- Workshop and sales space
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100m² barn, no sales rooms, work on site at the customer's premises
- Materials
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Long-stalked winter rye straw from regional cultivation
- Technology / Tools / Machines
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Comb binder (sheaves), flail, threshing machine, straw comb, straw cutter
- Techniques / Processes
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Harvesting (machine), binding sheaves (machine), threshing (hand/machine), combing (hand), tying with straw rope (hand), shaping (hand), cutting straws to the same length (hand), roofing
- Members / Employees
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Friederike Seedorf, short-term helpers for harvesting, threshing, roofing
- Apprentices
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Thatching is not a vocational training programme, however, Friederike Seedorf passes on her knowledge in workshops.
- Education of the Craftsperson
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Learning by doing, first by renewing the thatched roof of her own house (from 2007) and then by working for an association that thatched the roof of a neighbouring old weaver's house using the sheaf technique. Due to the increasing demand, the desire arose to turn this into a profession.