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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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