The Mother of Invention

[sparrowhawk]

I couldn't afford a proper pipe cabinet, nor did I have the room for one, and I also wanted a way to display some of my statuary to offset all the baby pictures of nephews and nieces and their children, so I came up with this: A console table with beautiful hand made pipe racks by jkrug, a mural sixed poster of the original paperback mosaic cover of The Lord of the Rings, which I once owned and found a forum member who was able to make a jpeg photo resolution-heavy enough to be able to be expanded six feet; then the final touch of adding the statuary, like the Cold Girl, St. Michael (on the far right), and a rendition of Botticelli's Venus. Above it all is a terra cotta sun disk I got a few years ago while visiting a friend in Nevada. I rather like the allover effect.

 

[sthbkr77]

That LOTR banner is gorgeous. Very nice setup Sparrow.

 

[jkrug]

That looks great Fred. Came together quite nicely. Well done. :clap:

 

[hawke]

I like the creative way you hung the banner and the sun emblem.

 

[newfie]

Nice setup Sparrow.
On another note, am I the only one who thought of Frank Zappa when you read the thread title?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

If memory serves, you had once posted about making a cabinet from those statuettes. This set up looks great. And, that looks like a great set of Peterson Druculas.

 

[sparrowhawk]

I did indeed want to make a cabinet that would display both pipes and statues, but find a craftsman to make the cabinet at a rassonable price seemed impossible. I think this solution, however, worked out well.

 

[thebrokenone]

Looks proper to me, Sparrow. Very nice setup you have there.

 

[prndl]

Nudes and pipes just seem to go together. So to speak.
Well done, sir.

 

[scrooge]

Very Nice Well done Sir!

 

[danielplainview]

On another note, am I the only one who thought of Frank Zappa when you read the thread title?

Great set up. Nice collection of Pete's.

 

[sparrowhawk]

I was thinking of the Aesop story for the title line--had to really stretch the brain cells to understand the Zappa allusion.

 

[okiescout]

Very nice, Sparrowhawk. I was just admiring your "Little Mermaid" this morning.

 

[shutterbugg]

Looks like a pipe shrine :D

 

[sparrowhawk]

Nice thought, Shutterbug, but when you think of it, that's fairly accurate...Thanks!