Photo by Malcolm Williams.
“Using wood, harvested from local timber, is a core part of our company's work, Earth-Bound Building. We have a reverence for wood. We strive to build buildings that are ecological, practical, and beautiful.”
Blain Snipstal is a timberframer, father, partner, and worker-owner of Earth Bound Building. Earth Bound Building specializes in timber framing, natural building, and custom carpentry. Snipstal has over twelve years of lived experience in farming and land-based organizing, both domestically and internationally. He has come to find that timber framing, natural building, and sustainable agriculture are from the same seed. He was an organic farmer for over ten years and draws on this experience to help build agricultural buildings that are environmentally friendly, beautiful, and sustainable. Snipstal has a love for wood and all things nature. Wood is the medium by which he can explore his connection with nature and with people.
Donor -The Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft are supported by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation.
This artist page was last updated on: 08.20.2024
The Family Hang-out by Blain Snipstal, 2022. Southern yellow pine sourced from southern Maryland, 14 × 18 × 9 feet. Mt. Rainier, WA.
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A Farmer's Pavilion - Triangle Land Conservancy by Blain Snipstal, 2023. Eastern white pine, white oak, red oak, hickory, red maple, 40 × 60 feet. Raleigh, NC.
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Earth-Bound Building Guild, 2022. Eastern white pine, human love, and hard work. Brandywine, MD.
Photo by Malcolm Williams.