Birdhouse Gnome Home

[HandyDan]

For Christmas I made birdhouses to stand among the mushrooms.  I used the larger Linden/Basswood branches from my tree out back.  They stood about eight inches tall.

 

 

 

After Christmas I played with some short pieces and made Gnome home doors for them.  Didn't drill for the birds in these.  I put a door in the one I kept for myself too.

 

 

 

I made the doors and frames as an assembly and let them into the turnings.  I found I would never make it as a carver.  Can't explain how the bark sticks to them but never lost a single section of it during the turning and carving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 29, 2024 by HandyDan

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

That stuff is so cool, I hope Marie doesn't see pics of it.

[lew]

Those are so COOL!  I see you've got Steve's birds perfected!!!

[Grandpadave52]

Awesome Dan. The colors, the finish, the proportions, level of detail and....and...just plain cool. The mushrooms are amazing.

[HandyDan]

25 minutes ago, lew said:

I see you've got Steve's birds perfected!!!

 

I don't know about perfected but I can do them without going nutty.  That small is always tedious chore.  @Steve Krumanaker is the bird man and I thank him for sharing.

[forty_caliber]

Awesome!  I can't tell you're not a carver.  Great job!!!

 

There's FUNGUS amongst US.  

 

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[Steve Krumanaker]

Wow, just wow. Those are awesome Dan. Thanks for the nod but you those perfect!

[Cal]

When your imagination takes off Dan... say, what was your inspiration for those 'rooms?

Pretty darned cool!

[HandyDan]

1 hour ago, Cal said:

say, what was your inspiration for those 'rooms?

 

This post from @Ron Altier Somehow resurfaced and when I saw it I thought why not. 

 

 

[Gerald]

Good job Dan. Have wanted to do birdhouse with NE  and now your idea for a tabletop is excellent. I have not done Steve's birds but that too is on agenda. One cool thing is I now have all that sweet gum.

[Cal]

On 1/30/2024 at 8:53 AM, HandyDan said:

 

This post from @Ron Altier Somehow resurfaced and when I saw it I thought why not. 

 

 

 

I remember Ron's post.  Haven't seen @Ron Altier post in a pretty good while now, hope he's doing ok.

[Grandpadave52]

3 hours ago, Cal said:

 

I remember Ron's post.  Haven't seen @Ron Altier post in a pretty good while now, hope he's doing ok.

Now that you mention it, neither have I. Shows he popped in Monday of this week though, so guessing everything is good? 

[DuckSoup]

 Plus 1 to everything above, those are awesome Dan