Artist Statement
I wanted to study the difference in Architecture across four cultures. I chose to integrate this study through the construction of birdhouses. I built a Chinese, a Greek, a Norse, and a Caribbean birdhouse. Each house has four openings for a bird to enter except the Caribbean birdhouse. The Caribbean birdhouse has one door and two windows. By following set characteristics of birdhouses I was able to learn about different construction methods designed by these cultures. Each culture uses different materials for construction and methods of construction due to their environment. In order to create these details I used hand building techniques for each one using paper patterns and slabs. Additional detail was sculpted by hand.