Architectural
Natural Home and Garden Magazine
There was a contest for best bathroom and I won. Sept/Oct 2027.
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The place of contemplation, the bathroom. I made the shower, the sink the lighting and even wobbly clay shelves.
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See the PDF below for the entire article.
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A bathroom Renoodle
I cast an oversized concrete sink with a single use mold, below. Glass tiles left overs.
The entire renoodle had much more.
A yoga room
Two odd small kitchens
I was in an odd life situations where I purchased a double wide trailer and moved that with my parents, both with Alzheimer's.
I couldn't bare the curtains that came with the trailer. Many come fully furnished in the desert. I had grown a bunch of gourds in my other home and used them as a 'curtain'. It made everything festive, like they were always in motion.
This kitchen was from a small cabin I lived in during construction. It was the only existing structure that was viable. Found the stove on the property. There was no water or electricity. I had a bucket outside that connected to the faucet. Paint goes a long way!
This is the bathroom from the Kupa property. The bathroom is in the guest cabin and set back to the right in the first image. The box on top is a 'batch heater' for water, meaning the sun heats a tank within an insulated box for showering, particularly in the afternoon when the sun has been on it all day. Inside, the sink is recycled from an older tear-down. The toilet is composting with the 'works' below the building. The metal can is not for trash, but rather wood chips to add to the toilet. The shower is a step-in and uses left over tiles. I made the stained glass windows from, well, used pieces. The washing machine is a Staber, which was great (US made, low water use, easy to fix machine). Drawing of buckwheat. One small solar panel and a few batteries created the power.
Down side- no heat. It took a walk to get there, but that was by design. I wanted to keep us active. When I injured my knee and had a hard time getting down the hill, it occurred to me that it could be a problem to not have a toilet in the main house. No early morning showers unless it's summer. It was shocking to hear the joke about, 'if you need boots and a flashlight to go to the bathroom, you might be a redneck'.
Copper plumbing. Stone fixtures. Perferated metal light.
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Found the sink and cleaned it up. Copper pipes on the surface of the wall. Beautiful.
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It's a mood.
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I've grown some gourds before, but not this big guy!
This is my Q-Tip container. It is half full.
It makes me laugh every time.