8 3/4” tall x 10 1/2”long x 3 1/4” deep

Dyed maple and cherry plywoods, dyed maple dowel

Made of upcycled plywood and things I can find in my shop, each of these abstract bird sculptures are unique. Most of them aren’t supposed to represent a specific type of bird, but are mashups of different bird characteristics. As I make them, they tell me what they should look like and on what they want to perch. I glue together multiple pieces of plywood to get the basic shapes. Then the final shaping takes place on the belt sander as I sand angles and facets into them to reveal the stripes of the plywood that help illustrate the beaks and feathers.

These Birdies look good as individuals or a flock.