Little bird friends ready for wintery weather.
I’m working on lot’s of little birds and something for the Johnson Shop Christmas window – progress pics later.
Category: birds
nests
Thanks to everybody who showed up at the bird sale on Tuesday – more little birds coming soon. Here are a few in cozy nests getting ready to travel.
And one of the new bride and groom sets I’m working on. They will be in my shop tomorrow at 2PM EST with at least one other set.
nate
Nate has brought you flowers. He and his friends will be for sale here at 2PM EST today.
shop update tomorrow
All the little birds in the photo will be available at 2 PM EST tomorrow. Since most of what I make is one of a kind or in tiny quantities I’ve had problems with over-selling which is frustrating for everybody. I’m having a new shop built that can accommodate one of a kind things and will hopefully make shop updates far less of a pain in the ass in general but it won’t be ready till mid December. For now I’ll be listing little birds ( and some other things) at etsy. You will need to register with etsy to make a purchase – it’s quick and easy – just a user name and password. I’ll still be accepting credit cards through Paypal ( no account necessary ). The cake toppers are still here and I’ll be adding a couple new bride and groom sets on Friday November 2nd at 2PM.
So new birds, tomorrow, Tuesday the 30th, at my etsy shop. I’ll start loading them at 2PM EST.
a wedding party
Bride, groom, attendants and honored guests, all part of one large order finished today.
2008
I posted some experiments and failures over the summer but never the final product – a holiday card, boxed set, that (thanks to lorena, check out her new collages) will be published by Galison for the 2008 season. This was my first experience of this sort and Galison was great.
The birds are Martin and Catherine- something about the way the red bird is standing reminds me of my sister Catherine. I’m going to use this image and some others for gift tags and maybe some other stuff for the 2007 season.
portland art fair
I finshed my shore birds and an owl over the weekend for Tinlark to take to The Portland Art Fair. There’s more info on Tinlark’s new Blog.
american avocet
willet in winter plumage
and an indigo owl
The owl is inspired by beautiful boro textiles and the little indigo cotton prints are really old but were perfectly preserved in the intricate foundation of an otherwise ruined silk victorian bodice.
another shore bird in progress
An american avocet still in the sculpting stage.
And later on getting her feathers.
Just like her friend the willet her feathers are made from the skirt of a thread bare, swiss dot, edwardian lawn gown. She’s lying on a piece of it here.
progress
3 little birds
These 3 little birds, audrey, molly and dell are for eireann’s one in ten auction.
Here they are on a picnic in prospect park.
Each bird will come with a name tag and in it’s own box.
The auction is on August 19th please check the one in ten site for details.
a couple notes:
* I’m going to begin to tackle my huge backlog of email tomorrow so if you’ve been waiting to hear back from me don’t give up yet.
* If your question was regarding shop updates/ bird availability please join the mailing list at the shop. The birds will be back in the not to distant future.
fancy lichen and a couple other things
I found this lichen, (I think it’s called trumpet lichen?) and another spiky sort, in a forest in CT last week. Don’t know what I did wrong lichen care wise but the last one I had dropped dead immediately. This time it’s in the terrarium and so far doing well and maybe even growing a little. I’ll keep you painfully up to date on my lichen’s progress and all the other very exciting things that happen in my terrarium.
I have not abandoned the birds. I made three for the one in ten auction that I’ll post here soon and I promise there will be birds available in my shop in a little while including new bride and groom pairs. I’m still getting through current cake topper orders. This set was for Amy of Seamsters. She sent fabric she printed herself and I love her patchwork idea. I’m working on some patchwork pirate birds now.
Another favorite photo from Tinlark. ( photographers name coming soon)
It makes me wish I could take better pictures. I’ve started looking at beginning photography courses in new york this fall and any recommendations are welcome.
back in brooklyn
This is the longest I have ever abandoned my blog since beginning it last May. The busyness before, during and after the Tinlark show was just silly and I’m slightly the worse for wear – slow, permanently tired – probably need a little vacation. I’ve still got tons to do to catch up. It was so nice today I packed up all my work and spent the better part of the day under a big tree in Prospect Park.
Thanks to everybody who’s been patient ( especially you freda -you’re getting a special surprise).
I wish I had more pictures from the show for you but almost every picture I took absolutely sucked ( I’m hoping the gallery has much better pictures and I’ll post them when I get them). I’ll post the few other marginal pictures I’ve got soon. This is my raven.
He is made from vintage calico and this edwardian bodice. His eyes are antique black glass faceted buttons. He is sold and so is almost everything else! Last I heard there were still two bats and some of the 100 horses. You can call tinlark for info: 323-463-0042
The show was lots of fun. Cris McCall the owner of the gallery is wonderful and it was great to meet laura and maggie and see their beautiful work in person. Thanks to everybody who came by to say hi. Marisa took this picture at the opening.
and wendy has a great picture of my owl on her blog.
Hopefully more show pictures soon but now in other news:
There are tiny mushrooms growing in my terrarium!
I’m pretty excited about it.
