Submitted my first Fairy home to Annmarie Sculpture garden for their annual submission and thoroughly enjoyed the process of experimenting with new materials! Things I thought came out well: - horseshoe door (a technique I have done when leading workshops) with working knocker - working swing - popsicle stick interior flooring - tiled patio - painting expanding foam to look like rocks over the plywood base - the ladder coming out very clean with no visible glue thanks to being able to inset the rungs into holes - engraving swirls in stone, definitely something I will repeat - sculpting polymer mushrooms Things I didn't love the end result of or want to explore alternatives for: - covering the base structure in moss made the project a little more expensive and created a busier texture than I was hoping - adding more painted elements for bright spots of color, while I generally gravitate to a more neutral/natural palette I felt like this piece was a little flat in the end from a value perspective - the painted pond area I liked but am curious about adding epoxy in the future for depth/different texture finish - what to put behind stick window frame, here I had some depth and painted a candle glow color inside but wasn't happy with how it read