the project

 another dyeing attempt with the tulips, first time round I wasn't satisfied with the results, at all

bundle into walnut dye

 a new endeavour: building a home for all of the studio's more or less permanent occupants, they're spread all over the place and would like to try communal living; you see here the chaos during the build, the having to move everyone and everything about, sourcing building materials from my wood stash, plus other bits and bobs; the photo's aren't deliberately soft-focus, I discovered my lens was greasy, ah well makes the mess more bearable, no, yes.

Malle and Haasje waiting amidst kitchen clutter

BirdBoy waiting impatiently

as a child I loved making doll's houses, in cupboards, on bookshelves, designing interiors, mixing odd bits of miniature furniture with cut-uts from magazines for the wall-papering and kitchen-tile floors, making tables from cardboard, sewing clothes for the dolls and barbies; at a certain age I stopped; I still love all things small

now the time has come to start again with this doll house making thing, in many parts thanks to this inspiring book by Dutch artist Karina Schaapman, her book has been translated into many languages; if you are interested in her book click here

storage boxes and miscellaneous objects

mess on desk, I imagined weaving tiny baskets from the grasses I collected on my walk this afternoon, however I cannot seem to find the notes I made during weaving class two years ago and I do realise that the least of their worries is a hand woven basket: they need a house and beds to sleep on!................

later:

at least the natural history section is coming along nicely

of course it's Frog lying in the OldKing's bed! honestly you would hope he'ld be more considerate

Otter wrapped up in an old paint rag, he'll sleep anywhere any time of the day or night, in what will be the kitchen 

BirdBoy in charge of paints

several of the gang huddled together, keeping each other company for the stormy night ahead; date filled with walnut for dinner

overall view (kind of, the natural history section is to the right)