I have been busy with my new daughter but am now back on track for building and creating things :) Here are some of the items I have made recently.

Another Dovecote

Small Plaques

Personalised signs with handprints

Personalised gift box

A shop sign for Allcocks Outdoor Store

A Mondrian birdhouse for a very nice lady in Australia

Mayan calendar carved in acrylic

Sign for a friends Japanese Tea House

A large post

Acrylic mantle piece decoration

Police Box circa 1960's

A Birdhouse in the shape of a British Police Box, requested by a friend WHO really likes seeing one of these on TV :) its definitely not a Time And Relative Dimensions In Space :)

Millenium Falcon Birdhouse

Millenium Falcon Birdhouse made for a good friend in the USA :)

Greenman Birdhouse

Heres my first attempt at a greenman birdhouse.

Pyrography on reclaimed cedar, with a 28mm entrance hole.

Rock Chick Bird House

 

The ultimate hangout for the Rock Chick :)

This baby cranks up to 11.

I could not resist the temptation to do a guitar shaped birdhouse any longer so here it is, spacious inside, awesome outside.

Native American Inspired Bird House

This birdhouse was created to show my appreciation of Native American art.

The image was influenced by an picture I saw on a war shield and I felt it would make an excellent image for a bird house.

I burnt the image onto the wood with my Piranha Pyrography machine and then used acrylic paint to add colour.

This is one of the few things I have made that I am actually quite proud of. Hope you like it.

Another Football Shield Bird House

Another requested bird house, this one with the Wolverhampton Wanderers logo,

28mm entrance hole for blue and great tits.

Here you can see the incline of the roof and the vent holes under the eaves.

These holes are essential to keep down the build up of bacteria in bird houses, though most people who make bird houses do not seem to include them.

Valentine Bird House

Ok the next event is Valentines Day so I thought I would add some embellishments to a bird house, the entry hole surround is a shaped piece of hardwood, cut and sanded to the obligatory heart shape with a 25mm entry hole for small birds.

The side pegs hold the flap closed (obviously) and the flap is hinged making cleaning easier (apparently bird houses do need cleaning out after the nesting season to encourage nesting again and to make sure the environment in the box stays healthy).

There is a vent shaft at front and rear top and water expulsion holes scattered around on the base (important to stop fungal growth).  Also on the inner side of the front flap there are ridges cut into the wood (what I like to call Chick Assist) to aid chicks in climbing out of te box when it comes time for their first flight, again this is an important but often overloked feature.

Football Shield Bird House

Bird House for a Sheffield Wednesday Fan, I am not really into football myself but I do like the shield shape of the Bird House. I may use this shape again :)

Mondrian Bird Boxes

Two bird houses with a distinct Mondrian style paint job, I like the finished product and surprisingly the colours seem to make no difference to birds looking for a home, so good all round :)

Robin Boxes

Here are a couple of Robin boxes, by their nature this style of box is quite mundane so I decided to try and add a bit of fun to them by burning little logos onto the front.

Is it a Bee Hive or a Bird House?

Here is a little bee hive style bird box I created while wondering what to do next,

there are some bees pyrographed into the front (just visible in the photo), the side is hinged and lifts up for easy cleaning, the entrance hole is 25mm making it ideal for birds of the tit species.

Birdhouse 1

My first bird house, made completely from recycled wood. All joints are screwed and glued for extra strength. The roof is hinged to allow cleaning access, there are drainage holes in the bottom and vent holes just under the lip of the roof as recommended by the RSPB. Also below the entrance hole I have cut grooves to make it easier for the chicks to climb up when they are ready to leave the roost.