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From: Tom Ruscitti <ruscitti-lists AT twcny.rr.com>

*Timber Framing Workshop*

*& Barn Raising!!*

*September 12-19*

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*Instructor: Sarah Highland*

*Hosted by the PeaceWeavers at*

*Thunder Mountain Retreat Sanctuary, Bath, NY*

This week-long class will *teach all the basic skills needed to
construct a simple timber framed building*. By cutting a barn frame,
participants will be introduced to the square rule system of layout,
mortise-and-tenon joinery, and scarfing together shorter timbers to make
longer ones. Evenings will include slide show presentations, discussions
of design and other topics. *The session will culminate in a barn  
raising!*

Instructor Sarah Highland loves to build and design with materials that
feel alive, such as timber, clay, straw, and slate, as well as to build
community through the creation of natural structures. She has led
professional crews building houses and volunteers raising intimate play
spaces for kids. As principal of Highland Artisan, Sarah specializes in
working with owner-builders and community groups as consultant and build
leader, as well as cutting timber frames, designing, and teaching. Sarah
has been a presenter at Natural Building Colloquia here at Thunder
Mountain and has designed and built several of the structures here.

Hosted by the PeaceWeavers at Thunder Mountain Retreat *Sanctuary in
Bath, NY*

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*Cost: $1,000 includes all meals and accommodations*

*To register call 607-776-4060 or email pw AT peaceweavers.com
<mailto:pw AT peaceweavers.com>*

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"Timber framing with Sarah Highland is an exquisite combination of
delicate math, focused effort and pure magic. And this is true whether
you are a skilled carpenter or have never picked up a tool. As a timber
framer Sarah is incredibly competent and skilled, and as a teacher she
is inspired, clear in her instructions and endlessly patient. Do your
body and soul the same favor I did for mine -- sign up!"
-- Tom Taft, Director of Finance Germantown Academy



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