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Woodworking Student Drew Chambers Goes with the Grain
Sitting down in the Yestermorrow South Studio to design a very elaborate pencil box, Woodworking Certificate student Drew Chambers reflects on the program, now in its fourth week. “Wood is something we all know with our eyes closed. But understanding how it grows, how it’s milled, and how it wants to behave are...Permaculture...Supersized!
By Nic Tuff As permaculture continues to permeate the agricultural and ecological landscape – in backyards, farms and eco-villages – some forward-thinking practitioners are seeing the potential of this revolutionary design philosophy to be utilized at a more...Regenerative Design Certificate Redux by Jesce Walz
Yestermorrow's Regenerative Design Certificate program, led by Joel Glanzberg (www.patternmind.org), expanded my sense of possibility and hope. It drew connections between my interests in design, building, community, and process, it provided practical ideas for application, and offered examples of projects done by individuals...Instructor Spotlight: Jacob Deva Racusin, Natural Building Expert and Committed Educator
By Charlotte Leib, Community Outreach Intern After courses at Yestermorrow, Jacob worked at a home business based out of a straw bale house at Ten Stones, an intentional community in Charlotte, Vermont, where he “fell in love with the look” of natural building, especially the “third dimension of the walls that could be used creatively and...Steve Amstutz, Twenty One Years of Timber Frame Design/Build
For Steve Amstutz, timber framing is not just a profession, it’s a passion. Steve started designing and building timber frame structures from his shop in the Adirondacks in 1989 and began teaching at Yestermorrow in 1994. He has since developed a wide portfolio of works in the Northeast: from modest, small scale timberframe structures to cavernous barns—the timber frame typology Steve enjoys most.