A finished paper mache teacup with flowers and snowflakes and
progress on an owl.
johnson holiday window
Johnson 179 Orchard St. Manhattan.
This years holiday window is brought to you by ann wood and dave doernberg. Among other things dave hand cut about a billion beautiful and detailed paper snowflakes. The picture doesn’t really do the flakes ( or the volume of flakes) justice.
Because I can’t help it, one too many
And something else entirely
The little birds in progress above are finished and I just dropped most of them off at Cog and Pearl here in Brooklyn.
* news on the next shop date coming next week*
* if you emailed recently sorry it’s taking a while to get back to you – I should be caught up on correspondence in about a week*
window progress
The Johnson Shop holiday window is up and I’ll post too many pictures of it later this week. I got a polaroid camera at the flea market a couple weeks ago and took some progress pictures with that, this is my favorite:
bundled up
Little bird friends ready for wintery weather.
I’m working on lot’s of little birds and something for the Johnson Shop Christmas window – progress pics later.
lichen and work in progress
I replanted my terrarium and added a bunch of new lichen.
It’s very fancy lichen.
These are called pebbled pixie cups.
And a bat in progress.
nests
Thanks to everybody who showed up at the bird sale on Tuesday – more little birds coming soon. Here are a few in cozy nests getting ready to travel.
And one of the new bride and groom sets I’m working on. They will be in my shop tomorrow at 2PM EST with at least one other set.
nate
Nate has brought you flowers. He and his friends will be for sale here at 2PM EST today.
shop update tomorrow
All the little birds in the photo will be available at 2 PM EST tomorrow. Since most of what I make is one of a kind or in tiny quantities I’ve had problems with over-selling which is frustrating for everybody. I’m having a new shop built that can accommodate one of a kind things and will hopefully make shop updates far less of a pain in the ass in general but it won’t be ready till mid December. For now I’ll be listing little birds ( and some other things) at etsy. You will need to register with etsy to make a purchase – it’s quick and easy – just a user name and password. I’ll still be accepting credit cards through Paypal ( no account necessary ). The cake toppers are still here and I’ll be adding a couple new bride and groom sets on Friday November 2nd at 2PM.
So new birds, tomorrow, Tuesday the 30th, at my etsy shop. I’ll start loading them at 2PM EST.
chuzzlewit
Here he is coming
and going.
And something I got at the flea market.
The lower half of a metal naked lady statue; it’s currently the best thing I ever got for a buck.
* shop update! Monday October 29th Tuesday October 30th- more info to come *
army owl
I’m working on a mini version of my owl. Part of the plan was to simplify him a little but I don’t think that’s going to happen.
I’m making him from a quilt I got at the fleamarket here in Park Slope a couple weeks ago ( I’ve been getting tons of good stuff lately and will post more soon). The nice lady I bought the quilt from said it’s made from WW1 army blankets. It has a beautiful indigo edge that I’m using for his legs and wing linings and probably his beak. I love the colors of the quilt and the check pattern; it is all hand sewn and must have been an immense amount of work. I didn’t buy it with the intention of taking it apart and would not be ( I feel a little badly about doing it) but it has some issues that make it unusable as a quilt.
Thanks very much to everyone who commented and offered advise on the bird rip-off post. I’ll let you know what, if anything, happens and I’ll probably have a tiny bit more to say about the situation in a little while – if you visit here regularly you know that that’s pretty much the most I’ve had to say about anything ever and it kind of wore me out. There is also a lot going on in my terrarium and I’ll be sharing that as well as the date of the long overdue shop update that I am working furiously towards later this week.
a wedding party
Bride, groom, attendants and honored guests, all part of one large order finished today.
something old
Newly acquired, for bird and ship and owl making.
This is one of two very similar antique handmade bodices, the other is all ivory. It has beautiful tiny green glass buttons and really interesting lace.
The silk chiffon lining is shattered – perfect for miss havisham birds.
