Here's how our Spring Community Horno Workshop went
An Easter Weekend Build in Albuquerque
Here's how our Spring Community Horno Workshop went
An Easter Weekend Build in Albuquerque
Albuquerque Horno Build
Eye of the Horno, led by builder Amaury Bargioni, held a two-day Horno Building Workshop on April 4–5, 2026 — Easter weekend — in Northwest Albuquerque. The sold-out event walked participants through building an adobe horno by hand, start to finish. No experience was required, and gloves and food were provided both days.
This one was open to the general public — no adobe experience required, just a willingness to get muddy. It's part of the regular programming of workshops Eye of the Horno runs throughout the year, alongside its partner builds with local schools and nonprofits, all in service of the same goal: sharing its passion for earth-building and wood-fired cooking as widely as it can.
Over Saturday and Sunday, the group worked through the full sequence of horno construction — laying the foundation using concrete pavers, mixing mud mortar, setting adobe brick course by course, filling the base and raising and plastering the self-supporting vaulted dome. By the time everyone wrapped up Sunday afternoon, the horno had gone from bare foundation to fully plastered dome — a complete build in a single weekend.
We went over all the steps, including laying fire bricks in the chamber.
Raising the vaulted dome
Workshops like this one are part of something bigger for Amaury: keeping the adobe horno tradition alive as fewer builders carry it forward. Over the last several years he's introduced dozens of people to earthen building and wood fired cooking, partnering with organizations including the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps, the Santa Fe Indian School, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and The Semilla Project. It's a sentiment he's carried into partner after partner: "I would love to collaborate with you to help spread the knowledge and hopefully help maintain the tradition."
One Albuquerque participant, Christine, wrote afterward:
"Thank you for creating a lovely educational, and affordable experience. I'm so inspired."
Eye of the Horno would like to thank everyone who spent their Easter weekend building with us. We look forward to offering more horno workshops in the near future!
Albuquerque Horno Build
Eye of the Horno, led by builder Amaury Bargioni, held a two-day Horno Building Workshop on April 4–5, 2026 — Easter weekend — in Northwest Albuquerque. The sold-out event walked participants through building an adobe horno by hand, start to finish. No experience was required, and gloves and food were provided both days.
This one was open to the general public — no adobe experience required, just a willingness to get muddy. It's part of the regular programming of workshops Eye of the Horno runs throughout the year, alongside its partner builds with local schools and nonprofits, all in service of the same goal: sharing its passion for earth-building and wood-fired cooking as widely as it can.
Over Saturday and Sunday, the group worked through the full sequence of horno construction — laying the foundation using concrete pavers, mixing mud mortar, setting adobe brick course by course, filling the base and raising and plastering the self-supporting vaulted dome. By the time everyone wrapped up Sunday afternoon, the horno had gone from bare foundation to fully plastered dome — a complete build in a single weekend.
We went over all the steps, including laying fire bricks in the chamber.
Raising the vaulted dome
Workshops like this one are part of something bigger for Amaury: keeping the adobe horno tradition alive as fewer builders carry it forward. Over the last several years he's introduced dozens of people to earthen building and wood fired cooking, partnering with organizations including the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps, the Santa Fe Indian School, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and The Semilla Project. It's a sentiment he's carried into partner after partner: "I would love to collaborate with you to help spread the knowledge and hopefully help maintain the tradition."
One Albuquerque participant, Christine, wrote afterward:
"Thank you for creating a lovely educational, and affordable experience. I'm so inspired."
Eye of the Horno would like to thank everyone who spent their Easter weekend building with us. We look forward to offering more horno workshops in the near future!
