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Tiny Homes on the Move Book (51)
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Tiny Homes on the Move Review on BoingBoing
“As a continuation of Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter, author Lloyd Kahn (former Shelter editor of Whole Earth Catalog) brings us Tiny Homes on the Move, which showcases 90 nomadic homes made from trailers, school buses, vans, trucks, boats, and even a tricycle. Each entry includes an essay by or about the home’s creator, who talks about why and how they converted a vehicle into a house. Each dweller has a unique story…”
The Tiny Homes on the Move book got a pretty nice review over at BoingBoing.
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Zyl Vardos
The Fortune Cookie was featured in Tiny Homes on the Move. Here are more examples of Abel Zimmerman’s wonderful work:
First: Wood creates its own pathways. I am only following as best I can.
Second: My work is about people. Every time I collaborate with somebody on a little house, some new “flowers” seem to bloom in the world. Despite the newness, I more often intend to build things that feel “magnetic” and familiar. If people appreciate it 50 years later, then I/we have done the right thing. Read More …
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Travis Skinner's Tiny Houses and Arts/Crafts Projects
“I put on the furring strips with the help of my friend Steven. These furring strips will allow for a ½″ gap behind the siding that will allow airflow to dry out any moisture. Rain screens, in my opinion, are the best way to side in the Northwest. Take advantage of airflow, whenever possible…”
Check out Travis Skinner’s website here; it’s rich in art, craft, and building. He lives in Olympia, Washington.
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An Email from Tohner S. Jackson
I’ve only spent a few hours so far with the book and it’s already sent me into day dreaming mode about adventures and alternate ways of living out there on the road or water. This book … serves as a sort of inspiration guidebook. It’s full of free thinking and artistic people who are among a growing trend of people who are attempting to down scale their lives and simplify what we are doing with our time. Smaller spaces mean less stuff; less stuff means less to take care of; less to take care of means more time and more money; more time and more money means freedom. These core philosophical beliefs are not always supported or represented very well in the mainstream media. This book is proof that there is a movement afoot and to simplify is at the top of the list: be it a French woman who sailed her boat with no engine to the canary islands, or the English artist who built a tiny home on the back of a 1959 French army truck, or even a homebuilder/woodworker from Texas who is doing his best to build a more simple existence.
–Tohner S. Jackson
One Tree Woodworks
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Yogan's Carpentry Workshop in France
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).”
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