{"id":3640,"date":"2015-09-22T01:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inchscaled.com\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2015-09-22T23:53:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T20:53:31","slug":"dollhouse-bricks-almost-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamorozovaminiatures.com\/en\/2015\/09\/dollhouse-bricks-almost-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollhouse bricks. Almost real!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some things that truly inspire. They can make you create a whole room just for them. And recently I found one in Russian social site. In one of the groups I saw a post about miniature bricks <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/minikirpichiki\" target=\"_blank\">with lots of photos<\/a>, and I was blown away. It&#8217;s hard to find an artisan in Russia who creates such complicated things (I&#8217;m speaking about technology and process involved) from scratch.<br \/>\nI loved the bricks and instantly wanted to buy them though I had no idea how I could use them, besides I&#8217;m making furniture mostly, not roomboxes (sigh). Minutes later I decided to make some sort of decoration for one of my items for Christmas Kensington Festival. I ordered 2kg of bricks. <\/p>\n<p>Dmitry, an artisan who makes these bricks, was also very kind, he sent me bricks of another scale too (1\/9) and half-bricks. Look how cool they are:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/20978492074\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5703\/20978492074_e2c899c81e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lots of photos below:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/20978491864\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5624\/20978491864_f73e23abfc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21601346955\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/729\/21601346955_03aac855b5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The quality is amazing! And these bricks that cut in half, wow, super cool! You don&#8217;t need to cut them manually,so the process of making a wall will be fast.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 1\/12 scale bricks and 1\/9 scale:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/20980157643\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5685\/20980157643_4e477c414e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They look very realistic! And the color is amaaazing!<\/p>\n<p>I have a very old post about making, no<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/inchscaled.com\/2010\/11\/%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%86%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%ba%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%bf%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%b0-%d0%b2-%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b9-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%8e\/\" target=\"_blank\">making faux bricks in miniature<\/a>. It&#8217;s still very popular among my visitors, and you can see how much time and nerves I wasted making these gypsum bricks. So who knows, maybe, I&#8217;d have finished the house if I had these bricks back then.  <\/p>\n<p>Well, this is how I made my decoration. I used MDF panels 3mm and 5 mm. The floor &#8211; oak parquetry. So the whole idea was to make some sort of modern mix: loft and classical.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21413438418\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/736\/21413438418_d31dae59d7_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then bricks layout, I used acrylic gesso as a glue and umbra pigment to get rid of this white color:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21589932562\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/639\/21589932562_10b3241f16_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21414354339\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5675\/21414354339_a0647964cf_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/20978490974\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/693\/20978490974_29602e43fc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Laying bricks is super fast and smooth:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/20980156363\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/715\/20980156363_a828674e3d_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then I cover the whole wall with gesso, and when it&#8217;s dry remove the excess with wet towel.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21601614005\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5656\/21601614005_fcd33cb9ff_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"454\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21575366366\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/683\/21575366366_f30e7ca44f_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then moving on to gluing parquetry:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21601613415\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5643\/21601613415_d831653c85_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A desk looks nice here:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21575365886\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5772\/21575365886_998e1e8ef7_z.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Texture is amazing:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vika-m\/21610415861\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Brick wall construction\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5734\/21610415861_cf24f50a6e_z.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brick wall construction\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, I need to add the details, there will be a mirror and lights! I&#8217;ll show you when it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some things that truly inspire. They can make you create a whole room just for them. And recently I found one in Russian social site. In one of the groups I saw a post about miniature bricks with lots of photos, and I was blown away. 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