Soup's
On - Spring Volunteer Work Weekend
Kelly
Dupre
Session Options:
. . .
5/17/2008
Helping hands of all sizes are needed this spring!!
With spring underway in the North, the rhythm at North
House is
building - time to give the campus some spring TLC. On
the agenda:
** outdoor projects: brooms, rakes, work gloves, rock
skipping
** timber finishing: a little sanding, a little finish,
milling shop underway!
** boat souping: perfect for anyone who likes a paint
brush or roller outdoors
** AND - a harbor-side lunch BBQ or pizza bake for everyone who
helps out!
BUT - you ask, what is boat soup? It’s an unusual
mixture of linseed oil, pine tar and mineral spirits used
to seal and protect wood from inclement weather. The
Norwegians invented the mixture for their beautiful boats
and buildings. Each spring, it seems like North House has
a reason for soupin' a number of shelters, chairs and
boats on campus to ensure longevity. A little
sweeping, window cleaning, painting, and gardening
are just a few of the other activities to choose from.
Everyone will work in small teams on a wide range of
projects.
Please register at least a week
in advance so we can get our array of spring projects
organized and we can order plenty of food. Families are
welcome to attend!
Course Details:
. . . Length in Days: 1
. . . Hours: 9am-5pm
. . . Tuition: N/A
. . . Materials Fee: Includes Lunch
. . . Intergenerational Age: na
. . . Intergenerational Tuition:
. . . Level: Beginner to Advanced
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Service Learning Project
- Timbered Milling Shop
Tom
Healy
Session Options:
. . .
5/22/2008 - 5/26/2008
Learn the basic skills of timber framing while helping
"Raise The Roof" as North House Folk School welcomes the
involvement of both experienced and aspiring timber
framing enthusiasts to cut and frame the new classroom on
campus - the milling shop. Under the direction of skilled
timber framing instructor, the participants in this
project will use basic mortise and tenon joinery, as well
as more technical through-tenons, shouldered mortises and
scarf-joinery to cut a 32'x40' building. Participants will
explore the use of traditional tools in timber framing as
well as adaptations using common and specialized modern
tools. The new milling shop is part of North House Folk
School’s ‘Raise the Roof’ Campaign – a four year effort to
improve classroom resources and create new learning spaces
on campus.
Your
participation and tuition in this service learning project
includes:
* timber frame and general building instruction
appropriate to the skill level of the participants
* use of professional-grade timber framing tools and
resources
* lunch served daily on the North House campus for all
participants
Course Details:
. . . Length in Days: 5
. . . Hours: 9am-5pm
. . . Tuition: $125
. . . Materials Fee: Includes Lunch
. . . Intergenerational Age: na
. . . Intergenerational Tuition: na
. . . Level: Beginner to Advanced
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Service Learning Project - Craft of Oar Construction
Dennis
Bradley
Session Options:
. . .
6/23/2008 - 6/24/2008
Learn to use simple hand tools to create a set of
handcrafted wooden oars as participants help cut, shape
and plane oars for North House's fleet of small wooden
boats. This two-day service learning project provides a
thorough, hands-on introduction to the craft of oar
making. You’ll use traditional hand tools including a
spokeshave, drawknife and block plane to construct a
custom set of oars from basswood. A great way to round
out your experience at the Wooden Boat Show & Summer
Solstice Festival.
Your participation and tuition in this service learning
project includes:
* basic sewing and sail rigging skills
* preserving hulls and proper maintenance measures for
wooden boats
* finishing of oars and spars and marine painting
techniques
* lunch served daily on the North House campus for all
service learning participants
* previous boat building or sailing experience is
helpful, but not required
Course Details:
. . . Length in Days: 2
. . . Hours: 9am-5pm
. . . Tuition: $30
. . . Materials Fee: Includes Lunch
. . . Intergenerational Age: na
. . . Intergenerational Tuition:
. . . Level: Beginner to Advanced
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Service Learning Project - Wooden Boat Maintenance
Dennis
Bradley/Art Kidd
Session Options:
. . .
5/31/2008 - 6/1/2008
A number of wooden boats grace the North House Folk
School waterfront and finding time for a little tlc is a
priority each spring. Learn to maintain and work with a
variety of wooden boats in this Service Learning project.
Our work may include installing risers, seats and a
breasthook in a 11' Susan skiff, caulking and sealing the
Grayling, a wooden runabout built by legendary North Shore
builder Rueben Hill, and sanding and painting a small
fleet of nutshell prams. North House’s historic 18’
Mackinaw sailboat, the “Paul LePlante,” may also be
refinished, including work done to her masts, boom and
gaff, roiling her decks, thwarts and trunk and “souping”
her exterior planking and bilge.
Your participation and tuition in this service learning
project includes:
* basic sewing and sail rigging skills
* preserving hulls and proper maintenance measures for
wooden boats
* finishing of oars and spars and marine painting
techniques
* lunch served daily on the North House campus for all
service learning participants
* previous boat building or sailing experience is
helpful, but not required
Course Details:
. . . Length in Days: 2
. . . Hours: 9am-5pm
. . . Tuition: $30
. . . Materials Fee: Includes Lunch
. . . Intergenerational Age: na
. . . Intergenerational Tuition:
. . . Level: Beginner to Advanced
