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John, Sonia, Daisy, Marley and Asha’s under construction, Steward Community Woodland, Devon, August 2004
Canvas-covered roundwood timber-frame house built with reused materials
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‘The Longhouse’ communal space and new kitchen, Steward Community Woodland, Devon, November 2004
Canvas-covered structure, part hazel pole bender and part roundwood timber frame, with reused materials. Initial construction 2000
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John, Sonia, Daisy, Marley and Asha’s, Steward Community Woodland, Devon, May 2007
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Community portrait, Steward Community Woodland, Devon, April 2010
10th anniversary
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Seth, Melanie, Ash and Finn’s under construction, Steward Community Woodland, Devon, May 2015
Sawn timber-frame house with waney board cladding and shingle roof (to be laid). Initial construction November 2014
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Tony and Faith’s, Brithdir Marw, Pembrokeshire, February 2005
Roundwood timber-frame roundhouse with cobwood walls and turf-covered reciprocal frame roof. Constructed 1997-'98
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The big hut, Tir Ysbrydol, Brithdir Marw, Pembrokeshire, October 2004
Roundwood timber-frame hut with cob-rendered straw bale walls and turf-covered reciprocal frame roof. Constructed by Tao 2000
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Tony and Faith’s, Brithdir Marw, Pembrokeshire, July 2005
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Emma’s garden, Tir Ysbrydol, Brithdir Marw, Pembrokeshire, September 2010
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Communal garden, storage bender and cow shed, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, July 2008
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Shannon, Chris and Alex’s, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, June 2004
Straw bale and wattle walled hut with canvas and tarpaulin covered bender roof. Previously Michael’s, constructed 1997
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Mary and Joe’s, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, June 2004
Roundwood and sawn timber-frame house with thatched roof and waney board cladding. Constructed by Simon and Mary 2001
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Communal ‘Roundhouse’ and kitchen, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, February 2006
Roundwood timber-frame roundhouse and connected kitchen, with thatched roof and waney board cladding. Constructed 1995-2000
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Communal kitchen, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, August 2004
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Communal portrait, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, July 2008
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Haymaking, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, July 2005
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Charlotte and Niamh’s, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, July 2009
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Interior, wood-fuelled steam-powered saw mill under reconstruction, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, August 2013
Sawn timber-frame barn with slab wood walls and waney board clad roof
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Emma and Graeme’s (left) and Robin’s (right), Landmatters, Devon, June 2006
Canvas-covered hazel pole benders with reused materials. Constructed 2005
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Community portrait, Landmatters, Devon, July 2007
On the day of completing paperwork for the 2007 planning appeal
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Rooh’s, Landmatters, Devon, May 2008
Canvas-covered hazel pole bender. Constructed 2005
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Robin, Annie and Tawny’s, Landmatters, Devon, July 2009
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Dan and Claire’s garden, location undisclosed, September 2008
Beekeeping
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Syamala, Veni, Keshi, Muddy and Dharma’s, location undisclosed, September 2010
Two interconnected roundwood timber-frame roundhouses with cob-rendered straw bale walls and turf-covered reciprocal frame roofs
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Cath’s, location undisclosed, July 2007
Roundwood timber-frame roundhouse with slab wood and cob-rendered straw bale walls and turf-covered reciprocal frame roof
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The Peasant Evolution Producers’ Co-Operative food-processing barn, Fivepenny Farm, West Dorset, July 2010
Sawn and hewn timber-frame barn with waney board cladding and thatched roof. Constructed 2007
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Andy, Jane and Jake’s, Lammas, Pembrokeshire, September 2012
Roundwood timber-frame workshop with lime-rendered hay bale walls and turf-covered roof. Constructed 2010
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Simon, Jasmine, Cosmo and Elfie’s, Lammas, Pembrokeshire, September 2010
Earth sheltered roundhouse with a reciprocal frame roof on a hybrid roundwood timber frame and load-baring straw-bale wall. Constructed 2009. Workshop for use as temporary dwelling until construction of main home
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Return from the pub, Tinkers Bubble, Somerset, June 2005
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