2016 REPORT – Strawbale Studio

2016 REPORT – Strawbale Studio

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Full Moon Potluck Bonfire

2016 WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES
420 Monthly Full Moon Potlucks about 35 folks/mo
8 Jan 4 – Feb 4, 2016 2016 WINTERNSHIP Week One Blog Activities BLOG
2 Jan 6, 2016 TOUR Corry Bush, Zach Laney – nature living
13 Jan 9, 2016 Thatch and Reed Deanne, Instructor Thatching BLOG
11 Jan 16 & 17, 2016 Round Pole Workshop Mark Angelini Instructor
6 Jan 23 & 24, 2016 Rocket Stove Workshop Deanne Bednar Instructor
7 Jan 23, 2016 Great Lakes Natural Building MEETUP and Full Moon Potluck
11 Jan 30 & 31, 2016 Earth Plaster & Sculpting Deanne Bednar Instructor
8 3/6/2016 Spoon Carving Mark Angelini Spoon Carve BLOG
9 3/20/2016 FERMENTING & BUTTER Deanne Bednar Fermenting BLOG
7 3/25/2016 RED DOOR Gallery Detroit Event, community
6 3/29/2016 FAMILY VISIT Alie & Family visit 3 days
25 4/24/2016 HURON VALLEY EARTH DAY Tanya Meftah exhibit table
100 4/22-24/2016 EARTH DAY ROCHESTER Deanne & Intern exhibit & hands-on, strawbale pyramid.
1 1ST Fri Activity Volunteer Day Deanne Bednar Instructor
1 4/1/2015 VISIT & TOUR Allison Fredenberg
11 5/14/2016 FORAGED BRUNCH Deanne Bednar exhibit table
5 5/18/2016 BAKER COLLEGE Deanne Bednar Instructor
4 5/3/2016 VISIT & TOUR Deanne Bednar Instructor
3 5/16/2016 Visit & TOUR Deanne Bednar Instructor
1 5/29/2016 EARTH OVEN Deanne Bednar Instructor
4 5/28/2016 EARTH PLASTER /COB Deanne Bednar Instructor
5 5/27/2016 RED DOOR SBS exhibit Deanne & Intern exhibit table
10 6/2/2016 OAKLAND U PC class Deanne Bednar Instructor
24 6/8/2016 WALDORF 3rd grade Deanne Bednar Instructor
100 6/15 CREEK FEST Deanne Bednar Instructor
3 6/ 22-24/2016 VISIT & TOUR Eric Puri, Sato, baby
4 7/2/16 TOUR + VOLUNTEER Deanne Bednar
2 7/15/16 TOUR- Amanda & Jason visit Abby
7 7/22/2016 TOUR Neil + Thomas, Janice, Andrew Walker, Kelly, Kevin
2 8/5/2016 Tour – through UhS Andrew Walker, Zack Kraus
1 8/5/2016 Tour Tina Boback
6 8/7/2016 TOUR Kim Danbee, neuroscience research with cuttlefish, fermentation teacher. Ray Ramon – ,art, building, chaos, fort builder, earth building. Eugene Elliot – cinema, video, art.   Angela Hojnacki – living  partially off grid in detroit, sustainable living, education. Krista Spironi – music band, Woven., creative schooling, sustainable lifestyles, food, cooking, herbal medicine
4 8/7-13/2016 Natural Building Essentials Course Bill Ray, Jacob Gnath, Patrick Francois, Reuben Grandon.
25 8/15/16 GLREA SBS presentation SBS Slideshow on NB Deanne Bednar. Presenter. Wayne Appleyard, Fred McLaughlin, Renzo Hutchinson conntections.
9 8/20-28/2016 PLASTER PARTIES Kathy Cob, Hallie Cooper, Kirk Kasperian, Julia Goode, Petar Simic, Nia, Christina,Jordan, Angela Homes, Julie Howells.
17 8/26/2016 RED DOOR Detroit community event
8/30/2016 August Internship BLOG So much was done !
7 9/24/16 P4 PARTY Host, Michael Mallon. Play, Potluck, appreciate Progress and Plan for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Strawbale Studio
Sep 30, 2016 September Intern BLOG check it out ! PICs+
4 Dec 10, 2016 Candle Workshop Deanne Bednar Instructor
15 Dec 11, 2016 Candle Workshop Deanne Bednar Instructor
908 total from workshops, tours, presentations.
2017 RESKILLING PROJECTS
Cording from local dog bane, making Sumac Ade (Indigenous Lemonade), Lashing, Class on Types of Composting including Worm Composting. Composting techniques used throughout August with our waste products. solar Oven cooking, Use of Rocket Stove for cooking. Eating outside together, and suppers in the Strawbale Studio, Growing Shiitake Mushrooms on inoculated logs. Hay Box cooking (insulative cooking. Harvesting eggs from the LeFevre Farm. Making Farmers’ Cheese from local goats milk. Local Experts bring their skills: Spoon Carving Classes with Micah L., Making window bucks and using power tools with Gene V. Harvesting poles, learning lashing & making a Log Ladder. Lashing & Constructing a Round Pole A Frame for Thatching. Basic Thatching design and application techniques. Firing up and using a Rocket Stove Mass Heater, Rocket Stove Cooker, Rumford Fireplace and Earth Oven. Teaching each other music. Ice cream and chocolate cake. Foraging and green omelets from the land with lambs quarters, ox eye daisy, oregano, dandelion, comfrey, garlic, chives and more. Food: harvest grape leaves and make Dolmas, Skills: lashing, stacking blocks for foundations, harvesting trees, using a drawshave, worm composting – use & process. Starch Paste, Adhesion Coat, Earth Plasters, Finish Plaster, Cob, Fire & Rocket Stove Dynamics, Stone Laying strategies. Notching tools & techniques. Draw Knife & Shaving Horse use. Harvesting & Debarking logs . Using a hatchet, Ax and Splitting Mallot.
Tadelakt – lime plaster finish Emily Gaudreau-Brown & Paul Beaudet “tadylakted” the bathroom sink surround for my birthday. Beautiful ! traditional polished water-proof finish.
Apple harvesting from the land. So much collecting, dehydrating & being creative with apples in all sorts of food!! Thanks especially to Paul Beaudet
LOCAL CONNECTIONS Interns visit East River Farm, getting eggs and meeting the animals, Harvest the CSA food at 3 Roods Farm 5 times, Attend the Ghandi Peace Day at Three Roods Farm, and several Compassionate Communications gatherings. YOGA weekly at Hamsa Yoga with Alan Harras Attend the Flint Water Crisis Concert with Gaia Singers.
BUILDING PROJECTS
New Boat Launch is built at the swamp by the May “A-Team + Madi” Initiated by Andy Bologovsky and built by the May Interns ~ includes a Lime plastered Bench, Fire Pit & Boat Slip and stone bench. Awesome addition to the land.
The Flying Toad (aka Identity Cabin) This new structure includes curvy logs & benches, new strawbale walls, earth plasters & bottle window and living roof The porch addition was constructed by the July 9-Day Natural Building Essentials Course Interns built the walls, plasters, benches & details including a lashed ladder to the green roof!
Intern days 2016 Internships & Worktrade
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 winternship Petar Simic
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 winternship Jacob Dalen
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 F-Sun wintern Allison Coleman
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 Winternship Doug Reith
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 Winternship Kelly Kleckner
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 Winternship Veneta Mavrodieva
30 Jan 3 – Feb 3, 2016 Winternship Katheryn Seger
30 Sept 1 – 20, 2016 Wwoofer Tanya
30 Sept 2-30, 2016 Wwoofer Niklas Treu
30 Sept 1 – 30, 2016 1/2 Pay Worktrader Jacob Gnath
30 Sept 18 – 30, 2016 Wwoofer A’alia Muhammad
30 Sept 18 – 30, 2016 Wwoofer Jameela Calloway
AUGUST
30 August 1-30, 2016 1/2Pay Worktrade Jacob Gnath
30 August 1-30, 2016 Wwoof Patrick Francios
16 Aug 15th – 31st Wwoof Samad Ansari
14 Thurs Aug 18 – 31 Wwoof Claire Geschieck
43 August 19 to September 2, 2016 Wwoof Cat McLaughlin
JULY
27 July 5-July 31, 2016 Abigail Johnson.
30 July 1 – Aug 2, 2016 Tyler Schaefer
3 June 22 -25, 2016 visit Eric Puri, Sato, baby
2 July 28-30, 2016 temp Tanya
2 temp Doug Reith
4 temp Angela
JUNE
30 June 1-30, 2016 1/2 Pay Worktrade Richard Glatz
30 June 1-30, 2016 wwoof Lucy Reese
30 June 1-30,2016 wwoof Eric Rose
6 June 26 – June 31, 2016 wwoof thatching Tyler
May
21 May 9 – May 30 + 1/2 Pay Worktrade Lucy and Richard
30 May 1 -30, 2016 1/2 Pay Worktrade Eric Rose
30 May 1 – 30, 2016 wwoof Andrew Newton
738 Total Intern Days in 2016
DONATIONS Donation Mailed to EcoSeeds #5883 Fay Hanson donation to SEEDS $100. 12/25/2015 #2180 4/19/2016 gift to SBS Seeds.
GUESTS
in addition to the many who come to the Potluck ! Dimitri Flam, studying yoga, permaculture, Jared Aiken and sister from Ontario, yoga and natural skills. Michael Mallon – brave spaces, super-hero training academy. Linda Jackson, Clarkston, MI, Peggy Maggid, retired elementary teacher, Susan Schwenn, Battle Creek, MI. Kay Fedewa guest with Dana Driscoll & friends. Ann Ford, Birmingham, MI. Charlie Reischl, Ann Arbor, MI. Emerson Schreiner, Grand Rapids. Jolene Ciglano, Fallon Januska, Matt Swain, Emily Tour. Ruthie Lane, Antioch College & Auburn Hills, Michigan. Genevieve Grover, traveling the Americas, Brita Anderson, studying natural building in Ontario. Peter Simic, co-manager Community Farm of Ann Arbor, Dominec Juarez, previous intern, NY. Gaylyn Kaufman, MI Ecovillage Movement, Christian Smith, Neighborwood presentation for the July Intensive, Andy Bologovski & friend, NY state, Holly Wunderlich, Dori, AK & Mira .Rachel Rogers, Ronni Marcus, , Jen Shannon. Jim & Doris, Keon Walker, Rabi Arnie & Robert Crowe & friend Marie …and more !
Extras ! DB personal: Rennisance Fest with intern Paul & again with the McDonald family & kids Lium, 13, Rowan 10, Elowen, 4. I attend several plays they are in: Jungle Book & 12th Night by Shakespear. Visit Ohio & Uncle Harold, Cousin Judy. Connect with family, especially Sunny, Michael, Anna.