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Still blue. Already full of personality.

This four-foot build is still in its gloriously blue phase, but the important shapes are already there: ledges with somewhere to go, branches that connect the space and little pockets that soften the whole wall.

4 ft wideWork in progressMatching removable pieces

The real build story

From first shape to finished character.

Every photo below came from the actual workbench.

The whole idea in one frame during the on the workbench · four-foot build project — STEP 1
The whole idea in one frame
Backdrop, branches, leafy pockets and the matching bowl all start speaking the same visual language.

Routes start joining up during the on the workbench · four-foot build project — STEP 2
Routes start joining up
A closer look at how the ledges and branches turn a flat wall into a more interesting route through the enclosure.

The bowl that refused to look like a bowl during the on the workbench · four-foot build project — STEP 3
The bowl that refused to look like a bowl
A removable water bowl begins as its own carved piece so practical maintenance can still be part of the design.

A little hide with a very important job during the on the workbench · four-foot build project — STEP 4
A little hide with a very important job
This separate small hide is being shaped for a Children’s python—compact, removable and made to belong with the surrounding pieces.

What we love about this one

There is plenty still to come, which is exactly why we are sharing it now: handmade work is a process, and the awkward blue middle is part of the fun.

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From first shape to finished character.

The whole idea in one frame

Routes start joining up

The bowl that refused to look like a bowl

A little hide with a very important job

There is plenty still to come, which is exactly why we are sharing it now: handmade work is a process, and the awkward blue middle is part of the fun.