cock-a-doodle-doo

This is a scene recreated in memory of a home scene. Duh, nostalgia! We had, back at home, a hen who never used to come back to its shelter. Instead, a nearby rubber tree was her favourite hang out. Artsomniac used to wonder how the hen could sleep on top of a tree!!

Here, the lovely wooden toys were gifts 

artsomniac bought for her lovely niece in chennai, but eventually forgot to pack in her hurry. Sigh sigh! such a lousy aunt! The base of the tree is a bottle, to get the bottle in this form, buy jute thread and braid them and wind them on the bottle. Mix red thread for special effects. In artsomniac's case, she ran out of jute, so used the red to cover up. It turned out well. Art by accident. Ha! Twig is any twig. But find a nice shape. There, country scene from Kerala. Excuse the gentle man meditating under the tree. Artsomniac is quite fond of him, and by now you have understood that he is her favourite prop which she puts in all possible frames :-) The sneak preview of the mural buddha is her unfinished work! Ignore that till the next century when she finish it!

mermaid bottle

Posting pictures of the mermaid bottle, the inspiration for the 'metabottle' in the writing board. The lemon smirnoff bottle was a giveaway from medusa, sometime last year. Inspiration for the mermaid idea was the unique twisted shape of the bottle...unlike the regular smirnoff bottles. Glass Paints and black glass liner were used. Sketching was free hand. Filled blue colour and water inside the bottle to give it a better effect.

Recyle bin decor part II : The coir stool

Artsomniac's interest in recycle furniture has reached a new level with the newest addition to the room, the little coir stool. The raw materials for the coir stool also came from the recent cable work in the hostel. Artsomniac has serious doubts whether she should get a 'recycle goddess' title! what thought!!

However, a detail of the raw material hunt goes like this. Artsomniac sets her eye on the cable bobbin which was found inside the mahalaqa hostel dump yard premises. The cable bobbin was not exactly that near the dirty dustbin, but artsomniac pushed the bobbin a little towards the dustbin to get the desired 'trash to treasure' effect while blogging. Such little stage managements are allowable, right folks? So, the raw material number one is at hand now.

The second step is to remove the sides of the bobbin, so that you have a neat skeleton of a cardboard cylinder.

Now for further raw materials, go on a field trip to the nearby town (Sitaphalmandi in artsomniac's case). Walk until you find a shop where you can find coir. A good friend (thanks annie ;-)) who enjoys paani puri and window shopping might come handy in such situations. Oh this is one time when artsomniac missed kerala other than for food. The quality of the coir in hyderabad is not comparable. However after a long walk, artsomniac and good friend found average quality coir for 2 rs 50 ps per meter in this shop. For this stool, we need atleast 10 meters.


The next step is to carefully wind the coir to the structure we have. It has to be tightly wound to get best results. The design will evolve when you try to save practical problems. So that is the tip for organic designs. Once the winding is done, you can burn the surface using a candle to remove the roughness of the surface. Also, this will give it an antique dark shading. So here, the second furniture project is complete.



better view







This goes really well with the coffee table.





And for all those who wonder about the strength of the furniture, I guarantee, this is quite strong. I have been using it for a week now and it is not showing even the faintest signs of collapse. :-)

flying bottle

One great idea from Artsomniac to people who are looking for dirt cheap home decor. This is a simple green wine bottle and the side feather of a peacock combined together... A series of green bottles in different patterns can be a wonderful theme way to decorate empty spaces in a thematic yet cheap way!


Artsomniac found this feather in the Osmania University campus during one of her morning walks... Artsomniac is waiting for more green bottles in her aqua home where she can keep all the peacock feathers of the past. MJ, are you listening? Take the hint! he he!!!