birdhouses.

Solar Powered Bird Flat

The Solar Powered Bird Flat captures the spirit of the Alley Flat Initiative by using affordable building materials (cedar and pine) and displays resourcefulness and efficiency though the use of solar energy (solar powered LED night light). The Flat provides a pleasant home for our feathered friends during the day and an attractive backyard lighting feature at night. (Catherine French and Sam Gelfand for ACDDC)

A Bird's House

Birds create homes from found objects. They take discarded materials and weave them to create their living environment. While we all have marveled at the beauty of these nests we still tend to think of the bird house as a small wooden box. My concept was to take the stereotype of a small wooden box and blend that with a birds nest woven from objects found in their environment. This is what I came up with.

Bat House

The Bat House is both a striking outdoor sculpture and a four chambered bat house capable of housing approximately 100 bats. Constructed entirely of reclaimed materials, the Bat House stands approximately 16 feet tall and can be installed on its movable base or permanently fixed in place.

Jesse Mischel is an Austin based carpenter and friend of urban wildlife. Haley Woodward is an Austin based metalworker/artist who provided invaluable assistance to this project.

Urban Space for Silent Songbirds

An open ended nest formed from transparent lines and opaque circles. A gathering of sanded acrylic remnants from our 911 launch scattered and fused around floating repurposed pipes.

High Density Living

Julia's self-taught watercolor originals first went on display to the public in 1996 at Austin's Wally Workman. Julia's "Rarejules" art business showcases her unique combination of pen-and-ink with vibrant watercolors. Capturing her whimsical personality, these works combine animals and architecture. This work is her first attempt to bring this signature style to the third dimension.

Nesting Birdhouse

A figurative translation of the concept of nesting volumetric objects, with literal connotations to the natural material based additions birds create within their chosen birdhouse.

Le Phoenix

"The phoenix represents our capacity for vision...creates intense excitement and eternal inspiration." - Feng Shui master lam Kam Chuen. Le Phoenix seeks to represent the impact of UpLift on the individual student and our community as a whole.

Jelly Bean

Birdhouse Camper for the outdoorsy Avian.

"State Bird of Austin"

Garden mural of grackle in full spring display. Glazed tile set on concrete board and grouted. As indestructible as the bird itself.

Bed of Nails

Birdhive

Urban Coop

The ‘urban chicken coop’ incorporates construction techniques and a design ethos developed over a number of years and attempts to offer simple, elegant solutions to complex problems. The Urban Coop is meant to encourage hen raising within Austin city limits.

Black Crow

Birdhouse

The EcoSafe Birdhouse is eclectically Austin! All of its parts are reclaimed/recycled and non-toxic. What more could you want in a in a artistic, practical, and living (yes, living) birdhouse?

Birdfeeder

Hat

A garden folly to be sure, this one-of-a-kind hat is hand-blocked with chartreuse parasisal straw and embellished with needle-felted flowergal and bird, vintage millinery trim and a pleated satin band.