excellent sculptors!
If you know any schools that might like to get stuck in on a cob workshop with us, get them to call me on 01493 369952 or email me at charlotteevecreative@hotmail.com.
We build ovens, benches, sculpture, and even outdoor classrooms with young people and their schools.
On a high!
On a high!Kate's been up on the roof again today, and
she's mastered the art of turning the reed. Her thatching is looking great.
Rojo our apprentice learnt how to limerender today and he's done a great job.
And I've been chatting to several schools in Norfolk this afternoon who've all booked us to come and run cob workshops with them this Spring - which is really exciting.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Kate gives talk on cob in Graz
Suffolk County Council recently asked us if we'd go to Graz in Austria and give a presentation about cob building, to delegates from all over Europe at the Cradle to Cradle convention.Kate did a stonking presentation and we're hoping to be visiting Bulgaria and Hungary soon to run cob workshops.
The Cradle to Cradle Network is funded by the EU and it's a network for sharing good practice in sustainability across Europe.
Check out their website at http://www.c2cn.eu/
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
See the clay-lump and wattle & daub
Banging on!This is what all the noise is about. Kate and Rojo are knocking off the cement render to expose the wattle and daub (left side of picture) and clay-lumps (right side of picture). They're patching up the holes they find with new cob they've made, and then when it dries, Kate will show Rojo how to lime render.
It's really easy to maintain and repair your old cob or clay-lump house. We can show you how to do it on one of our cob courses, or you can get us to help you with it. Get in touch if you want to find out more. www.edwardscobbuilding.com
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