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the Birdcage

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well, i was going through some old photos again today, past projects, and remembered one, (An,... i'm going insane project) i had this birdcage delivered to my studio from Cynthia Huntington, a wood worker who had a wood shop below me in the industrial building my painting studio was in. Her client had seen my work and asked me to paint the cage Cynthia had just built. It was made of redwood. I had to paint it all to look like pine had been used to build the cage, then antique, and sand off all the edges to look aged. had to mask off all the wire. bummer....

The floor of the cage i handpainted with a very decorative floral pattern, and was actually the bottom of a drawer that could be pulled out to empty and clean the poop and food every so often. A piece of plexi-glass had been inserted over the painting as part of the design and not to ruin the piece. i also painted a (very realistic) grasshopper among the flowers which, as Donna, the owner says, caused the birds great discomfort! (poor things, hehe)....they were constantly pecking at the painted grasshopper in hopes of a snack, causing the plexi to scratch and discolor and basically look like hell..... anyway,...for what it's worth,....here's a few snaps of the darn thing.

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dollseye's avatar
Fascinating story. I live with birds so can appreciate their dilemma with the grasshopper :) (Smile)