Project Abstract
The Strawbale Studio in Oxford, Michigan is a
collaborative project where we practice and teach natural building
skills, and explore a wide variety of sustainable living principles.
We welcome you to our online picture tour, and hope you will come play with
us soon!
"The experience of completing the exterior walls of
the strawbale studio, protecting the strawbales with a generous
layer of earthen stucco, has evoked layers of feeling and ancient
memory. There is an artistic thrill and wild freedom in shaping,
smoothing, and building a rounded corner wall by pulling out
handfulls of straw or pounding it with my fist. There is visceral
pleasure when the bare soles of my feet sink into the sand / mud
mixture. Something wakes up! A billion more sensory cells are
informing me! Laughter bubbles to the surface! Exploring
materials... trying new combinations... this is a method of
discovery that can be shared by the three-year old to the
103-year-old, by the inexperienced and experienced. We are all
welcomed by this media, this setting, this process."
-- Deanne Bednar, project
coordinator
For more details on how this project was built, see the
Strawbale Diary
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The Strawbale Studio:
Supporting Natural Building Techniques, and the Natural Building Community.
Oxford, Michigan |
