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The Merseyside-born ceramicist mixed clay with scrap metal, wire mesh, sand and loofahs, creating a sort of organic detritus that seemed to have been dug up from the earth
Living off the grid conjures images of survivalists in remote places and a rustic, "Little House on the Prairie" lifestyle with chores from morning to night. Yet only a tiny fraction of people living off the grid do it like that, and fewer still live more than an hour from any town.
Off-the-grid living was once an oddity reserved for dedicated survivalists
Living “off-grid” no longer means building a small home on top of a mountain. Solar power and new homebuilding plans permit people to separate from public systems but still be close to food stores. But it is not as always as easy as people believe.
The off-grid movement remains small, but got a boost after the COVID pandemic hit.