I call them "bird houses". Not for-real birds, and nowhere for wasps to hide.
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Gordon Birrell
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Nicely decorative, and very creative.
No surprises there. We already know you are an artist. -- Russ
Neat! Will you add some Not For Real Birds?
Thanks guys for your comments. Here's six more collages .(wood detail parts) Bill I got one bird, one chicken, two brass ducks and two fish. On collage #one a small wood bird, was a part of something I got at a yard sale. On collage #two two wood birds I cut out of pine using bird one as a pattern. On collage #three is a unfinished blank still needs shaping, and the eye and beak added . On collage #four four wood tulips painted white over a black base. On collage #5 and collage #6 old clothes pins cost me 1.00 each at the Antique Mall near my home.
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Gordon Birrell
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Really nice! Thanks for update. Happy New Year!
I guess that's what you build when you're not building models. I hope you have a lot of display space at your house. Happy New Year. -- Russ
Cool stuff!
Thanks guys for your comments. Russ, I look at these works as my day job. It gives me something to balance things out and help me keep busy. I have a shop for my model work that was build the same time I build my home. The birdhouse steam-punk statues and barn wood collages shop is in a small shed with some covered porches with eight work benches and a lot of storage.
Here's two more collages using old stair stringer for the base:
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Here's two more collages:
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Gordon Birrell
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It's interesting how your models are very real and technical while the collages are impressionistic and artistic. Few would guess the same person could create both. -- Russ
Nice work!
Here's six more collages.
Collage # -1 Most of the painted white wood I have is from a neighbors old deck, and kids play set. That was gave to me. She ask for a bird house that featured an old outboard motor oil can, and some other things she had collected. .
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Collage # - 2 The next two photos using some of the white boards with rotted ends.
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Collage # - 3 More Rotted ends ( Both collages need the finish detail.)
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Collage # - 4 I have got a lot of this 2x2 and 2x6 redwood with one painted side and nice weathering on the rest.
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Collage # - 5 I got the cutter at a yard sale for Five bucks.
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collage # - 6 The bike seat and the three metal parts at the bottom were gave to me by a lady I meet at my four weekend long yard sale I had last spring.
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Photo # 3.
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Gordon Birrell
Unique artistry. -- Russ
These are real little works of art.
Bernhard
Nice rustic art, Gordon!
Thanks guys for your comments.
Here's a photo of my next collage I made out of an old medicine chest.
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Here's a photo of a bird house that covers a flow-back valve. The cover has six layers that are removeable so the valve can be removed for winter.
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Gordon Birrell
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A birdhouse with indoor plumbing! Cool!
Very nice!
And thanks to Google, I now know what a back flow valve is.
Now we know what you have been doing with some of your spare time. -- Russ
Here's a photo of the inside of the bird house, and the top of the back flow valve.
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Gordon Birrell
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