Task at hand: Make a bird-house. Decorate it. Be creative. 
The bird-house will be part of an art-project, but it will be placed in the woods and inhabited by real birds. Everyone in the art-gurilia-group is making one each. To be honest: I asked my Dad to build the birdhouse for me. He´s got more tools. And time. And a kind heart. (Thank you, Dad!)
So here is the bird-house. With a little machine-embroidered bird, just to illustrate. It is my task to decorate it. And I thought I´d share part of my idea-process with you. I have already decided that I want to have a textile approach to it. Mainly because textile is my original field, but also because you don´t see all that many textile bird-houses out in the woods. So here are “mood-board” examples of some ideas:
The romantic, doily-house for the doily-chick!
An exotic silk-sari house for the Bollywood-bird!
A glittering disco-cave for the disco-queen…. (ups. this isn´t textile! But in the first phase I am open to all ideas that pop up.)
A knitted exterior for frozen feathers. I´d prefer wool of course, but I´d have to see what I could find in my stuff and reuse.
An embroidered estate for the eclectic  bird. (This is a good idea, as it will give a hint of an upcoming exhibition still in my mind, but I need as much as possible of the embroidered pieces or that project)
Hola! A happy home for Latin-American chiquitas.
What do you think? You´ve got any favorites? Or any other ideas? Please let me know, I am open for both ideas and suggestions.
I’d go for glitter! Think some birds like shiny things
How fun. I like the idea of knitted feathers. I wonder how that would really work?
And how sweet of your dad! I love the little house!