photos

hmmm... memory is full on the camera - maybe i better upload the photos. what!? haven't done that since august? whoo-boy.
ok, time for a photo post! in no particular order ...


the top "skinned"












yours truly on the scaffolding nailing joist hangers

hiking and cycling went by the wayside this summer but i stayed in shape with "scaffolding repeats"

the first finished skinned pentagon!

the opening (someday to hold a window) between the 2nd and 3rd finished skinned pentagons

note the hi-tech tarp holders in foreground -
the wind can actually lift those in a storm. we had the tarp blown around quite a bit a few weeks ago.



from the front










workspace inside

now, isn't that just too cool? when i finish the inside, i want to show the geometry of the dome with wood. no sheetrock - i want wood, like tongue-in-groove flooring





victory!

other domes

i'd been looking for information about other domes, the how-to's and the people who built them. at first i had no idea how to find them (internet searches sometimes bring up the weirdest things!) and i was picking al's brain about different ways to frame up the openings, skylights and such. (al is the guy we bought our dome kit from - and in case you're interested, here's a link to his site - www.albatadomes.com) after awhile, he sent me a link to one guy's group, which lead to another, and to another... you get the picture - now i'm joining dome groups like mad. yahoo groups - there's a whole world there!

i've spent the past hour or so looking at photos and reading some posts - my head is spinning from all the info. some of these folks have HUGE domes - 2 floors or more, cupolas, linked together domes and building sections. some have built from kits, some from just figuring out how to do it. these domes are gorgeous. i am in awe.

a funny thing - at first, seeing photos of all these different domes intimidated me. i've seen some photos of guys on ladders that make me feel pretty silly about how i've talked about us on the extension ladder; photos of a dome with radiating floor joists that was - oh wow! - an incredible work of art; ones with custom windows to fit the triangles. but then, that intimidation turned around - seeing what others have done and how the planning and building of their domes have just become a way of life. and the advice they so willingly give along with words of encouragement. domeheads, as i've found out we're called, enjoy a unique way of life - definitely thinking (and living) outside the box. it sure has done wonders for my motivation.

a friend asked me sometime ago what artwork i was creating now and when would i post photos of it. my artwork right now is my dome and i can't wait to get back to working on it.