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Site of the week
Couple weeks ago I’ve found an amazing work of one polymer clay artist. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the country or name. There was another thing that attracted me – somebody on one Russian site posted the link to this artist’s works. It was obvious that the work was fantastic, lots of great details, colors combination – everything was perfect. There were a lot of comments, most of them were great, but some people were saying that “the pieces were wonderful but there was no soul in them”. I felt very sad for this artist, somehow I see such comments only on Russian sites. I can understand if somebody says “it’s great but it’s not really my thing” (because it’s very subjective) but saying “it doesn’t have soul” – I think is wrong. I’d never ride a car “with soul in it”. What does this artist do to make his creation soulless? I just don’t get it.
The same happens with the term “handmade” (speaking only about Russia here). “I create it with my own hands!”, again, I’m puzzled – how you should work to call your product “handmade”. If you’re into felting, for example, and using sander for it (Bosch or anything similar), should you call it fully handmade? If you’re a doll artist and make porcelain dolls, do you have the right to call it handmade (you’re still using kiln, right?). Course you can! I’m not a specialist in doll, and I don’t really care if you make it all by hands or using tools, if you’re putting all your soul into it or taking it out before work. I just need a good doll.
Long story short, I wanted to share this wonderful site with you, fantastic flawless miniature architecture, the author – Francisco del Pozo Parés. I loved this house the most. There’s an official site too (just click on the picture to get there).
The choice
Совсем неожиданно как-то получился перерыв. А паркет уже закончен, в этот раз рисунок в виде плетенки.
Hall parquet
I have only one room to make the floor for. Right now, the drawing is ready. The hall looks quite simple. But I really like it that way.
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Site updates
Sometimes it happens!:)
First of all, I’ve updated scale calculator. Now you can see the scaled size not only in mm but in inches too.
I’ve also added the links to photo albums from different miniature shows. From Good Sam Show, for example.
Stool
As with the mirror the stool is made of walnut, one more commissioned piece. I enjoyed working on it – played with router bits, getting some new profiles. I also like the top of the stool.
Parquetry for bedroom
And another room is ready. Working on the parquetry took the whole weekend, and yesterday all I had to do is to make borders. All in all there were 1850 details to glue. And I have about 500 left. The size of the floor is something about 38cm x 41cm. It’s quite big, especially comparing with the living room.
Cubes
This is the post for those who’s still interested in parquetry:)
This is the pattern I’ve chosen for the bedroom. You might not see that on the photo but I used three types of wood here – khaya, pear wood and cherry. The bedroom is huge, so when I printed the pattern I could hardly believe that the pattern was so big, had to check it twice:) Right now I’ve finished only on third, so it’ll take a couple days.
Drawings apps
I wish I had the similar app on my site. I have an Android phone, as you know there are plenty of different apps available on market now. And there’s one just perfect for miniaturists. It’s called – Design Dimensions which has two versions – free and paid one. I use free version. It’s a database of items and their dimensions – furniture, lighting, plumbing. All you have to do is to scale it:)
