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Three new pieces to show...

Tiny leaves are one of the smaller elements in this project--these are what I refer to as "tie tacks" and are available at the $25 level in my Kickstarter campaign. There are two different styles of this tiniest leaf--one painted green and one made with a nice dark brown walnut and clear coated. The leaves are a little over an inch wide.

The walnut leaf will be called Froissart, after the famed chronicler of the 14th century French monarchy. Morris created ornate and leafy designs for the published works of this writer that were stunningly beautiful and intricate.

The green leaf will be titled Lodden, after one of Morris' more colorful fabric designs. On both leaf pins, the stem will have a striated curled stem.

This bird pin, named Sussex after Morris & Company's rush-seated chair designs. The bodies of all 24 birds in my pattern will be made with a different wood, taken from some great eco-flooring samples I found at SCRAP.

I'm excited about the wings, which are another SCRAP score--I was wishing I still had the handful of ink-stained wood letterpress spacers that I found there years ago, but they have been used on various projects already. I tried looking on the web to see if anyone was selling such a thing, but to no avail. Then I noticed the bag of used popsicle sticks I purchased, intending to use them for paint stirrers. Many have an imprinted text on them, and others have the fruity patina of whatever flavor they once supported.

The flower that each of the 24 birds is staring at will be a slightly different shape--here are some of the forms I carved the other day that might be used for that element. They will be painted, not raw wood.