Project Statement
In my first semester of Industrial Design my professor Deb Scoot taught my cohort how to use a multitude of tools in the woodshop. All of these skills helped us in the creation of our first wood prototype - a birdhouse. When developing my birdhouse, I wanted explore my bird's behaviors in a whimsical way. I found in my research that Yellow-Throated Honeyeaters avidly enjoy using human and animal hair to make their nests. Using this understanding, I created a hairbrush-like nesting box. My final deliverable has a hollowed brush head where the bird can build their nest and protruding dowels that offer a spot to perch or for the owner of the box to string their own hair through. My hope was that this box would foster a mutually beneficial relationship between humans and this bird.
