Builders lose clay oven fight in Cross, SC

Builders lose clay oven fight in Cross, SC In September 2011, Charleston architect April Magill assembled a crew to build an outdoor oven in Cross, S. Magill and a team of about 35 volunteers wrapped up construction of a second clay oven on the property of the Sewee Outpost on May 26 using local clay, salvaged cinder blocks, and wood and roofing metal donated by Buck Lumber and the Sustainable Warehouse. , a town on the west shore of Lake Moultrie. Towne has since taken down the protective roof over the oven, leaving it exposed to the elements, and Magill says they will likely recycle the materials from the oven soon. Carlie Towne, the minister of information for the Gullah/Geechee Nation, had planned to make the oven a part of a Gullah/Geechee International Camp Meeting Center on two acres of land she had bought in Cross. " White calls the completed oven "absolutely beautiful," with an inlaid design of a guitar on its front made from pottery shards. They finished the job in November, only to realize there was a problem: The oven could have been built on someone else's property. There was some debate over this, but Magill says it was finally settled about a month ago when Shuler got a surveyor to show Towne where the property line actually lies. "There's not a good ending to that story," Magill says. "We don't make a big deal out of anything we do due to the somewhat community nature of it, but we'll be using the oven a good little bit, I'm sure, and individuals who live onsite will be using it," White says. But just as the Cross oven was on the outs, another was in the works in Awendaw. On Wednesday night, Magill will be at the Barn Jam serving up a first batch of pizzas from the oven, and White plans to continue selling pizzas from the oven at future Barn Jams. Builders lose clay oven fight in Cross, SC Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 02/06/2012