November 2006

New Yestermorrow T-Shirt Design is here!

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Hi Folks! Check out our new T'Shirt graphic in Men's and Women's sizes..Special thanks to Kristen Zeiber Anne-Marie Flusche for their hard work on the design. (They make great gifts!)

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Natural Paints spruce up South Studio

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
The Natural Paints and Finishes class gave new life to the South Studio this fall. Mineral pigments were added to bases made with either clay or milk curds. The Rasta theme just sort-of happened as a result of trying to mix rich colors. Jah mon!

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Exhibition and Sale: Opening Reception this Saturday!

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
We are busy getting ready for the 2nd Annual Exhibition and Sale featuring art from the Yestermorrow community! The Main Studio Gallery is spruced up, and new pieces are arriving for the show every day- including ceramics, photography, watercolors, collage, fine furniture, wooden boxes, oils, and a variety of mixed media pieces.The vases...

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Chalet bathroom gets a makeover.

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
The old leaky chalet shower is now a thing of the past. This beautiful new watertight shower was completed last week. All of the interns got to participate in the various aspects of this project from the plumbing, to the tiling, to the plastering. It was a long process, but our hard work paid off as the bathroom is now the best room in the...

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West Wall Project is Complete

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
After months of work on the west wall of the shop, the project has come to a point of completion. Thanks to the natural paints and finishes class the doors were painted with an auburn casein (milk based) paint and a salmon alis (clay based) paint; and look great. Rough cut pine was used around the windows and doors to give add a little wabi-...

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Biofuels

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Our latest Biofuels course successfully converted two diesel trucks to run on straight vegetable oil (SVO). The class split into two teams and spent the weekend installing heated SVO tanks, fuel and coolant lines, and electrical solenoids and switches. By Sunday evening the trucks rolled out our new shop doors and hit the road running...

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Stump to Sticker

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Our first Stump to Sticker class taught by instructor Nick Zandstra of Topsham was a huge success! Over 2 days they walked the woods, talked about sustainable and low-impact forest management techniques, learned how to fell trees and haul them out of the woods by hand (using a hand arch), and mill the wood using a portable WoodMizer sawmill...

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Electricity: Safe and Secure

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Despite the title of our recent class, Electricity: Safe and Secure, our student Susan demonstrates her special technique for wire stripping...

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Super-insulation Guru Visits Yestermorrow

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow Instructor Bill Hulstrunk came by last week to help us re-insulate the wall by our new Executive Director's office with cellulose. We are now buttoned up for winter and toasty warm. Thanks Bill!

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