View fullsize Cabin with a view. This frame was cut by our 2021 timber frame class through @wildabundance. It finally found a home in a really scenic spot. Next class begins May 1st. Big Thanks to the class crew and Instructors for that workshop. @cocacolacowboi,
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View fullsize Compound. It comes up. I have done a fair amount of equal pitch compound but never unequal. This little 4’ bastard is the most complicated piece in our next install. #timberframe #keepcraftalive #keepcraftmanshipalive #ashevillebuilder #ivycre
View fullsize Exterior timber elements are a common building trend around here. It accounts for probably 50% of our work. This installation has 17 connections to the house. 6 roof planes and 12 pillars of marginally different heights. We start with the architectur
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View fullsize First cuts on this design in collaboration with Asheville Contractor modernmountainbuilders.com I really enjoy working with contractors that place a high value on the quality of their builds. It makes bringing our designs to life that much more enj
View fullsize Fun workshop coming up in May 23. we will be cutting this 28X36 teaching pavilion in our annual timber frame class through @wildabundance . It incorporates 2 hammer beam bents, one queen post bent and a back gable following the queen bent's lines to
View fullsize Making a new handle for this 6.2 lb axe head. I got this axe around 17 years ago and the way to thin handle broke recently. I have been deep in design and estimates for a couple of months now. It’s nice to get up from the screen for a few minut
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View fullsize Just wrapped up our September workshop. 21 students with mixed backgrounds and experience cut a 16X20 lofted cabin, using traditional techniques and a mix of hand and power tools. We raised our frame early pinned with hand riven and shaped chestnut o
View fullsize Just wrapped up the frame work on this custom designed A Frame with dormers in Brevard NC. I had a lot of fun designing this and seeing it come together to be someone’s home. Big thanks to @morrisonbuildco for his many forms of support and for
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View fullsize Just wrapped up this Western red cedar trellis finished with @heritagenaturalfinishes1 exterior oil. Patio space, landscaping and garden already there made this structure fit right in. They plan on growing wisteria over the top. This isn’t a ty
View fullsize Living Leaf Tree Care gracefully taking down a threatening tree behind my shop. If anyone in the local Asheville area is looking for top notch tree care, Living Leaf comes very highly recommend. #asheville #arborists #treeclimber #ivycreektimberfram
View fullsize We had a great workshop during the past 8 days. One of two this year in collaboration with @wildabundance . Over this Father’s Day week we had 3 father son teams among 12 other students. We covered a lot of ground and raised most of our small f
View fullsize Had a great time raising this farm building just 15 minutes from home. It will serve as a multi functional farm building. Including a vegetable wash station and walk-in cooler storage for produce. Later it will have a loft space for hardening off and
View fullsize Got a chance to peak in on the progress of this install from last year. Love the oak siding with @lifetimewoodtreatment behind the red hues of the Douglas fir. A photo of the 3 hard to photograph great room trusses inside spanning the ceiling. They c
View fullsize Having a blast cutting these two little frames while we wait for panels for the A-frame. In the shop now is a Multi functional CSA shelter for @oakhollerfarm in Mars Hill NC. A stout western red cedar trellis to follow in Marshall. #timberframe #keep