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Chairs
I always wanted to try different art nouveau styles, if I may say so. This time – Vienna Secession, Koloman Moser. At first, I spotted his beautiful wardrobe, but then I saw these chairs and immediately started making drawings.
I really liked this dove marquetry piece – its size in 1/12 is 13 mm on 13 mm. Part of the wings are made with mother of pearl, two types actually.
New books.
I got some new books from Ebay last weekend. These are treasures indeed.
Shopping List
For my new project I bought some pearwood. I also decided to buy iroko wood, just to try how it feels.
Chair Upholstery.
I finished upholstering the second chair, this time I used silk taffeta.
I had to make the back of the seat twice, the veneer split, but the result is great.
Holidays.
We had very long holidays as usual. I wish I’ve done more, but what can you do. I made two wonderful fringes on bobbin lace, painted them, then realised I needed one more!
At the moment I’m working on a second chair, the seat upholstery is done, now it’s back of the chair I’m working on.
40 nails used, I think another 40 will go too.
Chess figures. Knights.
Couple days ago, something terrible happened, my container with chess figures fell down from table, it was open. So couple of figures were lost for good. I had to make some of them again.
Three knights for now, don’t need more for the roombox.
Scalpel blades.
I was lucky to find a website selling scalpel blades and scalpel handles in Moscow. Usually such companies don’t sell anything to mere mortals, only clinics and doctors. Not this time. I got these:
- No. 11, I used all the blades I had, was one of my favorites some time ago.
- No. 10, love them!
- and my new favorite – 15c, love them even more! 🙂 It’s much smaller than No. 10, so it’s pretty cool for tiny cuts.
I also got three handles, just couldn’t resist, they were too cheap.
About the quality, 15c is the best IMHO, and it turned out, that it was from Netherlands (Steeluxe brand), 10 and 11 – from Germany.
Chess figures.
Several chess figures I made for the roombox, made of pear wood and box wood.
Rook: