After a life dedicated to dance and a shifting perspective on how to live my life more in harmony with nature, I felt the urge to learn more practical skills in that area. After watching the documentary Garbage Warrior with Michael Reynolds I booked the first flight to New Mexico (US) to learn more about Earthsips at the Biotecture Earthship Academy. These self sustainable houses are off grit and provide warmth, water, food and electricity to a family in the middle of the desert.
With the help of Mas Con Menos we built our own version at ‘De Uelenspieghel’ in Drenthe. We call it the ‘Shala’. After an amazing workshop week with 20 people it took us a year to finish but the result is beautiful.
Moving to De Uelenspieghel up North in the countryside, the place my grandparents founded, open me up to what I call ‘Nature Spirits’. Fairytales with elf’s, dwarfs and trolls always had been the primal inspiration for the artwork of my Grandmother. Her artwork still lives on and is now inspiring me. A natural building like this provides the perfect surrounding for the creation of the theatre work I now make. Below you can see some footage of the building workshop week.
Together with Mas Con Menos we organized an amazing workshop week how to build a natural straw bale Cob House. We call it “The Shala”
