Meet the man who lives - and works - in an egg

Meet the man who lives - and works - in an egg: Giant floating wooden pod is artist's studio and home

British artist Stephen Turner, 58, will live and work inside £40,000 40ft Exmoor Egg for a year
Structure took six months to build and features in George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Channel 4
This giant floating egg on the River Beaulieu could well be Hampshire's quirkiest living space.

It may look like it comes straight from the set of a low-budget science fiction movie, but the giant wooden pod cost £40,000 to build and will in fact be the home and workspace of artist Stephen Turner, 58, for the next year.
The 40ft self-sustaining structure, which is registered as a boat, floats up and down with the tide and is designed to have minimal environmental impact. Stephen hopes to highlight climate change while living there.




Each half of the egg is made of two wooden skins with a membrane in between to make it watertight. It is wider at rear allowing room for two storage cupboards either side, and a very simple bathroom.



PHOTO: Stephen Turner 



A prototype demonstrates how the two halves are joined together, and a door reveals an open plan living space with kitchen and desk area




Craftsman Paul Baker, who made the Egg, says in terms of boat building there's 'difficult, very difficult, and then the Egg'.

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