Dear Shelter,
I’ve been really inspired by your books. These are a few cabins I’ve been helping to build over the last year. Looking forward to the next book.
Thanks,
Jesse (Mikolon)
For as long as I can remember, people have been building little surfer shacks on the coast. This one has been up for a few years and remodeled, every time I go by there someone has added something new. A whale washed up about a year ago and some of its bones have found its way into the architecture of the shack. Read More …
Hi,
I have just completed a structure that has greatly been inspired by the books you produce. I am a 26-year-old carpenter/designer from the UK and work using traditional techniques and local sustainable materials.
I just thought I would share my creation with you, the Peach House was commissioned by a member of the Royal family and I was given free rein with the design and build, which was a very rare but amazing experience. Read More …
Just sent to us by French carpenter Yogan, who has been featured in both Tiny Homes and Tiny Homes on the Move.
He wrote: “The name is pas de toit sans toi (no roof without you — yeah).”
If only I didn’t live so far away from The North House Folk School, I’d be hanging around there a lot. The number of classes they have is amazing. Birchbark canoes, blacksmithing, tool making, timber framing, fiber arts, on and on. I’m just looking at one page, and I’d take the class on making a crooked knife, and another on sharpening. Read More …
Photo shows fruits in bowl, skinned pads (nopales) in plate. I was defeated by this plant a few years ago, just could not get stickers out, especially from skins of fruit. This time, with help from Nature’s Gardens — Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer, I got more serious. Read More …
For lunch today.
“…Romanesco broccoli resembles a cauliflower, but is of a light green colour … with the branched meristems making a logarithmic spiral. In this sense the broccoli’s shape approximates a natural fractal; each bud is composed of a series of smaller buds, all arranged in yet another logarithmic spiral. This self-similar pattern continues at several smaller levels. Read More …
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