A couple more birdhouses.

[Curt Fuller]

I posted the Osage Orange birdhouse the other day, but I made a couple more to go with it. The one on the left is from a scrap of Box Elder burl. It has a Cocobolo stand and I added a chimney from Cocobolo also. The center one is from some spalted Magnolia I got from Mark Cothren, with a walnut stand and finial. They're all 12.5" - 14" tall.

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[Mark Hubl]

Curt, Those are wonderful. I like them all. The box elder is my favorite, very nice touch with chimney.

[Tim Thiebaut]

Wow, very nice! I expecialy love the roof on the first one, that is SO cool!

[Donny Lawson]

Nice ones, the spalted one would be my pick.

[John Keeton]

Curt, very nice work on all of these. The roof on the BE burl and the diminutive "house" really makes a neat combination. Overall, however, I prefer the spalted magnolia! Beautiful wood and very balanced.

[Bill Bulloch]

I really like the birdhouses on a pole and will have to try making some. Thinks for sharing the idea.

[Baxter Smith]

They all look great to me!

[Ron Bontz]

I some how envision little birds with bows and arrows fighting off the evil squirls. I like the chimney also.

[Michael James]

Those are so trippy.... I definitely need to get over my finialphobia and get after these. The size is right! Thanks for posting?

ps - What do birds burn behind closed doors? :cool:

[David E Keller]

These are really cool, Curt. If pressed to name a favorite, I'd go with the box elder burl... I love the shape of the roof and the natural edge reminds me of snow/ice hanging down.

[David DeCristoforo]

The middle one is the best birdhouse I have ever seen! But what? No dish?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice Curt. I like the middle one a lot.

[Jon McElwain]

Those are great! I really like the Magnolia the best, but all of them are classy looking houses!

[Carol Kinney]

Those are wonderful Curt - we'll start calling you "Birdhouse Curt" :). They are all wonderful but the Osage Orange birdhouse is still my favorite.

BTW - what inspired you to make these and come up with the design? Just wondering because I need some ideas to start making them.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Excellent Curt! All of them grab your attention and they each offer something just a little different than the one next to it! Really like the Box Elder roof - reminds me of some of your full-scale birdhouses!

Have fun with these! Bet they sell extremely fast!

[Tim Rinehart]

Curt, these are so nice and whimsical.
I think a nice touch would be taking the first one and wire brushing it for a thatch effect...but it's certainly fine how it is now too!

[Curt Fuller]

Thanks everyone!


Those are wonderful Curt - we'll start calling you "Birdhouse Curt" :). They are all wonderful but the Osage Orange birdhouse is still my favorite.

BTW - what inspired you to make these and come up with the design? Just wondering because I need some ideas to start making them.

Carol, since I first started turning I've had a "thang" for turning bird houses. I've done big ones and little ones, a couple segmented ones, but they've all been hanging birdhouses until these ones. I think all the intricate goblets and pedestal mounted turnings everyone is doing these days sparked the idea for me to put a birdhouse on a stick.

Here are a few of the one's I've done...
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/album.php?albumid=557

[Brian Effinger]

Three more beauties, Curt. You've inspired me to give the birdhouse on a stick a try.