it's a bird pod really

[lyn]

There's been a lot of interest in bird pods lately and it made me think about some ornamental pods that my daughter and I used to make to sell in a Coastal Gallery (circa 2008) and they had a kind of seaside influence.

They were much the same shape and size as a bird pod but the bottom was flattened so that they would stand on their own.
The tops were roughly hewn off to allow light to travel down and out of the front hole and that created interest because we used coloured wool on the insides, but all seasidey colours such as yellow, turquoise, blue, rusty-orange etc. and we also varied the size and shape of the hole.

[Shepherdess]

It's great. Is the wight silk?

[lyn]

Yes Ann, tussah silk tops. Always reminds me of the sea when it crinkles as it felts.

[MTRuth]

Interesting, you were out in front of the whole bird pod 'movement'. I like the silk too.

[Shepherdess]

It's not just bird houses. There seem to be decrative pods of all sorts everywhere you look.

[karen]

It looks gorgeous Lyn

[lyn]

A pod was the very first bit of felting that Annie and I did during the morning of our first learn-to-felt workshop. Funny shape though and it looked like a miniature cat-cave really. We were smitten by felt making by lunch-time! In the afternoon we made a small bag (purse) - so small that it would just about hold a mobile phone!

We've made dozens of pods and tried all sorts of variations with them - they're endless fun.

[Shepherdess]

They are great fun so are vessels. Partly I think its that they do not have to fit anyone. You do anything and you can cut them or add things on .

[zed]

That's gorgeous, Lyn