Kelly Hart

Sasha Rabin’s Tiny Earthen House

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Sasha and John Rabin’s tiny natural home is completely off the grid and has been constructed using a variety of earthen building techniques, including cob, wattle and daub and earthbags. This beautiful earthen home is one of many such dwellings located at the Quail Springs permaculture community in California, which is home to educators, farmers, … Read more

Prefabricated Earthen Walls

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A couple of days ago this was posted on our bulletin board: “Greetings Earth-builder Aficionados, You’ll be glad to hear that I have invented patent-pending technology to make prefab earth walls, which I sincerely believe will revolutionize our built environment from production to construction to operation. As I’m sure you all know, earth is the … Read more

Sculpture Show Around the Gathering Place

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I have done other posts about my wood sculpture, so some of you might be interested in knowing that I have recently set up an exhibit of my work at a local gallery in Silver City, New Mexico. I think this is particularly fitting for Thanksgiving day as the center piece of the show is … Read more

Charming House/Barn Salvaged in Spain

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About 15 years ago, Antonio Gutiérrez took a wrong turn and ended up in the mountains of Cantabria surrounded by cabins. Beginning in the 16th century these “housebarns” were built in the region’s high valleys to house livestock on the ground floor and people or hay on the floor above. Enamored with the lush greenery … Read more

Songwriter Gets Inspiration from Natural Places

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Kayla Cohen, who writes and records as Itasca, began to crave natural spaces that were quieter, slower and more suited to creative thinking than where she was living in Los Angeles. “I’m really into natural building and that idea of creating spaces and communes that are not the way that people normally live,” she said. … Read more