No responses

Wardrobe – moldings and frame

Author: Виктория, February 9, 2015 в Uncategorized

There was a lot of work recently, I’m still enjoying the process of building my new art nouveau wardrobe. Lots of things were changed since the last version of it, this time I decided not to use veneered wood, this time the pear was stained, it has a very deep color of purple heart wood.  Just like the original piece. The only drawback is that becayse it’s very dark every touch with my fingers left these sawdust spots. Anyway, there’s nothing I can do till the finishing process.

 

Art nouveau wardrobe - WIP

Read more…

Tags: ,

No responses

Marquetry wardrobe -WIP

Author: Виктория, January 19, 2015 в Uncategorized

These holidays were too long! I missed my tools and tablesaw:) Before them (damn, it was last year!) I started remaking marquetry wardrobe, which I didn’t even finish. I managed to cut side parts, today was a  lathe day!

Here’s the old version of the wardrobe:
Another marquetry wardrobe - WIP

Read more…

Tags: ,

No responses

Marquetry panels – finished

Author: Виктория, December 22, 2014 в Uncategorized

Well, actually the stand itself is almost done, but I decided to show a bit of process

Marquetry panels - WIP
Read more…

No responses

Marquetry for music stand

Author: Виктория, December 19, 2014 в Uncategorized

I only needed one more hour today to finish the second panel for the door, almost half of it is done. So I’ll show only the first one for now. Well, I need to sand it, add couple more details, but overall it’s done.

Marquetry door for music stand - WIP

No responses

Rococo Settee – WIP

Author: Виктория, August 19, 2014 в Uncategorized

Rococo Settee - WIP

Well, it’s almost done. Now I need to make an uphosltery. I covered the settee with paper so that it wouldn’t distract from the carving. Uphosltering should be fun – it’s very complicated form to me, but I’ll just have to do it. Carving itself was fun, though it was tricky sometimes to get all the parts together seamlessly.
Read more…

No responses

Carving, lots of it!

Author: Виктория, August 8, 2014 в Uncategorized

Wow, I thought it would be much more difficult to make it work! This settee is quite a challenge. The back is very interesting, so I had to figure out the workflow for it. Despite using 3d software I still needed to rely on my own measuring skills.

Now the fun part began – carving, lots and lots of it! I “finished” 2 parts, another 2 on the way. I hope that the next week will be all about upholstery, fingers crossed!

rococo settee

rococo settee

Tags: , , , , , ,

No responses

Victorian Settee

Author: Виктория, July 29, 2014 в Commissions, Commissions, Commissions

It’s good to be back after such a long break!

It’s another commission for me. Quite complicated piece of furniture, but I hope to get through it. I’ll be using pear wood again, not steamed but I’d say “smoked” pear, it had a beautiful chocolate brown color. Btw, not cheap at all, but I like it even more than steamed one.

I started from the lower part of the settee, main frame and cabriole legs, lots of carving there!

Victorian settee

Read more…

2 Responses

Art Nouveau Side Cabinets.

Author: Виктория, April 10, 2014 в Uncategorized

Well, it’s finally time to make side cabinets for my art nouveau sofa. 🙂 Here it is:

inchscaled 039 copy

I don’t even remember why I didn’t make them, I started making carved panels, they are somewhere, in one of five huge boxes with scrap wood, hehe. I won’t waste my time on looking for them. It’s much easier to make new ones. Besides I had a very rough sketch in Google Sketchup, so I made a new one in Rhino. So far so good, I found quite good mahogany strips, though I still need to make lots of veneer, 2mm.

Read more…

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

No responses

Bed – WIP

Author: Виктория, March 25, 2014 в Uncategorized

Bed - WIP

I started making a bed, you can see some carving in progress on the photo above.  And I think I’ll make a chair for the dresser I made earlier, both would look great together.  But it will be after the bed and couple of bedside tables. I’m using pearwood again, it’s very light in color as you can see, so it’ll need some staining too.

And my new addition – this Proxxon sander, they have a bigger model but I decided on this smaller one. Suits my needs perfectly.

Sander

I’d make some jigs for it, but don’t have time for it at all, to be honest. Well, back to work! Have a nice day!

 

Tags: , , , , , , ,

No responses

A Louis-Philippe Chaise Longue circa 1840

Author: Виктория, January 31, 2014 в Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture, Furniture

A Louis-Philippe Chaise Longue circa 1840

Read more…

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Блог о коллекционной кукольной миниатюре, кукольной мебели, румбоксах и кукольных домиках в масштабе 1/12. Информация о предстоящих выставках кукольной миниатюры, чертежи кукольной мебели и инструкции, советы по созданию кукольной мебели и румбоксов.