The mice and I have been mini making fiends, filling a mountain o’ holiday orders, working on the upcoming tutorial book, and creating art for an exhibit taking place in the spring (and I’ll share more details on the exhibit once I have them!). Today, I want to share some pics from the exhibit piece.
Remember the Baba Yaga hut? Well, this new piece is part of the same exhibit. I have one piece left to create, and you can be sure that I’ll share plenty of pics once it’s ready. But for now…[drumroll, please]…say hello to the Magical Hedgehog Tree!
The base of the piece is a wooden tray, inside of which is an egg carton filled with sycamore seed ball hedgehogs.
At the rear of the tray is a mossy, rocky area where the twig tree is anchored, and hanging from the tree are the hedgehogs. 🙂
Here’s a so-so shot of the entire piece. My set-up is much better suited to photographing teeny foods, that’s for sure! 😉
In an upcoming post, I’ll share how to make the sycamore seed ball hedgehogs, an updated tutorial from an earlier version. I like the new ones much better!
12 responses to “A Magical Hedgehog Tree”
How wonderful! This is such an inspiring project!
That is so stinking cute!
Omigoodnessssss!!! These are ADORABLE!! And I love the whole display. Well done. You made my day.
OMG aren’t they the cutest things?! Waah!! 😀
At first glance, and yes I need new glasses, I thought they were hedge apples (you know…hedgehog, hedge apple…haha) but then I thought “Hedge apples are bright green. What the…?!” It’s been a long workday for me.
They’re just too cute, Mo. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing!
OMG those little faaaaaaaaaces!!!!!! <3
Hedge apples! I think there needs to be a hedgehog version of those for sure–the name is just begging for it! 😉
hee hee <3 I’ve left them near my work table so I can regularly peek over at them. 😉
Thank you!! 😀
Thanks, Marilyn! 🙂
Thanks, Robin! 😀
I’m with Lisa, their different little facial expressions are just too damned cute. Especially the one that looks like he’s sleeping (but maybe not very soundly) and the one with his little mouth in an “Oh!” expression like he thinks he’s about to be plucked from the branch he’s on.
They’re flippin’ adorable!!
(Hedge Apple-Hogs are gonna be some mighty big critters! ;))
heheehee Thanks! I was actually pretty sad to see them go (they’re at Resident Arts now)–I’d gotten used to seeing their little faces while I work–so I might need to make some more…