We have finally found the time to add some images to our department photo gallery to give you a better idea of how “hands-on” most of the instruction is. Northern New Mexico is full of ongoing adobe projects and our classes participate in as many of those projects as possible. Check the gallery often as we continue to add pictures and descriptions and categorize it for you.

To give you a taste of how adobe instruction can be taught through the internet, Kurt Gardella has made one of his “Horno Design and Construction” course videos available on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR1aniPtP5Y

The video is step 6 in the process of building an horno and deals with adding insulation layers to the dome of the horno. The latest horno class depended entirely on weekly video demonstrations for content and stundent feedback was the most positive so far. We will continue to offer students in countries with limited bandwidth step-by-step text and still image instructions, but video is clearly the best way to demonstrate adobe construction via the internet. Register for the class in the summer or fall to have complete access to all of the videos!