Paper again!

I've spent the last two days with working with paper again. Paper is a very thankful material.
I've seen beautiful tin plant holders in a webshop, and I fell in love with them. And what's the perfect material for imitating thin tin plate? The plants were made of paper, too. The details are not the same as of the original plants, but the effect is the matter. The gift bag was an experiment and it's ok for the room.

When I made the present for my mother, I've already try the paper weaving and I liked it. So I took this technique for the laundry basket. (It would peek from behind the folding screen!) It took me a long good movie to make only the weaving!

I've new followers again! It's amazing! I send these anemones and columbines from my garden to you and to all of my followers of course!

New tiny things

I'm in a waiting position. I've ordered some stuff for the roombox (wood, carton, glue), and the delivering is very very slow. So for the meantime I busy myself with making tiny things. Am I the only one who make the accessories at first and the roombox itself at last?

So I brought myself to do a plant: an Aglaonema. I'm satisfied with the result, so I will make other plants for the scene. The magazine stand and the kleenex box are for the Lady's room, too.

I want to make so many objects, and it's so irritating waiting for the package!

I send these irises and lilacs from my garden to my new followers! Thank you for following my blog!

Another secret project

This time my dear mother was the celebrated; yesterday was mother day. So I made this rocking chair and the sewing basket for her. Her favourite colour is blue and her hobby is cross-stiching. It was hard not to show her the work in progress, because she is my best help in miniatures.

The basket and the scissors are made of paper and acrylic paint, the buttons were shower gel bottle in their previous life.

And I updated the armchair for the lady's room. It's better than the previous version: the folding isn't seen and the seat is lower. It suits better for my taste.

Miniature painting

I spent the weekend with my family and my garden, so I hadn't much time for miniatures. I made some paintings in the past, but not in miniature scale. Yesterday was the day when I took my thinnest brushes and started to paint. The first picture is the original photo I copied from the net. (It's an italian theme.) The painting is going to get into the gilded frame.

And the most fitting book for a woman was made, too. My favourite novel is Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. Yearly I read it again! It's a little bit shabby, like my piece!

I send these tulips from my garden to my new followers! I've red your blogs (if you have one) and there are a lot of fantastic miniatures and other works on your pages.

Folding screen

This is a sketch I've made a week ago. In my mind every details of the room already exist. Although the structure doesn't seem too complicated it's assembly was really time consuming.

The result isn't the same as the sketch, I made some alterations. I use wood and baking paper instead of rice-paper. I will try to age the hinge and the varnish is missing too.

And I send all of these daffodils of my garden to my new followers. (HA-ha, everyone of my followers are new!) Thank you for following my blog, you do me proud! And thanks for your praise and supporting. I'm so happy you like my works!

It's so fantastic that I make something in the rummage room where my worktable is, and somebody at the other end of the world can see it on the screen. There are not many miniaturists in Hungary, I don't know anybody of them actually. So only you from the distance are my partners in minimaking. Hurrah for the internet!

Upholstery disaster

Yesterday I made the frame for the armchair. I took apart the pieces about six times after gluing, the arms didn't want to look symmetrical. But after so much work I like it.

I feeled fear of making upholstery rightly. The back is good, but the seat is horrible! I think it needs a remake.

And some tiny things I'm proud of! When I showed the candlestick to my husband he said 'You are crazy!'. And I answered 'Yes, I am! And I'm proud of it!'

I didn't think that making these coathangers would take me so much time, but it did!

And as you can see I upgraded the design of my photos. Now they are not so boring:

Objects for the room

My tablesaw works again, so I can continue making the furniture of the room. The sidetable is thick a little bit, but I content with it. The drawer is under conscruction.

I worked a lot on the carving of the picture frame, but I hold to the details.

When the first leg of a table or a chair is ready I always think: oh, my god, I have to make three more pieces! In my view the threelegged tables are unfairly unnoticed! I use a very special lathe method: with my left hand I gently revolve the wood and with my right hand I handle my Dremel tool. It's really tiresome!

I planned the room with shades of brown, yellow and green and in eclectic style. There will be new and old pieces in harmony.

The footstool is waiting for its armchair. I'm unwilling to start to make it, I'm afraid of the upholstery.