This is Tim Forbes. Builder, Craftsman and Artist.
Tim has over 40 years of traditional and non-traditional building experience, ranging from Japanese joinery to timber framing and wooden boat building to fine cabinetry. His work has been experienced in sacred Buddhist temples in Japan, custom mountain cabins in Alaska, Pacific Nothwest homes, local forest ecology management projects and soil regenerating permaculture design.
Tim strongly supports and advocates sustainable building practices, using recycled materials and the management of natural resources. When building, he allows for the natural character of his materials to dictate their expression and use. Used in this this way, the beauty inherent in natural materials can be emphasized and experienced instead of concealed. Tim's refined and artistic style of craftsmanship combined with his use of sacred geometry creates long lasting and soulful finished projects.
In his own life, Tim experiments with living structures, meaning he creates and treats structures as a living system within the environment. His home is a living ecosystem. Its built of local materials, recycled materials and environmentally friendly "green" materials. He harnesses and uses wind and solar energy while reducing his dependency on nonrenewable energy. He captures, naturally purifies and stores water and keeps a living earth roof which blossoms in the springtime.
He built a thermal trap for his home with vegetation by layering indigenous trees with fruit producing shrubs and trees. He maintains year-round organic gardens, uses natural pest control, reconditions soil with nutrient generating composts and ponds. He has produced a healthy living environment that attracts and provides food, shelter and water for local wildlife.
To Tim, a life spent learning and sharing his findings creates opportunities for abundance and restoration. In some cases, the project is meant not to be easily distinguished from the natural environment or better, be so integrated into the natural environment, that human influence is barely noticed.
Tim strongly supports and advocates sustainable building practices, using recycled materials and the management of natural resources. When building, he allows for the natural character of his materials to dictate their expression and use. Used in this this way, the beauty inherent in natural materials can be emphasized and experienced instead of concealed. Tim's refined and artistic style of craftsmanship combined with his use of sacred geometry creates long lasting and soulful finished projects.
In his own life, Tim experiments with living structures, meaning he creates and treats structures as a living system within the environment. His home is a living ecosystem. Its built of local materials, recycled materials and environmentally friendly "green" materials. He harnesses and uses wind and solar energy while reducing his dependency on nonrenewable energy. He captures, naturally purifies and stores water and keeps a living earth roof which blossoms in the springtime.
He built a thermal trap for his home with vegetation by layering indigenous trees with fruit producing shrubs and trees. He maintains year-round organic gardens, uses natural pest control, reconditions soil with nutrient generating composts and ponds. He has produced a healthy living environment that attracts and provides food, shelter and water for local wildlife.
To Tim, a life spent learning and sharing his findings creates opportunities for abundance and restoration. In some cases, the project is meant not to be easily distinguished from the natural environment or better, be so integrated into the natural environment, that human influence is barely noticed.