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Moving
20 Jun 2017

Moving

by alexandra | posted in: Art, Tiny house | 1

Dynamic reevaluation   About 10 days ago, I moved my tiny house to its third and possibly more permanent location. The move itself took about 1.5 hours between worrying about how to hitch the truck to my too short gooseneck … Continued

art, belonging, community, connection, experiment, habit, habitation, life., moving, philosophy, practicalities, practice, roots, social, space, tiny house
Nesting – Objects
28 Mar 2017

Nesting – Objects

by alexandra | posted in: Art, Tiny house | 0

  As I mentioned before, making and inhabiting a custom built house is a little like the nesting process birds go through in preparation for mating. We gather the materials and use what nature gave each of us (beaks, thumbs, … Continued

building, containers, infrastructure, living, nest, nesting, objects, perishables, sustainability, tiny house, tools, use
Nesting – part 2
2 Mar 2017

Nesting – part 2

by alexandra | posted in: Art, Tiny house | 0

It is especially poignant today, as an immigrant in a country built by immigrants (who were all shunned as soon as they came in, except for slaves; slaves were welcome), unable to find connection and belonging, to finally force it … Continued

art, form, function, habitat, home, inhabiting, limitation, nest, objects, relationship, research, restriction, ritual, tiny house
Stillness
17 Jul 2016

Stillness

by alexandra | posted in: Art, Tiny house | 0

Rain outside my front door. A photo posted by Alexandra Iosub (@alexandra.iosub) on Jul 16, 2016 at 5:50pm PDT Summer. The eternal sunshine of an 18 hour day. Aspens quiver in the breeze, creating patterns like TV noise and sounds … Continued

idaho, landscape, paradise, quiet, rain, sandpoint, stillness, storm, tiny house, valley
Windows
8 Nov 2015

Windows

by alexandra | posted in: Uncategorized | 0

Well, the weather has turned. It’s wet and cold, and it freezes almost every night. The rose hips are mushy and the tomatoes are dead and plucked. I’m so grateful for the forecast, since I was able to wrap the … Continued

almost there, inside, interior, space, tiny house, windows
The red chapeau
23 Oct 2015

The red chapeau

by alexandra | posted in: Tiny house | 0

  Mornings have gotten foggy and cold now. While there is still wet dew on dawn surfaces, fall is threatening to turn it into frost. I dread the day… My joints are not as sprightly as they used to be, … Continued

building, red roof, roofing, tiny house
Winter is coming
8 Oct 2015

Winter is coming

by alexandra | posted in: Tiny house | 0

  Summer is most definitely on the other side of the world by now, but the days are still bright, if only with a strong golden tint. It gets cold enough at night that a good jacket is required to … Continued

construction, evolution, tiny house
Temporality and space
25 Jun 2015

Temporality and space

by alexandra | posted in: Tiny house | 0

With time, a conventional measure of the seasons, with the deadline of winter slowly creeping closer from beyond the heatwave, I inhabit a constantly temporary state in space and time. It appears to me that it’s a normal state of … Continued

dreaming, made-from-scratch, suspended, tiny house, waiting, working

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