wood – סלומה

Ahmet Ögüt. Pleasure Places of All Kinds, Zurich, 2017.
1.75 scale model, acrylic, sand, soil. polystyrene + wood

1 of 2 different bee/insect hotels in Cuddy Gardens. These will never
stop being fascinating. Also the “roof” having a green roof of sedums
is a nice touch.

(Note to self; the roofing soil mix was gravely/gritty, probably for sharp drainage

deep in the forest
sulpher tuft fungi in the pine woods the weather was overcast and there was little light getting through the tree.

Good wood – designed by Antony
Gibbon, this cedar clad treehouse in New York’s Ulster County brings
some minimal mastery to the world of tree dwelling.

In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth
cabin (swe. ‘backstuga’) located in southern Småland, Sweden. An earthen
cabin is built partially buried in the ground, in this case there’s
three walls of stone and one wall made of wood. In Sweden earthen cabins
was common in the forests from the 1600s until the late 1800s. (Link)