More Birdhouses

[Bernie Weishapl]

Well the lady called and said she wanted 6 more mini birdhouses. So I jumped on it today since it was snowing. Yep our first snow and the grass is white. Anyway I tried to make these look like they were made from old barn wood. The one on the right looks the best with what looks like old planks with knots. I burned spots to make it look like the wood had knots all over it. Anyway 3 more to go tomorrow. Lacquer finish on these as I ran out of GF Woodturners Finish but my quart is on the road.

[Steve Mawson]

Bernie,
Always good to see your Birdhouses. Your are the one that got me started on them a couple years ago. Keep up the good work.

[Jon McElwain]

Those are really cool! I like the top on the first one and the middle and base of the third one the best. Of course I'd pick the middle for overall best.

I wonder how they would look if you turned the shingles into the wood, then burned the vertical lines?

What are the dimensions? Good looking houses!

[Scott Hackler]

Nice ornaments Bernie! I like the added touches of lining the details on the roofs and siding

[Baxter Smith]

Nice work Bernie! The shape you used on the roof is my favorite style and the shingles being less than perfectly symmetrical adds a lot. That might be the type of burning I could handle!

[Chris Burgess]

Wow these are great. Nice work.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Thanks for the kind comments.

Jon the size on these are roughly around 4 1/2" long and 2 1/2" wide. The weigh around 1.85 oz.

Baxter I have a picture of my granddads old barn in I guess you could say time lapsed years. I took one about 2 yrs ago and it was 98 yrs old then. The shingles are not symmetrical so thought I would try to emulate it. The sides are long planks and are of varying widths so tried to emulate that on the one on the right. I really like it. I may keep it and just make another one.

Scott just trying to do different things with each batch I make. As I said above I had been looking at some old photo's of our farm and my granddad's for my sister. I saw the old barn and thought now that would be cool.

[Kathy Marshall]

Those look great Bernie! I like the shingled look!

[Donny Lawson]

Bernie, those are some great looking houses. I love the look.

[John Keeton]

Bernie, the best yet!!! Really like the "barn" one that picks up on your Grandfather's old barn. I understand the asymmetrical idea, but I do wonder if one could turn a slight detente for each layer of shingles and add a little more texture to the roof - might be interesting to try!

[charlie knighton]

cool Bernie, really like this batch of xmas ornaments

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow - the gallery is going to love these! IMO - this is an excellent example of what 'folk art' is supposed to be! Looking forward to seeing how you develop this new look! I hope you like turning these because I can see your sales growing exponentially!! Very nice work Bernie! Have fun with it!

[Russell Eaton]

That third one is the best birdhouse that I think I have seen. Incredible job Bernie.

[Michelle Rich]

cute...glad she likes your houses

[Bernie Weishapl]

Thanks everyone. Steve I took a couple down to the Gallery and already have orders. Haven't been down there yet but she called and said I needed to come down. Also she told me instead of waiting till after Thanksgiving to put up a tree and decorate it with my ornaments they are going to put it up on 11/01.

John I thought about doing maybe some texture on the roof before I burn but your idea of maybe doing a little carving to accent the shingles then burn I am going to play a bit with it. Thanks.

[Paul Heely]

Another set of beauties, Bernie. Thanks for sharing them.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Thanks Paul.

[Dan Hintz]

At first they were somewhat ho-hum to me... not because they aren't executed well, it's simply birdhouses aren't my thing. But these are growing on me, and I have to agree, the barn version is really neat once you stop and admire it for a moment. I will have to try one of these some day. For the shingles, I might even try to take some scrap cedar or whatnot and add a few layers for a little more dimension.

[Cathy Schaewe]

They are very cute!

[Roger Chandler]

These are the bomb, Bernie! :D

[Joe Watson]

Thats just great.
Aside from the lines and knots you added to the one on the right, did you do anything for color; oil, stain, etc ? The color completely makes it for me.

[Billy Tallant]

Great looking birdhouses Bernie. The shingles & barnwood really set them off.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Thanks again. Joe these were colored with COPIC pens I got from Hobby Lobby. I used a barn gray and brown.

[Allan Ferguson]

I definitely like these! It is something that I should give a try someday.