Rainbow Tipis have been making tipis now for 14 years, the last 5 years out of a factory in Byron Bay.
The formative years out of an old timber mill, deep in the forest in Rosebank, in the Byron Hinterlands. In those days the business was known as Reeveer Tipis. It was here at Reeveer park in Rosebank, where Ray Brown (that’s me) an avid Tipi dweller, became attuned to the ways in which a Tipi relates to the environment.
The Tipi promotes an intimate relationship between the dweller and the environment. You learn to make slight adjustments to increase or decrease air flow, to alter the smoke flap direction, to allow for wind change. You become inherently aware of the slight changes in the weather and the Tipi becomes your friend. Making the most of the weather’s good qualities and protecting you from it’s worst, rather like living on a boat.
Rainbow tipis has been my vehicle to create beautiful tipis that I’m very proud of for numerous people from all sorts of cultural backgrounds to live, travel and have memorable experiences in. Many children have been the product of a night in a tipi with a loved one.
It’s with great pride, love and passion in my heart that makes my business an endless source of life experiences.
Iv’e been fortunate to have had many appreciative people I’ve made tipis for that have added new ideas and praised my energy for my quality product which has given me much food for the soul.
Thanks and praise to my elders, wife, children, extended family, friends and customers,
And to the powers that be,
Ray Brown,
Tipimaker
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Take a look at our Traveler Tipis, Permanent Tipis and Play / Kids Tipis.
