July 21 – 27, 2019 was an adventurous week doing straw bale infill construction on the new home of Selena Lucas outside Ann Arbor, Michigan . Andrew Morrison was the…
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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,…
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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…
read moreBuilding 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…
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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.” …
read moreBlog 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…
read more3 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…
read moreThis 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…
read moreThe 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.
read moreStudents 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…
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