Let’s see if this works…
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Sophy Labbett
Hopefully there should be a photograph here of a property that I did using parts of the Gate House kit. It is an Egyptian Chicken Coop.
I got the inspiration for this from visiting Chatsworth where the chickens are housed in little villas. At the time I was rather into all things ‘tut-mania’ and pondered on the concept of an architectural folly built for someone into egyptology in a big way. I spent ages researching into heiroglyphs and their meanings before doing the writings on the internal walls. To begin with this took time, but as I went along I became faster and more adept. I also slipped in a number of images symbolic within my artwork over the last 20 years.
To get enough chickens for this work I raided the Banthams from another property, and discovered the animal kingdom to be found in my local branch of Early Learning Centre. I have to admit that the litter scattered over the floor is a mixture of hornby scenic scatter, spagnum moss, and wood-chip cat litter that I soaked in water to expand … a last moment solution.
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Wow its really good , How long did it take you to do this?
The chickens have definitely got luxury living!!!
It took about a week or two in total. The worst part of the build was doing the heiroghlphs. I spent ages researching them, and then began writing them onto the walls. All 4 walls were decorated, and I’m not sure that it shows in the photo that one of the walls was done in blue ink while the others were done in black (I ran out of black ink at the vital moment… The pillars, shaped like egyptian needles took some time to dry out before they could be decorated, and then I found that one was shorter than the rest(needing blue tac for the photo).