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| Mixing the clay and sand, and practicing salsa dancing at the same time. | _Mixing the clay and sand, and practicing salsa dancing at the same time._ |
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| Laying fire bricks for a large earth oven with a log for a base. | _Laying fire bricks for a large earth oven with a log for a base._ |
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| 'Dragon' earth oven fired up and ready to go. | _'Dragon' earth oven fired up and ready to go._ |
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| Covering a dome of damp sand (with wooden door attached) with wet newspaper; the oven will be built around this, and then the sand scraped out to form the chamber. | _Covering a dome of damp sand (with wooden door attached) with wet newspaper; the oven will be built around this, and then the sand scraped out to form the chamber._ |
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| Building up an oven around a dome of sand. | _Building up an oven around a dome of sand._ |
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| Adding a clay-straw mix insulation layer. | _Adding a clay-straw mix insulation layer._ |
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| If building a one-chamber oven, there is a precise relationship between the size of chamber and the size of door. More details can be found in Kiko Denzer's book, or you can attend a [course](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/directory/categories/earth-ovens-courses) for more information and practical experience. | If building a one-chamber oven, there is a precise relationship between the size of chamber and the size of door. More details can be found in Kiko Denzer's book, or you can attend a course for more information and practical experience. |
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| NB: earth ovens don't like rain, and so you will need some sort of basic roof, or it needs to be covered when not in use. | NB: earth ovens don't like rain, and so you will need some sort of basic roof, or it needs to be covered when not in use. |
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| Plastering details can be added to the final, sieved layer. | _Plastering details can be added to the final, sieved layer._ |
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| Earth oven fired up. | _Earth oven fired up._ |
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| ## Further resources | ## Further resources |
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| | - [Appropedia](https://www.appropedia.org/Category:Earthen_ovens) - case studies of earth ovens |
| | - [How to build a cob oven](https://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/how-to-build-a-cob-pizza-ovenpart-i/) |
| | - [Building a clay oven - the basics](https://clayoven.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/1-building-a-clay-oven-the-basics/) |
| | - [The Cob Oven Project](https://thecobovenproject.blogspot.com/) |
| | - [Gallery of earth ovens](https://insteading.com/blog/outdoor-earth-ovens/) |
| | - [Dirt Queen](https://dirtqueenarchitect.blogspot.com/2011/10/earthen-oven-breads-curried-veggies.html) - earth oven recipes |
| | - [Wood-fired cooking](https://www.wood-firedoven.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/wood-fired-cooking-web.pdf) |
| | - [The Cob Oven Project](https://thecobovenproject.blogspot.com/) |
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