Photographer realises kid dream and builds fairytale treehouse (with skate bowl)
- Text by Robin Nierynck
In the Spring of 2014, Foster Huntington decided to chase his childhood dream of building a treehouse and started on the project with a small group of friends from all over the country, some professional carpenters, other helpers learning on the job.
The project, which they originally thought was going to take a few months, ended up taking the better part of a year. Today, the Cinder Cone is a multi-platform treehouse structure, complete with skate bowl and wood-fired hot tub in Skamania County, Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge.
Along the way, Huntington made hundreds of photos, sketches and notes, which he hopes to make into a photo book. The Kickstarter campaign he launched to fund the project has already raised well over the initial $30,000 goal. “My hope is that it ignites the imagination of your inner child, and gets ideas going on your own projects,” Foster says in his video appeal.
Foster also documented the build in his new short film The Cinder Cone, which you can now watch on Vimeo in full.
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