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Frequently asked questions about Cob ovens!

  If you can’t find an answer to your question here, in the book, or elsewhere on the site, please feel free to leave a question in the comment section and I’ll get back to you asap (if you scan the comments, you may well find your answer there). I’m delighted to hear from you […]

Sproutlands, William Bryant Logan

September 23, 2019 By Kiko Denzer Leave a Comment

One of my favorite books is Dirt, The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, by William Bryant Logan, which I read years ago, when I was up to my eyeballs in mud, making ovens and houses and doing all kinds of mud work in schools and communities. Then I slowly found myself more and more absorbed […]

Wood, food, Bacteria & Nana-tech

September 17, 2019 By Kiko Denzer 1 Comment

People often express concerns that eating off of wood is “unhygienic,” and perhaps even dangerous. I will restrain myself from ranting about how industrialized, commercialized, and commodified culture has turned nature into an evil villain bent on poisoning humanity. Instead, I’ll refer you to the work of Dean O. Cliver, a UC Davis prof who […]

The value of a wooden spoon

June 27, 2019 By Kiko Denzer 7 Comments

The economy of wares: the value of a wooden spoon Ideally, I’d sell wooden spoons and bowls directly, person to person, and the value of a wooden spoon would be common knowledge. Buyers could handle things, see some of the process, chat, sign up for a class, build relationships — and burn less fossil fuel…. […]

cob ovens, spoon carving, & other workshops for 2019

April 9, 2019 By Kiko Denzer 2 Comments

May 18-19, cob oven workshop at the Artisan Baking Center in Petaluma California, details here June 22-23, cob oven workshop at the Prairie Mountain Folkschool in Joseph, Oregon, details here August 17-18, A two day Greenwood Carving class (from simple to more complex), at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon, details here June & August Greenwood […]

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Hand Print Press began in the early 90s, when I self-published Build Your Own Earth Oven. I was thinking of myself as a capital A  Artist. However, as I learned from the garden and other teachers, art just means “to fit together” — it’s how the world works — flora, fauna, humans — all must fit themselves together, with each other, with the landscape, with wind and weather. In addition to the bookstore (which now includes a few other authors), the site contains stories and updates on ovens, heat, baking, beauty, agriculture, fire, community, culture, (spoon) carving, etc. It’s all art! Thanks for visiting. You can contact me at handprint at cmug dot com, or thru instagram.
— Kiko Denzer

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