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English Parquetry in Miniature
We became huge fans of miniature parquetry!:) Several patterns are made, some amazing pictures downloaded.
Starting from the easiest one:
It’s 15cm x 15cm. White oak.
Slow Progress
Hope I’ll have some good balusters for the balcony one day.
In Progress
Finished one half of the facade. Almost. I didn’t expect it would take so much time. This was supposed to be fun!;)
Today I was watching “Woodturning for furniture”, so I’m playing with lathe again – making the blank for claw foot. Doesn’t look good for me, it’s a long road.
Arches
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I wasn’t going to post this because it’s still in progress, but here it is.
Half of the weekend was spent on glueing bricks, making arches, it takes so much time, I didn’t expect it!:) Somehow, I decorate the house instaggered order. I don’t know why.:)
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The Balcony.
After playing with mini-lathe, I decided to make a balcony for the second floor:
Oh, and I made some sort of siding for it too. Later I’ll decorate and paint it to make a worn look. Sooo much work to do.
Well, back to good things. I took plywood, several minutes with scroll saw, and my dollhouse will have these… corbels, right. I’ve found this design in Russian carving-something album, something tells me it’s not the last time I’m using it.
It’s far from perfect, I painted it with acrylic, and sandpapered – it looks a bit worn now. I think it should be more realistic.
Now I have to do only balcony railings and the door, and it’ll be done.
lathe
I’m sooo happy. Today I’ve found the great shop near my house, they sell mini hinges and all mini-electro-cool-stuff-lathe-dremel, well, all things I love. So I immediately bought there this cool cutter set
I was going to buy aaaalll hinges they had, but I said to myself: “lathe-first, put your money back, it’s close to your place, it’s damn cheap. You can buy it any minute”.
So when I got home I turned on the lathe, and here we go. My first try:
It was so much fun, that I thought – do I really need to make 17th century russian house, when all the furniture was so simple? Maybe 19th century…:))))) maybe not a house somewhere in Ural or Siberia, maybe Moscow…
Ok, ok, my first try was not perfect, so I’ll keep working on it, 17th century, yes…hm, no.
Windows are finished.
Sorry for not updating the blog for so long – I had wonderful weekend away from computer.:) Besides my holidays are over and I’m back to writing my graduate work. It will be my second diploma.
But I manage to find some time for my doll’s house. I’ve finished making window frames. It looks okay for the beginning, I haven’t painted it yet – just did some sandpapering. It will be all done after I choose the veneer for the exterior.
There will be a balcony on the second floor, oh well, I haven’t made it yet))
Bricks, vricks
We don’t look for easy ways.. These days I was reading a lot of posts about making bricks, imitating them and so on.
In the beginning I was going to use clay bricks, made of Jovi white air dry clay. I made half of the wall – but I didn’t like the result. Besides, I had to paint it later. So, I was thinking of making simple molds for the bricks from silicone rubber. Then I would try using alabaster as a brick material.
And here it is. First of all, I’ve made wooden bricks, I used balsa wood. And then I glued them to the sheet of plywood.
Window frames
It was a day of window frames. Glueing, sandpapering, but still I’ve managed to finish only half. The rest is awaiting!:)
To make it more fun I browse through Ads and signs that were made before revolution. Can’t choose the most beautiful, they all are.