Yurtopia

02/11/2022

07/17/2018

This is where the big yurt (25 feet, now) is going to live. Excavated, poured, leveled, and so forth. A big tip of the fuzzy Mongol hat to clients Cheryl and Mike for all the help and support.

07/12/2018

Always the most fiddley bit, the ring requires a lot of specialised work. Cutting, steaming, bending, gluing, clamping, sanding, routing, and drilling... but it's *so* worth it. I did the math for 55 poles, and it worked out perfectly. A loverly just-slighty-over-fourty-eight-inches-to-accomodate-the-special-crown roof ring. Regardé:

07/09/2018

Engaging in one last build in the current Philly location. This one's a grand, four season ger, twenty-four feet in diameter. It will be similar to the one I live in, but even better, because the client has better taste than I had budget.

06/21/2018

A long story made short, my beautifully brutal Singer canvas machine toasted her motor after 70 years. Scrambling to find a replacement motor has proven difficult. A friend let me borrow his Juki, and I'm in love.

I still wanna get my faithful girl up on her feet again, but I have a new aspiration to contend with.

04/07/2018

With the return of the sun and the songbirds, our thoughts turn once again to music festivals, hobby events, and stylish, practical camping. It also means that the chief yurtmonger's seasonal depression is easing up, which in turn means that we're accepting orders for your dream yurt. From the big to the little, from the utilitarian to the extraordinary, Yutopia has your top quality yurt needs covered. Drop us a line to get yours started today 😁

04/07/2018

Happy Spring, y'all!

10/01/2017

Come visit a real live Yurtopia yurt at the PA Renaissance Festival! We will be here every weekend through the end of October!

06/04/2017

Hmmm... something's screwy with this site/page. I've been getting notifications about it for months now, but prompted to 'sign in' to do anything about it. That's kinda redundant, as this page is supposed to be controlled through my own personal account. FB suggested that there may have been a hacking attempt. Kinda silly, though... I mean who on earth would want to pretend to be an artisan yurt-builder? It works again, so I guess I should be grateful for that. Hoping the staff at Etsy can help iron out that page as well. Crossing fingers.

06/07/2016

Good News, Everyone- I may now call my little yurt-mongering venture "Yurtopia Internacional`". Stella Blue is going to Scotland. I am well pleased :D

05/13/2016

Ok, so this is a new one on me. I've actually dulled a needle in Bertha (Yurtopia's big, angry, canvas-specific sewin' machine). I've broken needles, sure- but apparently not as often as I used to :)

04/21/2016

Singer makes a good sewing machine, but even so, sometimes they require maintenance or parts. Fortunately, there are online vendors who cater to them as what still use antique canvas-stitchers. Replacement foot is replaced. Yurt skins (three of 'em) can now proceed at speed. Gotta remember to pick up some Death Wish coffee... .

04/03/2016

Green, green khana, assembled, assembled :)

04/03/2016

Very green khana, very inset marbles:

04/03/2016

It's a ring thing...

03/21/2016

So I'm elbows-deep into a custom build, and among the client's desired features is a more traditional, Mongolian style of crown for the roof ring. For me, this is a new thing... and I'm truly enjoying the challenge :) Behold the first mock-up:

03/08/2016

03/08/2016

Piles of parts en route to becoming groovy gers :)