Most of us can only dream about getting our creative teeth into a project quite this sizable, but artist Richard Woods was lucky enough to have a whole house to play with when he was asked by the Forestry Commission to take part in renovating a group cottages set in ancient woodland. Woods made full use of the opportunity, coating the old houses in daring, retro designs that give them a fairy-tale like appearance. His 'Stone Clad Cottages', which opened to the public a week ago, are already generating quite a buzz.
Follow the jump to see how he did it
[Via RSA Arts & Ecology]
The cottages look like their bricks have been painted, but in actual fact, it's an optical illusion: the 'bricks' are painted on to wooden slats.
Ready to go!
Almost done:
Diagram of the planned finished cottage:
And the real thing:
Admiring the finished work!
