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Welcome to my birding world of life-like wool-sculpted birds, where no detail is too small or feather too tiny for me to notice and recreate in fibre.
Hand-made using needlefelt techniques my bird feathers and the plants that the birds come posed on are all made by me using plant and sheared animal fibres, ethically sourced and sustainably used.
I have lots of exciting ideas for bird making this year which are setting my needles aquiver with anticipation.
To kick the year off, I am offering you, for the first time on Folksy, a chance to commission whichever Tiny Bird might make your heart thrill, mounted in an adorable dainty bell jar. I'll explain more in the listing itself, but do plan to purchse ahead of time if you have a tiny bird gift in mind for someone or at sometime special. Each one takes several hours to complete, longer if you want to add botanical elements into the design.
Right now, I am busy designing and making some very colourful tiny birds for Valentine's Day. One or two can try to guess who if you spot the little clue in this message.
Jacqui x
I was making a life-size Kingfisher for my Dad's 80th birthday gift, and marvelling at the fact they are so much smaller as birds than we think of them. I suspect they loom larger because of just how impactful they are to see - that flash of blues and oranges with bright sparkling from the irridesence.
That led me to think about making tiny but still very detailed Kingfishers. I sat and made three tiny versions and then pondered how best to create a perch. A simple wire would not look inkeeping, as they are only ever seen in nature on branch or reed, so I developed a new way of making tiny branches and wrapped them in very fine wool thread used in weaving. A very fun session of painting and sealing the branch and the stream beneath each perch followed.
I really love all the colours on these little bird sculptures. Each is as unique as the birds and our experiences of them in real life.
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The soul-tingling, mind-grounding, flash of blue Kingfisher magic. It never fails to be thrilling, the essential rightness of this intensely colourful bird of the river, canal and lake.
Made using natural Merino wool and Mulberry silks by needlefelting techniques, this tiny bird is dressed to impress. Majestic and vibrant a miniature wool bird at 1:4 scale artfully sits on a wool yarn-wrapped wire branch patiently surveying the green water below, eager for sparkling silver minnows.
A perfect small gift for a bird and nature lover, birder or that friend or family member who loves a quirky one-of-a-kind present, this fibre art work has been meticulously scaled down from life-size whilst keeping the essential characteristic plumage details of the species and the tangible energy of these azure to cobalt surface-slicers . Perfectly safe enclosed in their tiny glass jar, they can sit on desk or shelf as a tiny feast for your eyes.
Delivered in its own re-purposed parcel tube, carefully nestled in recycled packing materials via Royal Mail tracked 48hr postage in the UK at no extra charge.
Inspired by plant and bird illustrators of the past, I aim to be zoologically representative with all my bird sculptures and botanically precise with any plants included as part of their scenic mounts.
Dimensions:
Bird Length: 3.5cms Height: 3.5cms Width: 1.0cms
Glass jar Diameter: 4.5cms Height: 10cms including decorated cork base
Designed by Jacqui Double in Whitstable
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