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Born
1-1-1958, Den Haag, Holland.
Astrologically a Capricorn,
Oriental a Fire Rooster, Mayan
7 Blue Night.
Second of four children.
Spent my youth
in a small village in the centre of Holland, Nieuwkoop.
My
mother, Dieuwke Joustra-Kuiper, a professional violinist, taught
me various musical instruments. My father, Pieter Andries Hylke
van der Harst, a graphic designer/musician, taught me how to fix
my bike, woodwork, and above all, always TO LOOK.
We had no TV
until I was 16...
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My
professional career began with holiday-jobs in the local smithy,
the general store, and loading luggage at the
airport.
After successfully failing highschool, I worked
as:
shipping department junior,
computer-programmer
(Cobol,Basic),1977-1979
propper,1997
nightclub-doorman,
decorator,
tent-builder
(circus-tent),
industrial laundry-hand,1984
graphic
designer along with my father,
freelance graphic
designer,
general machine-shop engineer (building
multicomponent airless spraying rigs),1987-1990
professional
bottle-ship-builder,
sailmaker
(on ocean-going 4-master barkentine),
and that was the
last 'job' I had.-1993
Since 1993 I do all kinds of
interesting things: I developed telescopic aluminium poles for
tipi's, making the ultimate 'camping tipi' possible.
I gave
'sew your own
tipi-workshops', twice a year. Which resulted in about 130
tipi's, made to my sailmakers' standards, 'gale-proof'.
In
1996 I got the information neccessary to build a real Mongolian
Ger (or yurt if you wish), and soon after made the first one
with my partner Tamara.
In 1999 we built and then burnt the
Babel-tower in Ruigoord.
When
doing that, I met Maarten Stam, and together we have been doing
http://www.nooitmeerhaast.nl/
finest ger-in-the-world since then.
In 2004 I touched a
computer for the first time since 1979... (an Apple Powerbook
G4). I wrote the
Real Mongol Ger book.
In 2005 I discovered how a website
works. And made the first trip to Mongolia with production in
mind.
In 2006 we started our own woodworkshop, which later
became Euro-Yurts
LLC
In 2008 I married Ganbolor Balchindorj in Mongolia.
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