My Hobbit Hole and the Road - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-02-2008, 02:17 PM

Thanks, guys! It's always nice to get feedback on my projects. As to the potted trees/bushes, they're taken straight from Tolkien's own sketches of Bag End - he always has one on each side of the front door. (Actually, mine are miniature trees from model train sets, combined with a button pot...)

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 09-02-2008, 10:20 PM

I love it, Esty!

I just wish that I could do something creative as that...

Lalwendë · 09-05-2008, 04:24 AM

I really like that!!! Especially the photo of yourself emerging from the door - I hope you leave that in

Does it fold out like a concertina?

Hey, you could have a new career in making fabric baby books more interesting than the usual fare!

Bêthberry · 09-05-2008, 08:03 AM

This is a beautiful testament to your love of the poem, Esty. The pictures make me wish I could hold it and feel the textures of the facric, of the stones, the heavy weight of the door.

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-05-2008, 11:30 PM

Wonderful, Esty! I followed the trail to your blog -- way do lead on to way, don't she? -- hoping for some more detailed shots of the other panels, only to be disappointed.

Then I got to see the shot of you as Hortensia Boffin and I was okay again.

Most excellent work.

09-02-2008, 02:17 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Thanks, guys! It's always nice to get feedback on my projects. As to the potted trees/bushes, they're taken straight from Tolkien's own sketches of Bag End - he always has one on each side of the front door. (Actually, mine are miniature trees from model train sets, combined with a button pot...) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

09-02-2008, 10:20 PM	#2
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	I love it, Esty! I just wish that I could do something creative as that... __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

09-05-2008, 04:24 AM	#3
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I really like that!!! Especially the photo of yourself emerging from the door - I hope you leave that in Does it fold out like a concertina? Hey, you could have a new career in making fabric baby books more interesting than the usual fare! __________________ Gordon's alive!

09-05-2008, 08:03 AM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	This is a beautiful testament to your love of the poem, Esty. The pictures make me wish I could hold it and feel the textures of the facric, of the stones, the heavy weight of the door. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

09-05-2008, 11:30 PM	#5
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Wonderful, Esty! I followed the trail to your blog -- way do lead on to way, don't she? -- hoping for some more detailed shots of the other panels, only to be disappointed. Then I got to see the shot of you as Hortensia Boffin and I was okay again. Most excellent work.