Birds! We all love ’em. Whether they twitter and tweet, cackle and chirp, screech and scold, or just warble and coo, there’s always something attractive and endearing. Mythology from cave drawings, Egypt, Greece, middle ages, first nations through to the 21st century is replete with bird stories. My birds all have personalities I’ve tried to carve and paint into their expressions, stance, feathers, colors.
They’re all done in wood with rotary and hand tools, airbrushed acrylics, dyes, waxes. All have clear coats of lacquer that should allow damp washrag cleaning. The legs and toes are steel wire wrapped in kite string.
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2X5X12″, Maple
$115
You’ve heard them the forest: chatter-chatter- chatter, caw-caw-caw. They’ve always got something to say, a bone to pick, advice to advertise, an argument to punctuate. And when they do, they say it with more or less gesticulation, up on their toes, tongue out, feathers down in adamant defense.
(side view) 2X5X12″, Maple
$115
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They prefer an open field rather than the forest next door. This variety has no red on the breast and is a bit smaller than its eastern buddy. They’re cheerful and perch on the fence post to sing.
Aspen, 2X6X3″
$35
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Flashes of yellow and black are about all you see when this one does a fly-by. He/she brings you a flowery morning treat.
Aspen, 2X3X6″
$45
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Sometimes it takes 2 to look over your shoulder and make it’s OK.
American Linden, 2X3X6”
$70
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This raven is intent on knowing and hearing what’s going on. Not all ravens are noisy and querulous.
Aspen, 2X5x11”
$115
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This variety has a bit of a rusty red breast. He brings with him a talisman for good luck.
Aspen, 2X3X6″
$45
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They pair up in the spring, flashy daddy and his not-so-bright wife.
American Linden, each is 2X4X6”
$70
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Looking each other over, this couple is figuring out if they’ve got anything to say to each other, any basis for a together conversation.
Aspen, each is 2”X3 1/2X 6”
$70/pr
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This trio is discussing the morning news. Lots to say, mull over, a lot like my house used to be with 3 kids.
Aspen, each is 3X5X12”
$325
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Quartz base, poly dacron fiber, American Linden, maple, wire, kite string, and on and on.
$300
Metaphors galore here. The cardinal caringly watches over his progeny potential. But in real 21st century life, Man holds the key to the Card’s life and that of his young.
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Are the fleurs for you or for each other?
Aspen, 2X3X6″
$90
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These Cards are for the Christmas Tree and each has a tiny nylon thread to hang it on a tree branch.
Aspen, 2X3X6”
$35 each
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