St Johns Food Forest garden art by Ellen Eskildsen
These rustic bird houses are hand-made from recycled materials. We use wood from untreated pallets that have been discarded. Some of the bird boxes have roofs made from tin cans that have been bent into shapes and sometimes given a “rust/aged” treatment . The acrylic paint used to decorate the bird boxes has been left-over from previous projects. The rusty washers and other objets d’art have been lovingly collected from garages, friends’ dads’ workshops, bric-a-brac stores and other treasure troves. Even the nails have been salvaged from the aforementioned wooden pallets.
If you would like to buy a unique birdhouse- please email Ellen
Purchase price is $40
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Blue Wash Bird house No 2 This pastel coloured bird house is made from recycled pallet wood (untreated), and acrylic paint left-over from previous projects. Several layers of paint have been dry brushed on to give a distressed, colour washed look, with stencilled stars.
Rustic Red Barn No 1: Rustic bird house made in St Johns Food Forest. Made from recycled pallet wood, old tin cans, rusty hardware and left-over paint.
Blue wash bird house No 3 Rustic bird house made from recycled untreated pallet wood and paint left-over from previous projects. Several layers of paint have been dry brushed on to give a distressed, washed look. There is a green door and a stencil detail on one side.
Rustic birdbox No 4 This bird house is made from recycled pallet wood and left-over paint. Several layers of acrylic paint have been dry brushed on to give a rustic look.
This bespoke piece was for a client who wanted a plain black birdhouse, but with minimal copper accessories.
This pastel colour washed birdhouse has a stencil design in silver.