[Cob] "Building With Earth!" Spring 2010 Lecture & Workshop Series in Corvallis Oregon

[Ocean Liff-Anderson]

FireWorks Restaurant and Uber Earthworks present
"Building with Earth!" Spring 2010 Lecture & Workshop Series
FireWorks Restaurant, 1115 SE Third Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333

Thursday, April 8, 8-10pm
"The Making of FireWorks"
- In April 2002 FireWorks Restaurant (then Intaba's) opened, marking  
the first commercial application of cob construction, featuring a 9  
foot tall cob oven built by Kiko Denzer, over 100 feet of cob  
courtyard and privacy walls and extensive cob plaster and artistic  
features.  This slideshow and tour with Proprietor Ocean Liff- 
Anderson is a rare behind-the-scenes opportunity to celebrate the 8th  
anniversary of our unique hand-built restaurant. FREE and Open to the  
Public.

Saturday, April 10, 10am-2pm
Basics of Cob Building
FireWorks, 1115 SE Third Street
- A major contributer to the design and building of FireWorks,  
Artisan Builder Perry Uber offers this workshop covering the  
fundamentals of earthen construction, including material selection,  
foot mixing and building a new cob bench in the FireWorks courtyard.

Saturday, April 24, 10am-2pm
Earthen Plaster & Finishing
- The second bench building event, learn the basics of earthen  
plasters with Artisan Builder Perry Uber. We will mix and apply  
plaster to the new cob bench and learn about oil & beeswax treatments.

Workshop cost: $30 each or $50 for both, includes wood fired pizza  
lunch from the cob oven! Advanced Registration Required - please  
email Ocean at FireWorksCorvallis.com or call Ocean at 541-760-9603

Upcoming May 8, 15 & 22:
Build a Cob Sauna, on the Watershed in Philomath, Oregon
- Advanced wall building, cob infill, window & door framing,  
plasters. Contact Ocean (above) for more information.