On a whim, I figured I would produce a little “Guerilla Art” for the local neighborhood. I Produced a number of bird silhouettes, and placed a few of them around the neighborhood to be found, just for fun. I have been thinking about this for a while.. Wouldn’t it be something if I produced something like a “little free library” but for art! Hmm. What if I commandeer some little libraries, and ad my art to them to be found and taken home? I sort of like this idea! These birds are small enough, that I am able to make them out of cutoffs from other projects.. you could say they have the provenance of ALL of my projects so far!

Actually, It turns out the leaves I used for some of these hold the most significant provenance of the project. For instance, the picture below shows the leaf I used from the Cottonwood tree in the yard at the farmhouse as a pattern for the Cottonwood leaf on some of the little birds. You will also see a Ginkgo leaf, and a (stylized) Elm leaf used. The Ginkgo is from a property the South Carolina, And the Elm, while taken from a hand drawing, represents, what, TBH, is a nuisance tree at the farmhouse. 🙂 But they all have their place! And they all tell a story! And have a history and meaning.

Without further adeu, Here is a gallary of Little Birds

Another little bird.

My sister asked me to do an addition to the “a little bird” collection. As a gift for our Grand Nephews wedding. She wanted two adult birds and… a hidden little bird, acknowledging a great grand niece! I loved this idea.. its not little birds.. it’s truly.. A little Bird.
Of course I accepted the challenge. The metal is cut and forged 11 Gauge plate steel, the stone is from the foothills of the Rockies in Arvada Co.