A pair of new bamboo structures have appeared in a Park in the Dorchester neighborhood in Boston, MA. The 14-foot tall bamboo teepee-like structures were installed by alumni from Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) who learned about bamboo construction and architecture through Bamboo Bali Studio, a WIT independent study program set in Bali. In recent … Read more
People have asked me about about the seeming lack of attention to green building in urban settings: “I happened to notice that very little, if not at all, mention of urban dwellings and how small urban homes are practically the greenest you can get when you factor in transportation. Green homes spread out in the … Read more
I received notice last night that Owen Geiger, the co-creator of this blog, who died in November last year was finally cremated where he died in Thailand. It took that long for the U.S. State Department to release him to the director of the hospital where he died. His Thai family wrote, “All documents have … Read more
Mother Earth News has a nice little article about how to go about doing wattle and daub walls. The first step when building a wattle and daub wall is to construct the wooden frame that the wattle will be attached to. This needs to be securely attached to the rest of the building. The next … Read more
This is my final post about my recent sculpting projects, which will bring you up to the present. I decided to sculpt something that would have practical value, like a piece of furniture. What emerged in my mind was a glass table top supported by arms and hands carved from various wood species, giving the … Read more
One thing I am enjoying about sculpting wood is how totally absorbing it can be, engaging the imagination, aesthetic sensitivities, knowledge of the properties of wood and manual craftiness. On a tip from a friend that she had seen some downed wild cherry trees near a campground in our local forest, I gathered a truckload … Read more