In 2007 I did some experimenting and came up with a pattern for a bird. By combining cookie tins and soda cans I figured out how to make fun colorful birds that spin in a breeze.
Now that I have made and sold hundreds I'm ready to share my process. If you click here you can see how to make your own tin birds. The pattern and supply list is on my website JennyFillius.com then click on Tin Bird. Have fun and wear work gloves!
I came up with the design for tin birds in 2007, since then I have made and sold hundreds on Etsy and at craft fairs. Now you can too.
A pattern & supply list is available on my website at JennyFillius.com Click on Tin Bird to download a PDF. Soon a tutorial will be on YouTube for assembling them.
Supplies for making my tin birds
Colors were carefully chosen for these birds.
The joyful process of making recycled tin birds is taking a piece of metal and zeroing in on the perfect spot. In this case a Christmas popcorn tin has some really nice design elements that are better than the whole.
See how exciting these wings are when taken away from the surrounding area of the tin.
So much fun.
48 to be exact. Available soon at the Seattle Art Museum gift shop. Recycled beverage cans and metals.