Hello and welcome to my page! My name is Edyka Chilomé, I am a full time working artist and I designed this beautiful casita on wheels as a way to live more autonomously, sustainably, and inline with my values as an reindigenizing detribalized and displaced mestiza woman. I felt it important for me to document this journey because the white classist idea of "tiny living" offers little to no access point for people of color and it is absolutely the time for us to reimagine how to reclaim autonomy over our lives. This is one example.
Just a few fact about my journey that many people are curious about:
1. This house is a 24ftLx8.6ftWX13.6H home on wheels. Because of the pandemic it took about a year to design and build.
2. I have been living in this house since April 2021 and have absolutely no regrets about this decision.
3. It cost me a little under 80k to have built and I paid for it from savings, grants as a working artist during the pandemic, and community/family support. I definitely could not have afforded this on my own income.
4. It is now parked on 10 acre mostly wooded property east of the Arkikosa River (north Tejas) owned by long time friends. Not sure how long I will be here but I am grateful for their support and am happy to be out of the city environment.
1. This house is a 24ftLx8.6ftWX13.6H home on wheels. Because of the pandemic it took about a year to design and build.
2. I have been living in this house since April 2021 and have absolutely no regrets about this decision.
3. It cost me a little under 80k to have built and I paid for it from savings, grants as a working artist during the pandemic, and community/family support. I definitely could not have afforded this on my own income.
4. It is now parked on 10 acre mostly wooded property east of the Arkikosa River (north Tejas) owned by long time friends. Not sure how long I will be here but I am grateful for their support and am happy to be out of the city environment.