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Joshua Tree Earthen Oven Class REGISTER NOW >
March 8-10, 2013
Earthen ovens are inexpensive to build, fun to use, and provide a baking environment impossible to recreate in the kitchen. This Spring, Kurt Gardella returns to California for three days to teach you how to make your own earthen oven.
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Los Angeles Earthen Oven Class
May 25–27, 2012
Earthen ovens are inexpensive to build, fun to use, and provide a baking environment impossible to recreate in the kitchen. This May, Kurt Gardella returns to California for three days to teach you how to make your own earthen oven...
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Landers Earthern Finishes Class
March 2–4, 2012

Landers Adobe Basics Class
November 5–6, 2011

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AiNS offers periodic classes and lectures in Southern Californiacovering a variety of adobe related topics, including:

Introduction to Earthen Architecture
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Adobe Basics (Intensive)
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Hornos and Earthen Ovens
Attendees will leave the class with the knowledge necessary to built an oven of their own, with materials that you may already have in your yard.

The class is suitable for bakers, building professionals and do-it-your-selfers, and is a great introduction to adobe construction and earthen plasters covered in more depth in adobeisnotsoftware’s other classes.

Exterior Earthen Finishes
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Interior Earthen Finishes
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Making Adobe Bricks
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