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Morris Chairs Upholstery

Author: Виктория, May 10, 2018 в Uncategorized

I made these chairs quite some time ago, but I managed to make upholstery only now. I was searching for the right piece of fabric at the local stores, but found what I needed in this wonderful UK based store – https://www.mariasfabrics.com/ I was blown away by the amount of gorgeous fabrics, so I bought a lot!

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French Firescreen

Author: Виктория, March 29, 2018 в Miniature Needlepoint

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New chapter, new skill for me – miniature needlepoint.

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Art Nouveau Vitrine

Author: Виктория, March 19, 2018 в Uncategorized

Hinges are installed, time to show a vitrine.

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Knife Hinges in Miniature

Author: Виктория, March 15, 2018 в Metalwork

Swipe!👉👉👉 So I'm only done with making hinges, lol. I was going to install them tonight too, but I just ran out of time. Anyways, as I said many times before, I'm not comfortable with metalworking. It's something I don't really like and understand but I need everytime I make some advanced piece of furniture. So I always tell to myself that I like it 😂 Oh yes, Victoria, you like it, that's why you have this Sherline lathe, lol, that's why you want to buy a Sherline mill but never have enough money for that! 😂😂😂 So two days ago I tried to make these hinges, they were too thin and fragile, and I didn't have a 0.45 mm drill bit. So I changed my plan this time. Thicker brass sheet, bigger diameter for the brass rod – 0.8mm one. I used my coordinate table that comes with the mill to cut out the outline of the hinges, then I cut them with my jeweller's saw and shaped them with files. Drilled the holes, the rest is obvious. They both look okay now, I'll see how they will work when I install them tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Публикация от Victoria Morozova 🇷🇺 (@miniwoodworking)

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Art Nouveau Vitrine. Part two.

Author: Виктория, March 14, 2018 в Uncategorized

I’m almost done with the vitrine. All I need now is install hinges. I tried to make them yesterday, but failed. Besides, I really needed to assemble the whole thing first. It was quite difficult, but I made it.So tomorrow I’ll start with hinges again, maybe I’ll be lucky!

By the way, the top and the bottom of the vitrine are all dry fit, I made it just for installing the hinges and after that I’ll glue everything in place.

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Art Nouveau Vitrine

Author: Виктория, March 12, 2018 в Uncategorized

I think this is one og the most challenging projects for me:

On the pic above the original item is on the right, on the left is a marquetry panel I was making (I had to change the layout and design of it later). The vitrine itself is pretty small (the width of the back panel is just 40mm, the thickness of the shelves is 1mm). I really like carved decoration and marquetry, of course. While I was modeling the vitrine I started reading quite an interesting article about Emile Galle, who was one of the most influlential artists in art nouveau movement. He was the one who invited Louis Majorelle to work for him (Majorelle was making brass and bronze furniture decorations, later he started making marquetry and furniture too).
I was disappointed and inspired at the same time while reading about Galle’s company. First of all, he was really good at organizing furniture and ceramics/glass manufacture process, his father was actually running pottery making business. Later Emile started producing furniture, he commissioned marquetry design and carving to the other artists, as well as metalwork. Only later he started making marquetry himself. Anyway, that was my disappointment, somehow I thought that he was producing it all by himself, but it turned out to be a dream team of artists. It’s pretty amazing, of course, but it was a surprise for me:)

Almost everything is ready for assembling the vitrine, I only need to make knife hinges for a door. For now, several photos of the process.

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Henry O. Studley Workbench

Author: Виктория, September 26, 2017 в Miniature Shows

I haven’t posted anything here for a while, and there were some good reasons to it. Somewhere in my previous posts I wrote that I got an invitation to Miniature Masterworks Show in KC. There were also a competition announced, Barbara Marshall award. It wasn’t allowed to show the piece you were making for the award, so my silence can be easily explained now, lol. There was a lot of work, especially two last months were terrible.
So here is the piece I was making, a workbench.

Henry O. Studley Workbench

Henry O. Studley Workbench

Why Workbench? It was my second one, the first was Roubo workbench that I showed about a year ago, maybe more. I showed it on IGMA forum, and many people liked it, Bill Robertson suggested I should try making Henry O. Studley workbench. For those who haven’t seen his work, he was famous for his toolchest.

Bill wants to make it in miniature, but a bit bigger than 1/12. When I heard his suggestion I thought that it was a bit too much, there weren’t many photos on Google search but it was enough to see:)
But it got into my head, so when I heard about the competition I immediately thought of it. I knew that a lot of artisans would choose something French, Rococo etc (and I was right, hehe). I wanted something different and couldn’t think of anything, but this workbench somehow stuck in my head, so I decided to make it.
From one hand, it wasn’t a good choice, not many people would appreciate it, only those, I think, who work with wood or metal. On the other hand, it was very honest project, something where every artisan’s work begins. So the decision was made.
I bought a book about Studley’s bench to decide on proportions and dimensions.
The process was not comfortable for me, I don’t like metalwork, to be honest, so the whole thing was a challenge and such an out of comfort zone project, that I think there’s no piece I can’t make, lol.
I didn’t take any prize, but heard a lot of nice words about the workbench, and it has found its place in a museum.
I really enjoyed the show, all the staff and visitors were so friendly, I didn’t see such a vibe in Kensington, to be honest.
I’ll be attending Guild School in June,2018. So there’s something to look forward to.

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Кровать в густавианском стиле.

Author: Виктория, December 15, 2016 в Uncategorized

Как и обещала, про кровать.
Наверное, один из моих самых любимых предметов будет. Потому что все просто и понятно – резьба, сборка, покраска. 🙂

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У кровати такой нежный цвет слоновой кости, это матовый акрил. Я все собираюсь сделать видео на эту тему. Про покраску.

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Gustavian bed

Заказчица, как говорится, не вредная попалась. И обивку я легко сделала, и матрас легко сшился. С обивкой была отдельная история. Когда я получила ткань, мне отчего-то показалось, что ткани катастрофически мало. Что на матрас не хватит, вот вообще. Стали с заказчицей думать, в итоге я предложила сделать типа чехол такой, который можно снимать. И я решила сделать его двусторонним, можно вывернуть и будет простыня. В итоге хватило ткани аж на три подушки 🙂 Хотя нужно было две.

Ну и видео вдогонку с демонстрацией 🙂 На ФБ и в Инстаграм видео подлиннее.

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Густавианские стулья

Author: Виктория, December 2, 2016 в Commissions, Commissions, Commissions, Commissions, Commissions, Commissions, Commissions

Ну вот и закончен вроде один заказ, пока покажу стулья. Остальное потом, если все будет хорошо.

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Gustavian chairs

Такой вот долгострой не по моей вине. Напомню, что заказчица долго не высылала ткань, так что пришлось ждать. В итоге, материал мне понравился, хотя довольно сыпучий и ооочень тонкий. Боялась, что ткань придется проклеивать. Но именно со стульями не пришлось.

После обивки еще немного подпортила стулья патиной, которую по идее довольно легко можно убрать.

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Осень, снег.

Author: Виктория, November 14, 2016 в Uncategorized

Russian painted sofa and chairs

Зима подкралась совсем не заметно, и я уже с грустью думаю о том, что еще полгода жить вот среди этого снега и грязи от дорог. Эх. После переезда, наш красивый вид на липовую аллею сменился грустным пейзажем – дорога и старый сталинский дом. Смотреть хочется только красивые картинки в альбомах.

В общем, подуставшее настроение у меня. Впереди работа над новым предметом, который я вам и показать не смогу, только осенью следующего года. Это я на шоу предмет делаю. А пока из старенького, поигралась с цветом, так сказать.
Для тех, кто в мой инстаграм не ходит – это я доделала русский диван и кресла. Плетение пришлось правда значительно затемнить и состарить, но! Буду со временем еще затемнять, так как боюсь испортить. Как смелости набираюсь, так иду портить. Пока вот сил нет.
Кресла мне особенно по душе, они выпили сильно меньше крови, чем диван. Да и плетение заняло всего несколько дней. На данный момент плести больше не хочу 🙂
Росписью я почти довольна, финиш мне удалось сделать матовым, спасибо лаку Шминке. Но все равно он зараза долго сохнет и я все переживаю, не будет ли он снова липнуть. Заказала вот ренессанс воск, надеюсь, что с ним будет получше покрытие.

Russian painted sofa and chairs

Новый фон, пока для этих предметов только. Надо еще один сделать.

Russian painted sofa and chairs

Russian painted sofa and chairs

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