"THE SLEEPING GNOME"
"FLIGHT"
"THE PINE THAT NEVER GAVE UP":
MELANCHOLY OF HEARTS REMEMBERED:
"MY HEART IS IN THE VINYARD":

"My Heart Is In The Vineyard" is a departure from the pine cone wrapped pieces to one covered in plastic bottle pieces I cut with a circular die. This piece is sometimes used by food stores or Deli type restaurants as center pieces in their wine section. The chimney brick came from a 19th Century Victorian house that was destroyed several years past. The birdhouse has been mounted on a wine bottle that stands on a pine cone wrapped platform and flanked by pieces of a dogwood stump. The bird house hole is shaped in the form of a heart. The top can be lifted off for easy access into the nesting area.
"My Heart..." makes a beautiful centerpiece for a lawn party, and is available for sale, or rent. I rent my work locally at 10% of the piece sale price. This piece is available for $575 and rents for $57.50 per event. The bird house without the stand is $475.
This piece has become one of my most favored designs. While it is a very functional home for your song birds, I have found it to be a very versatile centerpiece for businesses.
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"My Heart..." makes a beautiful centerpiece for a lawn party, and is available for sale, or rent. I rent my work locally at 10% of the piece sale price. This piece is available for $575 and rents for $57.50 per event. The bird house without the stand is $475.
This piece has become one of my most favored designs. While it is a very functional home for your song birds, I have found it to be a very versatile centerpiece for businesses.
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"A FEATHER IN A WILD CHERRY ROOT"

This birdhouse has been fashioned around a wild cherry root that I discovered in the wooded area close by. Twisting through the natural complex of underground roots of this wild cherry tree, a cavity had developed that took very little imagination to see familiar characteristics of a feather design. Further examination and cleaning of the root wood revealed other inherent feather attributes elsewhere. I placed an entry hole at a natural bend in the most predominant "feather" and carved in the vanes and feather shaft up to the quill. Other smaller features were brought out elsewhere to illustrate how closely nature was beginning to simulate its own plumage clusters. To maintain acceptable prorportions for a song bird nesting area, the entry required an off-center position that added to the uniqueness of the final piece. At the apex of the root front I polished a section of the wood that shows the beauty of finely crafted cherry. I wrapped the piece with pine cone parts. This piece is a rare beauty. It would make an excellent accent piece for a den or sun porch.
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