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| photo copyright Karin Corbin 2011 |
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| photo copyright Karin Corbin 2011 |
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| photo copyright Karin Corbin 2011 |
Architecture from all over the world has been a big influence on my artistic life and the lives of those who commission my work. The two structures shown above, one a pagoda style birdhouse, the other a very large light fixture, were commissioned from me by a woman who loves Japanese architecture. She does not live in a Japanese house but she does live on a bluff on an island.
The last time I visited there about 4 years ago there had been weeks of heavy rain storms and the bluff was in danger of collapse, in fact some of it had already sloughed away and the pagoda birdhouse was then in real danger as it very close to the edge. I have no idea if it survived, I am afraid to find out as I would mourn the loss.
I feel the loss of the lives and also the loss of the buildings and cherished gardens in Japan.
More of the Asian influenced birdhouses I have made are below.
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| photo copyright Karin Corbin 2011 |
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| photo copyright Karin Corbin 2011 |
The cherry trees are starting to bloom, it is time to build real birdhouses again. This year I will also make 1:12 scale birdhouses including a miniature of the one above with the slate roof on it. The miniature will also have a real slate roof.
