May 2010

Bioconstruyendo: Argentinian Natural Building Festival

We are really excited about this video.  It documents the events leading up to and during the natural building festival: Bioconstruyendo 2010 in El Bolson, Patagonia, Argentina.  Both Eva and Max were lead instructors for the event which was extremely successful.  So many great things were accomplished and so much fun was had! Visit Bioconstruyendo’s […]

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Firespeaking wins two awards at this year’s Masonry Heater Association annual gathering!

We won 1st place in the masonry heater design/build contest with the heater that we recently built in Patagonia, Argentina and 3rd place with the oven that we built in Berkeley, California.  We will link to the contest results on the Masonry Heater Association page when they have published them. This is the second year

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Loop de Loop Bench

The Loop de Loop Bench at Bring Recycling Center in Eugene, OR was designed and built by Erica Ann Bush. Max, Eva and Fezzo teamed up with Erica to apply the toilet tank lid bench seat, roof structure, ceramic tiles & finish plaster. Check out Erica’s awesome blog, Mud for Everyone

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Adobe Pump House

This adobe pump house was built to reduce the sound coming from a generator at Spirit Pine Sanctuary.  Betty Seaman made the bricks and together with her apprentice, Natalie Spears, they built this structure in December of 2009.  Max led the construction of the roof which included milled lumber and cement- “ceramic” roof tiles.

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Five Oaks Farm Oven

Five Oaks Farm is a small family farm located on the Henry Wilhelm Estate that was built in 1865 and is a historic landmark. The farm is located just off the Oregon Trail and was originally 160 acres with a house, chicken coop, sheep barn, stable, and black smith. The original outhouse is still hidden

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