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Tree Mother's Garden

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Tree Mother's real name can't be pronounced, because she doesn't communicate through sound. Her language is based on movements of the feather-like flaps on her chest.

When introducing herself, she has her name translated into words of the same meaning in the other language. ("Tree Mother" is how it translates to English.)

Her translator and life companion is a Dian Cliff-bird named Singer, who knows her language and over seventy sound-based ones-- thanks to a brilliant linguistic mind, individually controllable feathers, and a vocal tract that can mimic nearly any sound.

On Tree Mother's homeworld, people choose their own names, and hers reflects her passion for gardening. On her potted plants and trees, she grows fruit that she sells to chefs like those in the nearby Baking Cooperative.

She feels more need for privacy than most other beings in this sector, so her bed and bath are behind a door. She even has curtains, but she usually keeps them open for the plants.

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Drawing of Tree Mother's apartment. Open in front, with curtains pulled to the sides, and several potted plants sitting out on the walkway. The top half of the back wall is made of large windows. Below them is a single rounded door. To the left side, against the back wall, is a bed and bath cubicle with its open door facing the viewer. Inside, it is divided into small shower and toilet rooms, with a bunk above them, reachable by steps. Against the right wall is a set of shelves with various canned and boxed products and a small microwave. On top of this, and on top of the bed-bath cubicle, are more potted plants. Near the front, watering the walkway plants with a small watering can, is Tree Mother. She is a round, semi-humanoid creature in a hat and skirt, with 2 arms and at least 4 legs, and antenna-like feelers on the sides of her face. In place of a shirt, her entire front is covered in feather-like flaps. Near her stands Singer the Cliff-Bird, also covered in feathers, spreading its wings and opening its beak.

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Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. Tree Mother is made from a small doll, dressed in pink and yellow doll skirts, whose head has been replaced with a tiny toy crab. Singer is a toy pterodactyl, who has been covered in feathers made from black and silver tape. Two small trees are visible in the foreground, made from wire and beads, and potted in plastic bottle caps filled with a mixture of glue and ground coffee. The bed-bath cubicle, made from a small wooden jewelry box and tiled on the inside with tiny white and green square tiles, is partly visible in the background.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. This view focuses on Singer the bird, and the leftmost potted tree. Singer has eyes made from blue beads, and wears a necklace made of green faceted glass beads. The tree has branches made from twisted copper wire, with the leaves and berries made from green and red glass beads; the roots wrap around a large rough agate stone that is half-submerged in the coffee soil.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. This view focuses on Tree Mother's face, which has been adorned with beads to form eyes and a mouth. She wears a necklace of large orange and yellow beads, a green mesh scarf, and a hat made from a seashell decorated with a red bead flower. Behind her, the tiled bathroom cubicle can be seen more closely. The toilet is made from a short pill bottle, and is also covered in tiles to match the wall.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. This view focuses the rightmost potted tree. It is also made of copper wire and potted in coffee grounds in a red bottle cap. It has leaves and berries made from green and blue beads, as well as flowers made of silver sequins. Around it you can also see that the open curtain is made of red satin and tied against the wall with black thread.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. This view focuses more closely on Singer the bird, who also has antennae made of thin copper wire, and dark orange feet. One of Tree Mother's feet, which appears to be made from the foot of a toy frog painted silver, is visible behind Singer.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the back. This view shows the back door, which in this version is made of randomly twisted steel wire with a few beads and a round orange camera filter incorporated into it for a window. Above it, a similar blue camera filter forms another window, surrounded by green stick-on tiles, while the remainder of the upper wall to the right of that is tiled with round silver thumbtacks. Below that, the rest of the wall is covered in black tape and black-and-white floral-patterned tape.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the open side. This view focuses again on the rightmost potted tree, and behind it there's a bit of a view of another tree similarly potted in a blue bottle cap.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the back. This view focuses on the open back door, made of randomly twisted steel wire with a few beads and a round orange camera filter incorporated into it for a window. Through the door is a partial view of the tree potted in a blue bottle cap.

Photo of the sample mockup of the apartment, removed from the shelving, seen from the back. This view focuses more closely on the back door, made of randomly twisted steel wire with a few beads and a round orange camera filter incorporated into it for a window. A large spiral of wire at the top holds the camera filter in place. It is made of orange glass in a circular aluminum frame, and in this view you can see some words engraved on the frame, including CORRECTOR DISC.

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