~OFFICE HOURS~

541-396-1825

PO BOX 942, Coquille, OR 97423

• Work Party - February 6-12, 2012
• OPEN TOUR, 4pm - February 11, 2012
• PYROMANIA! Rocket Mass Heaters - February 24-26, 2012

Call today 541-396-1825 to reserve your space.

***HAVE YOU HEARD OF A WOOD-FIRED BARREL OVEN?***

The “barrel” oven is a very practical and wood-efficient oven which can be built at very low cost using mostly natural and recycled materials. The oven is sometimes also called a “mixed” oven because the heat generated by the wood burned cooks both by directly transferring heat into the cooking chamber as well as by retaining heat in the oven’s mass and slowly returning that heat to the inside of the oven. It can be the seed for a small baking enterprise and the heart of a community's wood-fired cuisine. Find out more about Barrel Ovens....

***"MUD, HANDS, A HOUSE": A GREAT NEW INSTRUCTIONAL DVD ABOUT NATURAL BUILDING***

Interested in accelerating your hands-on learning of different natural building techniques?...  Check out the trailer and find out more about this instructional natural building video offered by two of our instructors.

Are you interested in wood-fired ovens?  In making art with earthen materials?  In nurturing creativity in yourself and children?  If so, take a look at Hand Print Press's newly revised website.    Two of our instructors are members of this publishing cooperative and are excited to share with you what they've been working on:

Hot from the Oven is an on-line resource dedicated to all things having to do with wood-fired ovens.  Learn more about how to build yourself an earthen oven on a shoe-string budget, post a story and photos about an oven you've built or see what others have built, find out or offer an oven workshop in your geographic location, and peruse through many articles about making and using an oven.

Creative Children is a newly conceived archive about nurturing creativity in children.  Kiko Denzer shares his experiences about working in public schools in Oregon to promote art with earth, which is also chronicled in his book: Dig Your Hands in the Dirt.  If you're looking for ideas of things to do with children to nurture the craftsperson within, Ann Sayre Wiseman offers a collection of 125 projects in The Best of Making Things: A Hand Book of Creative Discovery.