With our extra bit of emphasis recently upon art to do with the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, we thought we’d report on this, since it’s so cute. Reported on the technabob site, Bonsai enthusiast Chris Guise added a bit of geekery to the art form by making a miniature replica of Bilbo Baggins’ home. This takes real patience and as he says:
“Not long after I bought this tree I carved a shari down the trunk, covered the edges with cut paste and left it alone. After two years the edges had callused over nicely.”
In addition to the tree itself, the door is made of miniature planks of wood and the window is made of strips of wood and black plastic. Chris used roofing tiles to make the house’s bricks, which he cemented to a plastic mesh. After that he added bonsai soil and some moss to finish the replica. All in all it took him over 80 hours to finish the model.
Bonsai Bag End house by Chris Guise
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