Shutter Mike Photography

One  of this weekend’s photo outings was to Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti.  This is the foundry where Soleri’s metal and ceramic wind bells are designed, made and sold.  The architecture of the buildings is all by Soleri as well and follows his Archology theory of design which is, essentially, a very organic aesthetic.  The buildings almost grow from the earth and appear haphazard and to some degree “homemade.”  A little further north of Phoenix is Arcosanti, the prototype of Soleri’s urban alternative architecture that he calls Archology – a combination of architecture and ecology.  Both Cosanti and Arcosanti are fantastically photographic places – especially if you love architecture and nature, as they combine the two very well.