"Faery House"1

"Faery House"

Room for rent. One floor bachelor style lay out. Comes with wood stove.

It is for burning cone incense. This was my first attempt at creating a stone house. I have leaned a fair bit about creating these little Elf houses through the creation of this one. Now that I have learned some of the tricks of it, I think the next one to be made will be much better.

There is a little chimney inside with two hole that allow for the smoke to escape through the top. The door swings open to place the cone of incense inside. Including the chimney it stands about 14 inches high.

Made up of over 300 individually cut and polished soapstone "mini bricks". The brown stone is Brazilian stone and the black/green stone is from Broughton Quebec (Canada). Each brick was painstakingly cut and polished, then glued into place.

The door swings open via three leather straps attached to a stone beam, and the space around the door allows for air flow to be brought in while the insence burns inside.

I painted some simple grass and flowers on the sides of the house and glued on a faery charm on the front door. Then sprayed the outside with a clear coat of shalack. The inside was left raw for two reasons. No one really sees the inside, and the insence may have picked up part of the chemical and sent it into the air, so I left the iside raw and unfinished.

The window is a stone frame with a plastic cover to allow you to see the glow of the incense while it burns n the fire place inside the house.

Looks really cool when the smoke comes out the chimney!