Kundalini Yoga
Lately, there has been a buzz around the word kundalini and what it means to have a “kundalini awakening”. Is it dangerous? How do I know if what I’m experiencing is kundalini, or something else entirely? What do I do if my kundalini energy is waking up? Having owned a Kundalini Yoga studio and being […]
Paper Making
Although paper making is an ancient art, the use of handmade paper as an artistic vehicle of expression is of more recent origin. it is like a combination of oil painting, watercolor and bas relief sculpture in some cases. The material elicits loose and expressive responses. In this art form, paint is not applied to […]
Latest Painting
After a hiatus of almost fifteen years, Jill Karlin has joined with her friend Mary Steffan at EarthFloors to open a showroom featuring Karlin’s paintings, her custom hand painted tiles alongside the beautiful stone floor samples that EarthFloors is famous for providing. The showroom is a warehouse in the new”design district” of West Palm Beach, […]
Hand-painted tile murals
Kitchens, hallways, foyers, baths, pool areas, office spaces, public spaces, businesses, and institutions can be enlivened by Fine Art Tile Murals by Jill Karlin. Where a focal point is needed or a window is impossible, a slice of tropical flora, landscape, seascape can be added. Jill sometimes carries these themes onto linens, upholstery and drapery. […]
Ekosea Homes
Ekose’a Homes was first self published by Lee in 1979 in response to an outpouring of inquiries about his work due to the “gas crisis”, lines at the fuel pumps, and fear of oil shortages. Co-created by Lee Porter Butler and his wife Jill Karlin Butler in 1992, Ekotecture evolved over a 20-year period and […]
Lee Porter Butler
The gravity geo-thermal envelope Environmental architect, Lee Porter Butler, was heralded for his invention of “the gravity geothermal envelope”, a way to heat and cool houses without using fossil fuels based on natural geothermal convection with no moving parts. “The envelope” was featured on the covers of Popular Science, Better Homes and Gardens and Shelter […]
Conserving natural resources creating harmony on our planet forever.
Ekotecture is a new paradigm for a healthy world. Ekotecture is an integrated design system, which allows for environmentally benign co-existence between humans, their needs and the planet. Ekotecture is defined as the functional integration of architecture, utility engineering and agriculture with the forces of nature (gravity geothermal, solar) within a single building, neighborhood design, […]