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Crystal Crown of Tower

Our hexagonal tower with its new shake roof. Shakes hand-split by Bruno Atkey on Vancouver Island, applied by Billy Cummings (I was recovering from a wrist operation). There's a 6-sided copper cap, a piece of 3/4" copper pipe, which is flared out at the end and holds a quartz crystal from Nepal (that I got at the Green Festival in San Francisco). If you're standing in the right spot at the right time of day, it sparkles in the sunshine. (Got the idea from my friend Louie Frazier.)
Posted at Saturday, August 28, 2010 4:27 AM
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lloyd, here's an idea for a book: The story of how you came to build your house, and how you built it, and how it (and you) have evolved since living in it. I'd buy it.

-james

August 28, 2010 at 8:45 PM
artisanwilsonproj said...

I love the crystal idea and for some reason it reminds me of indiana jones.

August 29, 2010 at 6:12 AM
Anonymous said...

If you look up one morning and see a bag of sand there instead of the crystal, blame either Billy or Bruno!

August 29, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Lloyd Kahn said...

To Anonymous, regarding the comment at top:
I'm doing a presentation on Saturday Sept 25th at the SolFest solar energy festival in Ukiah titled: "The 1/2-Acre Homestead in the 21st Century," Maybe some day a book. 50 years' experience.

August 30, 2010 at 7:01 AM

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