Now we are making twenty four nests for the Tourism Tasmania Gala Night event held in Hobart in November. These nests will measure about 20cm in diameter and will be entwined with tiny fairy lights on the night. We live in a tiny house so every flat surface is starting to be covered in nests in various stages of development!!
After we collect the vine and native seed pods, ferns, moss and twigs from the bush it is then quite a process to form each nest. If the vine has dried out too much we soak it and then it may need to be shaped and placed into a bowl to mould the form as it dries. We still have many of the twenty four nests to make yet but there is evidence of quite a few beginnings of nest forms dotted about our home.
We are looking forward to adding all the embellishments once the nest structures are all formed. We are planning on adding feathers as well as some egg shaped river stones and small banksia pods inside the nests. It does seem appropriate that we are making our nests in Spring and in our own garden we have resident blackbirds busily making their nests too! Best wishes to you all.
