Natural Building

May 22, 2019

STRAWBALE / COB BENCH- Collaboration between RCAH/MSU & Peckham of E. Lansing

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Bench Making from natural materials ! This project is a collaboration of Steve Baibaks art studio at the Residential College of Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University. East Lansing,…

February 1, 2019

2019 Winternship – guest blogger, Rob Zverina

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The 2019 Winternship was awesome, with wonderful intern and weekend workshop participants. Here is a sense of it through the eyes of Rob Zverina who attended with his wife…

May 31, 2018

Building a Light Straw-Clay House

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Building a Light Clay Straw House http://www.theyearofmud.com/2012/03/01/light-clay-straw-house/ by Jacob Schmidt This is an introduction to light clay straw construction (a.k.a. “straw-clay”). In the summer of 2010, I started construction…

February 7, 2017

Winternship Blogs: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 !

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Winternships over the years ….. 2014 Winternship Blog by Kirsten Pope,Wintern. 2015 Winternship Blog by Nana Ferdnance 2016 Winternship Blog by Dougg Reith “Best. Experience. Ever.” …

May 30, 2016

Earth Plaster & Cob / Earth Oven Workshops

Blog by participant, Jacquelyn Baker … click on link for her original post & pics. Natural Building Workshop: Building community, empowering people, connecting to earth This weekend I savored the…

May 5, 2016

MOTOWN Movement

3 fabulous young architects from the Netherlands come to Detroit to follow a dream … transforming an urban home sustainably. Bob Hendrikx, Dominik Lukkes, Ronen Dan They visited the Strawbale…

May 5, 2016

MSU Strawbale Wall Installation

This unique project was a collaboration of many folks, woven into one inspiring and joyful project sited at the MSU Botanical Gardens. This Strawbale Wall Project is called…

December 29, 2015

Empower Youth to Create Change

The Strawbale Studio program wants to make building & natural skills available to youth and young adults. What your donation will do. Consider a one-time contribution, or a micro-donation monthly.

December 20, 2015

Gibbs Center – Sustainable Projects

Students from the Gibbs Center ~ who live together and do fabulous sustainability projects ~ came to the Strawbale Studio for a program to learn additional skills to take back…

October 24, 2015