earth art & architecture

A visual notebook livicated to the appreciation of earthen art & architecture.

[tselentis-arch-blog]

Mushroom House in Akebono kodomo-no-mori park, Hanno, Saitama, Japan [+]

Photo: yui.kubo, via 

[departmentofinteriors]

[thethreerobbers]

Ken Price (1935-2012), Another Hermit (2005)

[ancestorsalive]

“A home is not simply a building; it is the shelter around the intimacy of a life. Coming in from the outside world and its rasp of force and usage, you relax and allow yourself to be who you are. The inner walls of a home are threaded with the textures of one's soul, a subtle weave of presences. If you could see your home through the lens of the soul, you would be surprised at the beauty concealed in the memory your home holds. When you enter some homes, you sense how the memories have seeped to the surface, infusing the aura of the place and deepening the tone of its presence. Where love has lived, a house still holds the warmth. Even the poorest home feels like a nest if love and tenderness dwell there.”

- JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)

Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

[pasparal]

Façade decoration of a house in Kano, Northern Nigeria. The design in moulded mud plaster includes a sword, a rifle and a dagi or 'endless knot'. 1984. Photographer: Paul Oliver (1927–2017) From the book Dwellings: The House Across the World, 1987.

[friendswithclay]

Sudan, c.unknown

[archatlas]

African Canvas Margaret Courtney-Clarke

The Art of Africa is a casualty of colonial exploitation, surviving principally in the museums of other countries. ~ Nadine Gordimer

“My objective in this work is to document an extraordinary art form - vernacular art and architecture in West Africa - that is not transportable and therefore not seen in museums around the world. It is an attempt to capture the unseen Africa, a glimpse into the homes and into the spirit of very proud and dignified peoples. In much the same way as I photographed the art of Ndebele women, I have drawn on my personal affinity for the art itself, for methods, design and form, rather than the socio-anthropological or political realities of a people or continent in dilemma. These images portray a unique tradition of Africa, a celebration of an indigenous rural culture in which the women are the artists and the home her canvas.”

[kinderfunk]

[thebushcraftlab-deactivated2024]

Fence stiles from "The Forgotten Arts and Crafts"

[friendswithclay]

“Parakanã woman making a small ceramic object.” 1987.

Ph: Lux Vidal

[daekho-blog]

““To build simple emergency and safe structures in our backyards, to give us maximum safety with minimum environmental impact, we must choose natural materials and, like nature itself, build with minimum materials to create maximum space, like a beehive or a sea shell.””

— - Nadir Khalili

[friendswithclay]

“Natural unprocessed clay, the raw material for pottery”

[friendswithclay]

“Beaked Vase, North Iran, Amlash 1200-900 BCE Skirball Museum, LA”

[psikonauti]

Peter van Oostzanen (Dutch, b.1962)

Hidden dream of forbidden love, 2013

oil on panel

[athos-outdoor-prospector]

simply natural live ❤️

[friendswithclay]

“The drying yard” From : “The pottery of Acatlán : a changing Mexican tradition” by Lackey, Louana M. , 1982.

[friendswithclay]

“Preparing the firewood for firing clay pottery”,Dorbour, 1994