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dollshouse contentsWORLDTHE UK’S TOP-SELLING MINIATURES MAGAZINEIssue 265 - October 2014The small print 4 Pawsitively delightful animalsEditor: Richard Jennings Deb Weissler introduces us to Kerri PajuteeEmail: [email protected] and her menagerie of lifelike miniature petsAssistant editor: Jill Mundy 8 Evening class led to loveEmail: [email protected] Sandra Harding chats to Mary Stokes about herFeature writer: Sandra Harding dressed furniture and contrasting scary itemsAdvertisement sales: 12 Pop in for a visit toMaria Fitzgerald - 01903 884988 the garden centreEmail: [email protected] Noreen Jeffrey’s detailed project is delightfully different and filled with great ideasSubscriptions:Email: [email protected] 16 Club news Featuring some incredible displaysDesign: Wendy Crosthwaite and projects from different clubs 20 Quick and easy bronzesContributors: Sandra Harding finds inspiration in aMarianne Colijn, Sue Kirkham, Ronnie Godfrey, set of National Trust figuresMari Meredith, Martha Puff, Deb Weissler, 22 Crochet mini sausage dogsAlison White, Beryl Hales, Jan Clarke Make two different sizes of tiny miniature dachshunds— and some fun mini outfits for themPublished by ashdown.co.uk 27 Sculpting garlic Our last issue featured a fantastic Italian shop byISSN 0961 - 0928 Minnie Kitchen. Here, she shares her secret forDistributed to the newstrade by Comag. creating the strings of garlic hanging around!To reach us: 30 Spooky little mummy headsCall us on +44 (0) 1903 884988 You can add some spooky decorations to yourOr write to: The Editor, Dolls House World, Halloween scene with these fun mummy headsUnit 5E, Park Farm, Chichester Road,Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0AGEmail: [email protected]: 01903 885514Internet address:www.dollshouseworld.comUS office: Ashdown Inc., 68132 250th Avenue,Kasson, MN 55944, USA. Tel: 507 634 3143Email: [email protected] rates:1 year (12 issues) UK £49; ROW £81; US $110iMAG £43. Add the iMag Digital Library to yoursubscription for only an extra £31.99 per year.TV £34.99. Add a year’s subscription to theonline Dollshouse.TV channel for only £29.99extra per year.Postmaster: Send address corrections to Ashdown Inc, 34 Let the sun shine in68132 250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA. You’ll be able to fling open the shutters and let the freshCanada Post International Publications Mail - breezes flow through the house with this projectSales Agreement No. 546038. 36 Criss crossing the creative worldsAll rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without A creative, violin-playing couple havethe written permission of the publisher is prohibited. All started making miniatures togethereditorial contributions in the form of articles, letters and pho-tographs (b/w or colour print or transparencies) are 40 Ken’s property portfoliowelcomed by Dolls House World but cannot be returned Sandra Harding is amazed at the extent of Ken Cuffley’sunless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope. collection, all made by this talented former cabinet makerIn any event the publisher can accept no responsibility forloss or damage to contributions. Material is accepted solelyon the basis that the author accepts the assessment of thePublisher as to its commercial value.All material submitted to the magazine for publication inwhatever form is accepted solely on the basis that copyrightin the work will be vested in the publisher who assumes allrights worldwide, in all forms and in all media.© copyright ashdown.co.uk

42 Munster laboratory editor’s Matt Chappell recreates a scene from the welcome popular 1960’s TV show The Munsters HALLOWEEN SEEMS a long way off but it’s worth46 aVicwteodridainLgangeiftstarted with stocking up on the black and orange Fimo and getting How one woman’s passion for miniatures started on those projects early. continued from an early age We haven’t gone too mad on the spooky stuff, as I know48An evening in mini india not everyone’s keen about a date in the calendar that always Rhea Avery used her strategies for minis on seems a little manufactured. But it does throw up some a budget to create this beautiful room box really fun themes that are perfect for mini scenes, so do have showing a royal mini Indian palace a go at Marianne’s mummy heads or Caroline’s delicious doughnuts.50 On the road bohemian style Rhonda Guy’s childhood dream comes true in miniature Matt Chappell also tells us about his incredible scene with this gypsy wagon constructed by her father based around the old Munsters TV show. The detail is incredible.52 The young and the mini A girl’s family and a nearby mini store brought her into Nearer home, one club has gone to amazing lengths to miniatures—and helped her back after a 17-year break re-create a scene that’s very different, but is just as detailed.57 Art deco influence Horsham Dolls House Club have re-created one of their Your scene doesn’t have to be set in the 1920s to meetings in twelfth scale to celebrate the club’s twentieth utilise some of the stylistic elements from that era! anniversary. Club members even spent hours measuring up the green lines on the floor so they could replicate everything60 Quick and easy triptych in the scout hut perfectly. Now that’s what we call devotion Sandra Harding comes up with a quick to twelfth scale duty. project that’s a bit different Richard Jennings - Editor. [email protected] Light and airy pixie fairies Auralea Krieger shares how a strong concept 72 Small Accomplishments can make a little creation bigger then life Sandra Harding unveils more miniature marvels from one reader’s collection65 Through the wringer Lessen the labours of laundry with this intriguing 75 Dyeing your mini shingles Victorian mechanical washing machine Bob Funk shows you how to dye shingles for roofing your doll’s house. This will give them a68 Tray of doughnuts much more realistic appearance Decorate a tray of tasty donuts for your mini trick or treaters with this fun project 77 Cut outs 82 Fair dates70 Refurbished mini furniture Belén Daisywild likes to repurpose old jewellery House Hunt into doll’s house furniture. Learn how to make a mini chair from earrings FIND THE little house hidden somewhere in this issue. Last issue it was on page: 6.

MEET THE MAKERPawsitively delightful miniature animals Deb Weissler introduces us to IGMA Fellow Kerri Pajutee and her menagerie of lifelike miniature pets. You’ll want to take one home! By Deb Weissler PHOTOS BY KERRI PAJUTEE N othing quite warms our hearts and souls like the animals we’ve embraced and made part of our lives. At the door they greet us with winsome looks, wet noses, and a circling dance, ready to play, comfort, forgive, and forget, regardless of our moods. They hold a unique place in the hierarchy of our families, whether big or small, and we mourn them desperately when they are gone. IGMA Fellow Kerri Pajutee understands this connection well as she fashions a menagerie of miniature creatures ready to take up residence in the homes of her many clients. Inspired by personal photos, sketches, magazine ads, local wildlife, a neigh- bour’s or her own beloved pets, Kerri’s ideas are never ending. “Pets have a way of communicating with us through expression and body language. Though silent, they say so much in just a look or wag of tail. I imagine all animals have a story to tell, if they could only speak.” With keen insight into the bonds that link animals and their owners, Kerri cap- tures that special look in each and every sculpture. A part-time sculptor, when Kerri sits down to work, she’s already mulling a LEFT: A trio of mischievous Dalmatian puppies are having frisky fun with pink ribbon. 4 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

MEET THE MAKERABOVE: This naughty little puppy got into a and soap to remove residues from the batches of alpaca or silk using Jacquardtoilet paper roll, but he’s too cute to scold! baking process. Paint is applied, detailing acid dyes.ABOVE RIGHT: These two Ragdoll cats eyelids, lips, nose, and paw pads. Thenare irresistibly furry and fluffy. the intensive part of the sculpture begins She clips and trims the coat with scis-BELOW RIGHT: Elegant silver Persians – applying the fibres in snippets, working sors, and when she arrives at the face shelook regal while posing for the camera. in sections, overlaying layers as she goes, generally uses flocking cut into a powder- careful to keep the fibres running in the like consistency from the same fibresstory. When she finishes she carefully same direction. used for the body. After all the glue hasstages an intimate vignette, capturing a dried, the animal receives a final clippingmoment in time, and having fun pho- Not wanting to use real fur and and perhaps some added detailing withtographing her latest creations before detesting the faux fur on the market, fabric inks or chalks. The piece is thenshipping them off to their new homes. Kerri discovered wonderfully soft rovings set with a light coat of hairspray. OnlyAdding a wire-based tail that can be of alpaca, mohair, and silk/merino wool when Kerri is satisfied with the finalposed, or an open mouth inviting a care- blends in her local fibre shop and from results will she place her signature artistfully chosen accessory, brings a degree of individual breeders who sell their wool mark – a golden enamel “P” – on theversatility to an otherwise static sculpture to the public. Many of the colours were bottom of one paw or hoof.and allows each collector to customise natural and worked well as animal coats.their staging. When unable to find the correct coat Capturing the love colour commercially, she hand dyes small Kerri strives to accurately representGetting started Kerri begins with a photo or drawingshe translates to a computer templateprinted off as a reference. Beginningwith the body, she creates an armaturebody or, for larger animals, moulds ashape from aluminium foil a bit smallerthan the desired finished body. Thenshe applies conditioned clay to her form,using her fingers and tools to shape thebody and neck. Legs are formed next,with small wires inserted into the claythat helps anchor the legs to the torso.Muscles and tendons are detailed andthe form is baked. Afterwards additionaldetails are carved and then work beginson the head. Once Kerri has added eyes, nose, andmouth to the sculpted head, she attachesit to the body and bakes it again. Lastlyshe adds ears and tail before a final bake.Once cured, she washes it in warm water D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 5

MEET THE MAKER ABOVE: This naughty Westie is caught in has just what they are looking for when the act of pilfering a box of tissue! they inquire. In most cases, clients must ABOVE RIGHT: Cupid enjoying one of his learn patience. favourite snacks – bet he can’t eat just one! BELOW RIGHT: A ginger cat relaxes with When the desired animal does arrive her kitten. at your doorstep, however, rest assured it was well worth the wait. Her realistic what she sees through the eyes of her renditions are positively astonishing, client but admits “it’s hard to capture bringing a spark of life to any vignette. the ‘love’ a person feels for their special With a glut of new artists entering the pet from looking at a photo. The ‘eyes market, Kerri has little to fear from the of love’ see something completely dif- competition, instead inspiring her to ferent from what I see even when we are strive for fresh originality. The result is looking at the same photo. I try my best a line of animals so lifelike one almost to portray what my client wants as far as expects them to bark, meow, whinny and attitude, or a particular pose or trait.” bray. Because she only sculpts part time, Thus far Kerri has created dogs, cats, her erratic schedule does not always birds, domesticated sheep, goats, pigs, sit well with her customers, who often cattle, horses, donkeys, exotic cats, bears, find themselves on a long waiting list wolves, meerkats, and fantasy creatures of commissions. “I wish I was one of like unicorns and even a hippo. A single those artists who could fill every order medium-sized dog may take eighteen in assembly-line, break-neck speed, but hours of intensive work and she manages I’m not,” Kerri admits. Rather she can be thirty to seventy sculptures a year. This frustratingly slow and elusive, sometimes was not always the case. taking years to complete a special order, sculpting only when inspiration strikes. Finding her own pace For this reason she will not take a deposit When she first entered the world of before starting a project. When she does embark on one she often makes two or miniature animal artistry her first mini- three of the same breed as she “gets in ature animal sculpts were strictly polymer the groove” so customers may find she clay with applied acrylic paints. “I made dogs, cats, and old English rocking horses with floss tails. I sold my work to a miniature dealer who attended many shows and he would take special orders and present me with a list afterwards. After a time I was making what seemed like an assembly line of sculpts – just different colours. I became uninspired and eventually stopped miniature sculpt- ing altogether.” When she re-entered the6 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

MEET THE MAKERABOVE: A mother lamb tenderly watchesover her new little ewe.RIGHT: Two chocolate lab puppies “helping”just a bit too much in the kitchen.BELOW: This cat found a warm and cosyspot for working on her paws.BELOW RIGHT: Calico eyes the family bird.miniature market again in 1999, it was at Although she enjoys miniature experiences a mad rush of shoppers untilher own pace. shows she has not had a dealer table nothing’s left. Prices for her sculptures since 2007. Instead, she offers a select range from £130-£200 for cats and £120- “Having an active teenage son, at times number of pieces for sale through the £350 for dogs, depending on their size.I feel like my home is more like a bed & IGMA Gallery of the Guild at shows She recently sold some cats on eBay thatbreakfast and I am an on-call taxi driver,” like the Philadelphia Miniaturia, Chicago brought in a winning bid of $1025!Kerri laughs. And because her time is International, and the IGMA Showcaselimited, Kerri does not aggressively market in New Jersey. When she does take the In her spare time Kerri has writtenher sculptures. Her website serves as an occasional table, when the doors open she online tutorials offering tips and tech-electronic portfolio. niques on sculpting and adding fibre to animals. If she had the time, “I think it would be an enjoyable challenge to teach a live class or produce an e-book on sculpting techniques. My son turns six- teen this year, which means he will have his driver’s license. Hmmm...” DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 7

meet the makerEvening class led toa love of miniaturesSandra Harding chats to Mary Stokes about herdressed furniture and contrasting scary itemsBy Sandra HardingW hen Mary Stokes’s mother furniture. Now, many years later Mary arrived home with a doll’s is a very skilled and successful maker of house she had been given, all things miniature and sells under the and presented it to her16- name Mary Stokes Miniaturesyear-old daughter, she could not haveimagined the long term effect it was to Mary tells me that it really started tohave. become serious when she went to evening class and learnt how to make full-size After painting and decorating the toys, and realised she had a gift for crafthouse, Mary began slowly making cur- making. It was not long before she joinedtains, accessories and even small pieces of a local doll’s house club where she met many like-minded people, and really discovered the joys of making in twelfth scale. Mary had a lot of talent, and a lot of things she had made, so she needed an outlet to sell them. Her first show was Alexandra Palace, in the days when it went on for two days and the hall was packed with exhibitors. She loved it so much she knew it was what she wanted to do. Eventually she was able to get into the8 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

meet the makerLyndhurst shows in Hampshire which, evenings only.due to family commitments, are the only The best seller always seems to be theones that she now attends. Christmas stuff I am told, and I think we Mary admits her very pretty, cream, all like that little bit of glitter. I also lovedressed furniture is her favourite and I the Fimo creations, especially the box ofcan understand why as I love the pretty liquorice allsorts and the tubes of painteffect she creates, using lace, ribbons and in a box.her own accessories. At the other end ofthe scale, she also loves creating scary Mary prefers shops to houses andHalloween items. However, my favour- she tells me she has eight of them, plusites are the detailed ‘grubby’ study desk, six room boxes hanging on her wall. Sheand watchmaker’s desk. now belongs to the Bishops Waltham Dolls House Club, who meet monthly. Interestingly, Mary has worked in a You can see Mary Stokes Miniatureswatch repair and jewellers for 17 years, at the Lyndhurst shows in April andand some of her glass bowls of fruit are October.actually created out of old glass watchcases. Working full time means that For further details of her work or theMary works on her own stock in the club meetings, Mary can be contacted at [email protected]. DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 9

SALE! Dollshouses (over 50) old and new 1\12th, 1/16th, 1/24th Saturday, Oct 18 10:30 to 2:30 at Shaw Farm in Wiltshire SN8 4LU Kits Roomboxes Shops Furniture Accessories Dolls Tools and Supplies Books and over 2000 Magazines @ 50p Dolls ALL PROCEEDS TO CANCER RESEARCH UK Quality shows since 1982 STAFFORD Sunday September 7th 2014 Members Pavilion County Showground Weston Road, Stafford ST18 0BD (A518 - Stafford -Uttoxeter Road) 10.30 – 4.00 ADMISSION All Adults £3.50 Children 5-16 50p Quality exhibitors • Free Prize Draws • Refreshments Signposted • Ample free parking Doreen Jeffries, 20 Fourlands Drive, Bradford, Yorkshire BD10 9SJ TEL 01274 616539 www.doreenjeffriesdollshousefairs.co.uk10 OCTOBER 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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open housePop in for a visit to theOakhurst Garden CentreNoreen Jeffrey’s detailed project is delightfullydifferent and filled with great ideas By Sandra HardingM y first reaction when I saw It came about quite by accident when this creation at Noreen Hilda Burden, a demonstrator at the Jeffery’s house was one of GOFAR club, took along a few items simple pleasure. It was large, she was selling for charity. Amongstit was colourful, it was realistic… and those things was the top box you can seeit was full of people doing things that in the photograph, and Noreen loved thepeople do in garden centres. shape of it so much that she bought it. A garden centre immediately came into her mind and she then knew that she wanted more floors to add to it, which a friend soon made following her description. One can tell just by looking at this that Noreen is no stranger to garden centres, as I can’t think of anything that has been left out. For instance, on the roof Noreen has made fences and trellis out of lolly sticks, and the realistic turves are just pieces of ‘grass’ cut up, dabbed in glue and rolled in tea leaves. The real stones are displayed in an old cheese box and the little trays of plants are those tiny plug pots from garden centres, cut down a bit. All the plant and flower dis- plays throughout have been made, cut, arranged, purchased and designed by Noreen. The books and seed packets on dis-12 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

play stands were all made using cut-outsfrom DHW, and the ribbons, vases andother items are from stock. The realisticboots, watering cans hosepipes and metalwork, including the weathervane andhanging basket display, were purchasesfrom shops and shows over time, andjust fitted into the project. The gar-den tools are mounted onto bases fromcheeses that were kept as they would beuseful one day (the bases, that is – notthe cheeses). A very good use for them too in my opinion. The various pieces of wire furniture were either purchased or given to Noreen as gifts, as was the unusual wire shop- ping trolley, and she just added anything and everything that looked right to create the look she wanted. The butterflies were from a magazine, and she made the bon- sai plants. The tub of blue pots are just lids of juice bottles, and mummy is trying hard to stop her young son from using them as frisbees. The twirly white pots on the roof are just bottle tops saved for another ‘just in case’ moment The fruit and veg were made by D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 13

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OPEN HOUSENoreen and Diane (another member owner’s son, and he knows that his par- rather sad when it was finished. Or,of GOFAR) and much of it has been ents would not approve if he chatted up is she like most of us, and can’t resisttransferred from her ‘old’ shop, which the customers. tinkering and adding to it as she findsshe now plans to turn into a lighting yet another little gem to put in thisshop, which I am sure I will feature in a This project of Noreen’s is so delight- lovely garden centre. I do hope so.later issue. fully different, I can imagine that she was I have just received a quote from Most of the dolls are from ‘stock’ Noreen’s husband Colin which I wantedand relocated with some redressing to share with you: “I can tell you thathere and there. The owners are John she (Noreen) never considers a projectand Margaret, and they employ sev- finished. Every now and again she disap-eral members of staff that you can pears for an hour or so, and I will findsee around the building. I am told her somewhere amongst her ‘estate’ re-that the young lady wearing shorts in arranging furniture, adding or removingthe outside garden area is a regular visi- pieces, doing spring cleaning and so on.tor, as she often comes in just to chat to This hobby can be so addictive.” I thinkDavid, who is only interested in watering he speaks for us all, don’t you? DHWhis precious plants, and reading his latestgardening magazine. Mind you, he is the D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 15

clubNEWS ■ Share your club events and activities with readers around the world - write to Club News, Dolls House World, Unit 5E, Park Farm, Chichester Road, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0AG, or email [email protected] Box File Streetto great scale displaySandra Harding loses her composure withthe quantity and quality of miniatures ondisplay at the Uckfield Club’s ExhibitionT he busy Uckfield Dolls table, an enormous display of by Freda Stalker and Ann Paice, House club decided 1/24th, 48th and 144th scale, or should it be the sparkling some time ago to have attic rooms and even a silent Christmas market, including a an exhibition every two auction. I kept getting distract- Father Christmas workshop,or three years, to both show ed by yet another lovely thing put together by Veronica?off their projects and to raise to look at, and I got so car- Or, should it be the Bloomingmoney for a charity – this year ried away that I had to remind Lovely In The Garden project,they chose Macmillan Cancer myself why I was there. where each member created aSupport. garden display, put together by After I regained my compo- The East Sussex club once sure, I chatted to many of theagain excelled themselves, members and their enthusiasmon two counts: the first being and excitement of just beingthat they raised £1,100 for the there, and displaying theircharity and the second was the lovely items, made me lose myquantity, and certainly the qual- composure once again (twiceity, of their displays. actually). It took me a while to take However, I have to tell youit all in, as there were garden that I really do not know who orthemes, Christmas themes, what to mention first. Should itscenes made from box files, a be the awesome 1/24th, 48thraffle table and huge ‘for sale’ and 144th scale display put on16 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

CLUB NEWSHazel and Rita C. I loved the tea room, a fabulous library by that a box file would be such a Karen, Lucy, Marilyn, Maureen,“very rubbish one” by Yvonne - Yvonne (who turned the box good place for a nervous new- Rita F, Rosemary, and not for-her words, not mine. on its side and even added comer to miniatures to start. getting Shirley, a big thank you dolls to the scene), a butcher’s for giving us all such pleasure. Or, maybe it should be the by Denise (who is a veggie), I have probably never beforeinteresting Box File Street, as a pottery filled with her own seen so many items that I want- The club meet at the veryI was amazed at the diversity hand-blown pots by Idske, and ed to own for myself at any club civilised time of 2pm to 4.30in this display. However, I must an Egyptian room by Yvonne. exhibition, and I have seen a lot. pm, on the second Thursday ofmention a very clever touch by There was also an antique I wanted most of the tiny stuff each month at The Village HallAnne West. This talented lady shop, a hardware store, a from Freda and Ann, several at Five Ash Down, East Sussex.had used two box files, added toyshop, a jeweller’s, a haber- of the Christmas scenes and Their meeting includes the usuala roof and a floor, turned it into dasher’s, an art shop and art garden scenes, most of the box makes, with club membersa chapel on the outside and an gallery, and a sweet shop. So files, and several things from teaching, and of course theantique centre on the inside - much attention to detail in so the silent auction. However, much needed tea, coffee, bis-and made it look easy. little space, and I really do think common sense prevailed as we cuits and laughter. Mind you, I have no room (and have several am told there is a waiting list for Other boxes had become a things on the go already) and new members. I had to settle for a couple of nice little wins on the tombola. For further details, please contact Shirley Kirby udhclub@ This busy and happy club gmail.com DHW are obviously a self-motivated lot, to produce this kind of • If your doll’s house club quantity, and their next newslet- ter is going to be full to over- has an event, club evening, flowing. make session or just some- thing which you would like Although I have already featured in DHW, send me mentioned some of these tal- your contact details and I ented members, I feel that they will be in touch very soon. ALL deserve a mention so: [email protected] Ann, Bobby, Frank, Frazer, Gill, or [email protected] Gillian, Jean, Jenny D, Jenny W, Jill B, Jill T, Joyce, Judith, D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 17

CLUB NEWSClub celebrateswith twelfth scale hall The Horsham Club made something special for its twentieth anniversary with an incredible replica of their meeting hall By Sandra HardingWe were so pleased lica of the hall in every detail. to be invited along And not only that, they were to the Horsham to make doll images of them- Dolls House Club’s selves, all of whom would besocial evening in July, to help sitting on the metal chairs, andthem celebrate their twentieth working on the trestle tables. Toanniversary. Although I had a make things even more difficult,sneaky idea what their project the powers-that-be decidedwas, I was astonished at the to update the hall chairs in thedisplay the club members had middle of all this, which causedput on. much consternation, and a quick re-design by the commit- Now, you should understand tee (who made the actual hall).that their meeting hall is just a This included the detailed firescout hall. You know the kind extinguishers with their protec-with high windows, a stage area tive covers, the lovely photo-with curtains, pipes running up graph display, the heaters, thethe wall, trestle tables and metal windows, all of the pipe work,chairs, heater, noticeboards and even down to the little noticesfire extinguishers. around the hall. Just brilliant and another first for me. Their task (which they choseto take on) was to make a rep-18 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

CLUB NEWS Jackie starts new club in her barn Miniatures in the Barn. How does that sound for the title of a new doll’s house club? By Sandra Harding Lizzie and her mum Jane who had driven all the way Jackie Boyce had wanted finding bargain doll’s housesspent hours measuring and from Cornwall to attend. to start her own club for in unlikely places), Teresa andre-measuring the floor of I was pleased to see that some time, and I was Paula, all of whom own manythe hall to get the green, this club actively encour- invited to join this happy doll’s houses, and several areball game markings accu- ages young people, and group at the first official meeting skilled makers in their own right.rate. Lizzie (who is a graphic the age range amongst the of the club. And what fun it was. In fact, one of the ideas that wasdesigner) also got the floor members is from 10 years We started by brainstorming suggested is that we have a salesprinted and laminated. So (Jessica) to much older! around the table for a name of table at every meeting, wherevery effective. Carole James (chair) gave the club, and eventually Tanya other members can dispose of a short speech to mark the came up with the title. As the things they want to sell, or have We were fascinated by occasion and welcomed meeting was held in a barn at no further use for. It also meansthe greatest attention to visitors. Jackie’s home, it seemed very that we might buy another littledetail, considering the dif- appropriate. thing we did not know we want-ficulty and diverse skills Once again, a big well ed, which I do a lot!needed for this creation. done must go to this We then went on to make aEven the dolls actually friendly club, and they hope flower necklace, under the expert There was so much chatterlooked like the members of to show their Scout Hall at guidance of member Valerie who and laughter going on, it madethe club, even down to the the Charmandean show supplied the wire and nail varnish the evening a real pleasure, andclothes, and the pretty but- in Worthing, West Sussex, to complete the job (yes, I did we also had the chance to setterfly necklace around Linda later in the year. It will be say wire and nail varnish). Almost the whole miniature world toThompson’s neck. worth seeing. everyone made a lovely job of this rights. very delicate task, with at least The tempting buffet was For details of the club one exception, as mine looked I think that this could just befirst class, and as always, go to www.horshamdolls- more like a tiny squashed banana the start of something big, asmy husband headed for houseclub.co.uk DHW than a flower, but then I do need the members are already look-the yum yums, and I for at least three pair of glasses on ing forward to the next meeting,the cheese straws. Linda when I am making such a small which is on Wednesday August 6and Hazel Rochelle made item, and I only had one pair with in Waterlooville, Hampshire, whenthe fabulous cake display, me. With a bit more help from they plan to make a shelf unitwhich was made even more Valerie it ended up okay, and with books and lovely bookends.special by the celebration that’s all I am going to say on theballoons. matter. For further details of the club email [email protected] DHW There were many ex- Member Yolande (who likes tomembers and friends joining be called Yo) made us all a mugin the party spirit, includ- of tea, and Valerie supplied using Jean Caff and Linda with freshly picked strawberriesLang (now a life member), from her garden, which made a change from a biscuit. I met several old friends: Tanya, Valerie, Rosemary, Yo, and of course Jackie, and made even more friends, Carole, (who keeps D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 19

quick make qubircoknaznedseasy Sandra Harding finds inspiration in a set of National Trust figures By Sandra HardingT his was an idea I had after buying onto the base. This will add strength to the a prettily coloured painted figure. display and make the whole feature one I just wondered what it would colour bronze. Finally paint any of the slab look like in bronze and started left showing, and let it all dry. DHWexperimenting. NOTE: If using a figure, you may notYou’LLneed want to add anything to the base. So paint as above and, when dry, glue n Twelfth scale or tiny plastic or the figure to the slab and let it dry. metal birds, flowers, animals or Paint the slab in bronze to match and figures with a flat base (I used blend the figure with its base. Let it sets of figures from National all dry. Trust shops) Let it dry. n Bits of plastic greenery/ twigs/ 4. Add glue around the base of the bird or dried moss or similar animal, and add the tiny bronze leaves and bits of moss to the display. Put taller twig n Bronze paint (I used Tamila behind bird or animal to create a pleasing colour acrylic paint bronze X-33) shape. Glue on and let it all dry. 5. Drip bronze paint down from the top of n Paint brush the twig and over the leaves, moss or twigs n Glue n Scissors n Tweezers n Fimo if needed n Flat round/oval marble effect “slabs” (Hobby Craft or similar, or make one from Fimo)Instructions1. Paint bird or animal in bronze paint andlet it dry. Add another coat if needed andlet it dry2. Paint the bits of leaves, twigs, moss inbronze paint and let them dry.3. Add large dab of glue to where you wantbird or animal to be and glue it onto slab.20 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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crochet project csraoucshaegteeddmoginsiHere you can make two different sizes of tinyminiature dachshunds—and make some fun minioutfits for them, like a sweater and a pumpkin By Marianne ColijS ausage dogs are one of my A marker is very useful with this type of • Round 3: 2 sc in first sc, 1 sc in next sc. favourite breeds, both real ones crochet. Repeat this round until end of row. as well as mini ones. They always • Round 4–16: Work 1 sc in every sc. make me smile, so trying to make Abbreviations Step 3. Decrease for the neck.one in crochet was a really fun project. • Round 17: Work 2 sc together all around. Sc = single crochet • Round 18: Work 2 sc in each sc. I started on the really tiny one in DMC Ch= chain Step 4. Increase for the head.tatting thread. He will make a fun toy or Sts = stitches • Round 19: Work 2 sc in every sc for thedecoration. He is not too hard to do if you head.are familiar with crochet. The bigger one Tiny wiener dog Step 5. Start stuffing the body.was done in punch thread and is about the • Round 20: 2 sc worked together, 1 sc insize of a real sausage dog in twelfth scale The body and head are worked in one each sc for the next 7 sc. Repeat this stepso he is a nice big cuddly toy. pieces, starting at the end of the body. until the end of the round. Step 1. Chain 2. • Round 21: 2 sc worked together, 1 sc in I made a little coat for the tiny dog and Step 2. Begin your rounds: each sc for the next 6 sc. Repeat until endHalloween costume for the big dog, though • Round 1: Work 6 sc crochet in first chain. of round.you can make the dogs without the cos- Do not close rounds but do add a marker.tumes. The big dog is about 5 cm long, the • Round 2: 2 sc in every sc.small one is about half his size. The dogs are worked amigurimi style,which means single crochet throughout andin spirals, so you do not close the rounds.You’LLneed n DMC #80 tatting thread in a shade of brown you like n Crochet hook 0,60 n Fibrefill (stuffing) n Thick thread of brown yarn (to stuff the legs) n DMC tatting thread in your choice of colour (for the jacket) n No-hole beads (for the eyes) n Black thread (for the nose)22 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

crochet projectStep 6.nKeep stuffing the body and head.• Round 22: 2 sc worked together, 1 sc ineach sc for the next 5 sc. Repeat until endof round.• Round 23: 2 sc worked together, 1 scin each sc for the next 4 sc. Repeat rounduntil end of row.• Round 24: 1 sc in each sc.Step 7. Finish stuffing body and head.• Round 25: 2 sc worked together, 1 sc ineach for the next 3 sc. Repeat until end ofround.• Round 26: Work 2 sc together until thereare no more sc left. Finish off and cutthread.Step 8. Weave in all lose ends.Ears (make 2) thread, tie off, and weave in ends. Use a • Rows 2–14: Chain 1 turn, 1 sc in every black thread to embroider a nose and glue sc.Step 9. Chain 6. on no-hole beads for eyes. The stitch you Step 2. Do not finish off but work 1 sc in• Row 1: Work 1 sc in second chain from made for the forehead is your guide for eye every st along three sides of the sweater;hook, 1 sc in all chains. Chain 1 and turn. placement too. finish off and cut thread.• Row 2: 1 sc in every sc across. Donnotchain 1. Turn. Front part• Row 3: 1 sc in every sc. Finish off. Cutthread and leave a tail for sewing on. Step 3. Chain 6. • Row 1: 1 sc in second chain from hook, 1The tail sc in every chain. • Rows 2–3: Chain 1, turn, 1 sc in every sc.Step 10. Chain 2. • Row 4: Slip stitch in first 2 sts, 1 sc in• Round 1: Work 4 sc in the first chain. next 2 sc.• Rounds 2–6: 1 sc in every sc. • Rows 5–8: Chain 1, turn, 1 sc in both sc.• Round 7: 2 sc together all around. • Row 9: Work 2 sc in first sc, 1 sc in eachStep 11. Thread a gathering thread sc, and 2 sc in the last sc.through the top to top of your crochet and • Row 10: Chain 1 turn, 1 sc in every st.gather. Finish off and cut thread. Step 4. Finish off and cut thread.Legs (make 4) To make up For the legs I did not use stuffing. They Step 5. I found it easiest to pin the backare very tiny and the stuffing kept showing part to the dog’s back and then place theso instead I used a thick thread of wool in a front part on his belly to sew things up.matching colour to stuff the legs. Remember to leave openings for the frontStep 12. Chain 2. legs. Weave in threads.• Round 1: Work 6 sc in the first chain.• Rounds 2–6: Work 1 sc in every sc. For a little more shape and definition IStep 13. Finish off and cut thread, leaving threaded a gathering thread through thea tail for sewing on. neck part of the sweater.Making up SweaterStep 14. Take a needle and thread yarn You may have to adapt the pattern forthrough the neck at row 17; pull thread and the sweater. If you crochet more looselygather for more definition of neck. Sew on than I did or stuff your dog less or more, hisears, legs, and tail and weave in all loose shape may be a bit different. But you canends. easily add a stitch here or there if needed. Back partTo make a forehead Step 1. Chain 16. • Row 1: 1 sc in second chain from hook, 1Step 15. Work a big stitch with DMC sc in every chain.thread on the head between the ears. Pull D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 23

crochet projectBig sausage dog For this dog, the body and the head areworked in one piece, like amigurimi style,so you’re going to sc all around; in addition,the rounds are worked in spirals and arenot closed.You’LLneed n Punch thread: brown for dog, are no sc left. Fasten off and cut thread. Step 3. Weave in all loose ends. If you orange for pumpkin, and little make sure the pumpkin is just wide enough scraps of green Making up for your doggy, you can remove it by sliding it towards his tail after halloween. n Crochet hook 1mm The big dog is made up in the same way n Stuffing: fibrefill for body and as the little dog. Adding decorations thick brown yarn for legs. Pumpkin costume Step 4: Tendrils. Chain 15, 2 times. n Tacky glue Step 5: Leaf 1. Chain 6. Work 1 sc in sec- This is worked in rows and sewn togeth- ond from hook, 1 half dc, 1 dc, 1 sc, tie offStep 1. Chain 2. er around the dog’s body later. threads, and cut.• Round 1: Work 6 sc in the first chain. Step 1. Chain 9. Step 6: Leaf 2. Chain 5, and work as first• Round 2: Work 2 sc in every sc. • Row 1: 1 sc in second from hook, 1 sc in one.• Round 3–14: Work 1 sc in every sc. each chain. Step 7. Arrange tendrils and leaves on the• Round 15: Work 2 sc together all around. • Rows 2–20: Chain 1, turn, 1 sc in each sc pumpkin, using the photo for reference. You• Round 16: 2 sc in every sc. using only the back loops (back loops are can sew them in place or glue them on with• Round 17: 1 sc in first, 2 sc in next. the loops farthest away from you when you tacky glue.Repeat this until end. look at the two loops on top of your cro-• Pound 18: 2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 5. chet). This creates the ribs for the pumpkin. And with that, your little doggy is com-Repeat this until end. Step 2. Run gathering thread to the top plete! DHW• Round 19: 2 sc in first, 1 sc in next 4 etc.; and bottom of the crochet. Gather thisrepeat this until end. around your sausage dog’s body until the• Round 20: 1 sc in each. pumpkin starts to look nice and rounded,• Round 21: 2 together until there are no then fasten gathering threads and close themore sts. left. Finish off and then cut the seam in the pumpkin under his belly.thread.Ears (make 2)Step 2. Chain 5.• Row 1: 1 sc in second from hook, 1 sc ineach chain, chain 1, turn.• Row 2: 1 s in every st.• Row 3: Turn but do not chain 1, 1 sc inevery st. Finish off.Legs (make 4)Step 3. Chain 2• Round 1: 5 sc in first chain, 1 sc in everychain until end.• Rounds 2–6: 1 sc in every sc.Step 4. Fasten off and cut thread.The tailStep 5. Chain 2.• Round 1: Work 4 sc in the first chain.• Round 2: Work 2 sc in every sc.• Round 3: 1 sc in every sc.• Round 4: Work 2 sc together until there24 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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PROJECTsculpting andBRAIDINGOur last issue featured a fantastic Italian shop byMinnie Kitchen. Here, she shares her secret forcreating the strings of garlic hanging around! By Minnie KitchenG arlic is a necessity in cooking a savoury recipe and is, therefore, essential to the kitchen scene. Displaying a garlic string ina kitchen setting creates a deliciousatmosphere, so why not create one for yourown miniature kitchen? Follow these easysteps to create a white garlic string to useas a complementary decoration for yourgourmet scene.YOU’LLneed Step 1. For each garlic string you’re mak- ing, cut 11 hemp cords at 3” to 4” lengths. Step 4. Mix the white and translucent clay in a 1:2 ratio. Roll 11 small balls that are about 1/4” in diameter.■ White polymer clay Step 2. Take one end of the hemp cord■ Translucent polymer clay and try splitting it up, which will create a■ Dark brown soft pastel fuzzy edge. This will become the roots of■ Black soft pastel the garlic bulb.■ Sharp tool Step 3. Rub the fuzzy part on the brown■ Hemp cord and black soft pastels to give it an earthy■ Thin paintbrush look.■ Glue Step 5. After flattening the clay balls, wrap D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 27

PROJECT start a braid, adding a little bit of glue to the hemp cord. it around the hemp cord with the fuzzy part Step 11. Keep adding an additional string in the bottom. of garlic each time you braid. Don’t worry if your garlics look like they are out of place.Step 6. Connect the ends of the clay and Step 12. Once you are done adding allmould it into a garlic bulb shape. Create the your garlic strings, gather the garlics withstalk by connecting the clay up to the hemp your two fingers, shaping them up.cord as shown above. Step 13. When you get to the end of the braid, you can decide to tie it up or makeStep 7. After the bulb is shaped, use a a loop. This decision is up to you and cansharp tool to mark lines forming from the be based on how you’d like the piece to bebottom to the end. used in a scene.Step 8. With a thin paintbrush, apply dark Tie versus looppastel to mimic dirt as shown above.Step 9. Bake in the oven according to the Once your garlic strings are cre-instruction on the package. Once the garlic ated, you can combine them withhas cooled down, we will start braiding the either a tie or a loop. Both versionsgarlic using the “french braid” method. are demonstrated here, but bothStep 10. Start out with three garlics and start with braiding the garlic.28 OCTOBER 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

PROJECTStep 14. To tie it up, use one Wherever you decide to display it, yourhemp cord to wrap the strings garlic braid will be an attractive décor inand tie it up in a knot. Cut the your miniature scene. DHWremaining strings.Step 15. If you are going to D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 29create a loop, first divide thestrings into two parts and applysome glue. After twisting the twoparts, create a loop and cut off theremaining parts. Now that we have completed agarlic braid, hang it and decorate inyour kitchen or miniature shop. Youcan also place it next to a prep boardfor a realistic culinary scene. I placedmy garlic braid next to my garlic breadpreparation scene and hung some onmy vegetable stall.

HALLOWEEN PROJECT spooky littleMUMMY HEADSYou can add some spooky decorationsto your Halloween scene with thesefun mummy heads By Marianne ColijnM ummy heads make it a bit messy. I felt YOU’LLneed will make a fun messy wrapping looked a decoration for bit spookier. ■ Round objects—the Halloween. They Step 5: Place the wet head on size of the objectcan be made in any size you the non-stick surface and leave determines the size oflike. They look pretty cool when it to dry overnight. The next day your mummy head—you group them together on a you can finish your mummies. beads work well, astable or a mantelpiece, but you Step 6: Check if you need to well as foam or wood-can also hang them from the cover any bald spots with white en ballsceiling or have them dangle on fabric. If they are small spotsa tree. you can glue a bit of fabric on, ■ Fabric stiffener if it is anything big is it better to ■ Old container for You will only need some very cover it with the fabric and stiff-simple things to make these ener. Leave to dry. mixing the stiffener inmini mummies, and they are Step 7: Add two white eyes to ■ Thin cotton fabric—a great way to add an extra the black area. I used tiny foamspooky feel to your Halloween balls that I cut in half. You can old white cotton hand-scenes. also use beads or half beads or kerchiefs work well even dots of white paint. I glued ■ Tiny white beads orStep 1: Mix your fabric stiffener to add a black area where the the foam balls on with tacky foam balls for thein an old container that you can eyes will be. glue. Leave to dry. eyesget rid off when the project is Step 4: Chose a fabric strip, ■ Non-stick surface tofinished. and gently squeeze most of Step 8: With your permanent let the mummies dry the moisture out. Wrap the marker, add a black dot to each on The fabric stiffener is 1 part fabric strip around the object of the mummy’s eyes. ■ Permanent blackwood glue mixed with 2 parts making sure you leave a small markerwater. You can also buy a ready area for the eyes uncovered. ■ Tacky gluemixed fabric stiffener, if you’d Keep wrapping until the headlike, and use that for this proj- is covered. You can wrap veryect. neatly, or do what I did andStep 2: Tear your white fabricinto long narrow strips and mixthem with the fabric stiffeneruntil they are really soaked.Step 3: Pick up a roundobject. Use the black marker30 OCTOBER 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

CHARITY EVENT Pat’s house sale is coming up Make a date in the diary for October 18, 2014. That’s when Pat Cutforth and her merry band of helpers stage their annual charity fund-raiser selling doll’s houses and miniaturesStep 9: Cut a tiny bit of white T he big sale in aid of Cancer Research wish we could get morefabric to glue between the eyes. UK takes place from 10.30 to 2.30 in children to visit, as noth-This adds a little more expres- barns at Pat’s home in Wiltshire. ing beats their excite-sion to the face. Paint the eyes Last year Pat celebrated 25 years ment and shining eyes!”with clear varnish. Leave to dry. of fundraising for Cancer Research UK. SheAnd that is all there is to it. began volunteering for the charity in 1988 and Maria Gomez. has raised over £250,000 during that time. Cancer Research UK’s For the mummy serving dish Local Fundraisingand basket. I used the same Pat has been raising money by selling Manager for Wiltshire.techniques covering an old bas- donated doll’s houses and furniture, first at the said: “I would likeket and a serving dish. They are Marlborough Dolls House fair, latterly at her to thank Pat and hereasier to work on because they farm near Marlborough. Four years ago she band of helpers for the massive contributionare bigger and have a shape realised that the same visitors were attending they have made to our vital work over the pastthat you can hold on to. I added the sales and no longer buying houses, so she 25 years.a blush on the cheeks of the decided to widen her appeal.serving dish mummy and I really “Cancer Research UK has made enormouslike the effect. Last year more than 55 houses were for sale progress in the fight against cancer and con- along with a barn full of smaller items. Pat and tinues to do so. However, we have only been fellow volunteers made over £4000 in just three able to do this thanks to the dedication and hours. Visitors came from Wales, London, commitment of our volunteers and support- Oxford and Woking. ers without whom we would not be able to fund our vital research.” Pat said: “Fundraising for Cancer Research UK is rewarding because almost everyone has Pat’s sale takes place at Shaw farm, had a brush with the disease. But to maximize Wiltshire SN8 4LU On October 18. Further your takings you need an event that people details: www.patcutforth.co.uk Look out for actively want to attend and/or a product they DHW’s Sanda Harding on the day who will wish to buy. Most collectors are adults, and I be manning a sales table with her husband. DHW Just for fun, I arrangedeverything on a table to recreatewhat my table looked like afterI had been making mummyheads. I hope you make lots ofmummies, and will have a greatmini Halloween. DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 31

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projectlSeHt ItNhEe IsNunYou’ll be able to fling open the shutters and letthe fresh evening breezes flow through the housewith the help of this tutorial from Auralea Krieger By Auralea KriegerT he ancient Greeks were likely the husband to lower the taxes, most people first to use louvered shutters, which stayed inside with their shutters closed. were made from marble. Over time, However, one man named Tom looked shutters spread to other cultures, through his closed shutters to catch awith wood replacing marble and movable glimpse of her.louvers to control light and air. Shutterseven factor into the legend of the term Legends and window-peeping aside,“Peeping Tom.” According to this legend, these wooden shutters will be a great addi-when Lady Godiva rode naked through tion to your doll’s house or room box.the town of Coventry in an effort to get her Wooden shuttersYou’LLneed stain colours to get the tone you want, as I did. Use two coats to get a rich colour. Let dry. n Balsa wood Step 1. Measure out the size you want Step 3. Cut your planks to equal the width n Stain your shutters to be. Standard would be full of the shutter (two pieces per shutter). A n Wood glue height of your window and half of the width mini mitre box makes this easier to get a n Hole punch of the window. Cut out a piece of balsa straight cut. Trim any rough edges with the n Toothpick wood. Balsa wood is easy to use because it utility knife. n Wax paper is soft and you can cut it with a utility knife. I Step 4. Using wood glue and a toothpick n Black acrylic paint used a Pilot Hole Punch tool from my doll’s put 3 tiny dabs of glue on the planks and n Jump rings house electricity kit and a ruler to create the adhere to the shutters. As you finish one n Flat headed pins three indentations. So it appears there are shutter put the next one beside the fin- n Wire cutter four pieces of wood side by side. n Brown glue to match stain Step 2. The next step is to stain all your wood. You will need 1/4 wide planks (you34 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D can get all the wood at craft stores) as well as the shutters you have cut out. I prefer Minwax Woodsheen because it has varnish in it that makes the balsa wood hard on its surface when it dries. You can also mix

projectished one to be sure you line up the planks will be used as handles. You can make your Pick up a painted wire circle with theevenly, so you have the two shutters side own out of wire or get some in the jewellery tweezers, dab one tiny back section in theby side. I put my glue on a small piece of section of a craft store ­—­ they will be called glue. Hang on the pin top so the glue sec-wax paper for easy clean up. jump rings. While holding them with your tion is making contact with the pin top. LetStep 5. Now put a small amount of acrylic tweezers, paint those black on the outside, dry standing up straight so the handle leansblack paint on the same wax paper and use inside and front (you won’t see the back of as a real handle would. Touch up any placea small paintbrush with a tip that comes them). Let them dry on the wax paper. Take on the ring and pin with black paint. Touchto a point. Get enough paint on the tip to some flat headed pins and use a wire cutter up the sides of the planks with brown gluemake small dots that have some rounded to cut about 1/8th off the top. to match the stain.height to them but stay the width that a Step 6. Use the Pilot Hole Punch tool tominiature nail would be. Put one dab per make a hole in the shutter where the handle Attach the shutters to the exterior. Now“vertical” plank along your horizontal plank – will be. Use the tweezers to pick up the pin you can let the cool breeze waft throughso in this case “four” dabs. You want them top, dab the cut end in glue and put it in your doll’s house on warm evenings! DHWto be a round button shape. the hole with the flat top facing up. Dab it with black paint. You will also need some tiny rings that D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 35

MEET THE MAKERSCriss crossing the creative worldsHe’s a landscape gardener and she’s a freelancemusician. Now this creative, violin-playingcouple have started making miniatures together By Kathy TurnerW e talk to Maggie Scott- sify. He had often talked about returning Langley who has recently to it. I, on the other hand, had no idea started Criss Cross these things existed. Miniatures with husbandDavid. How did he persuade you to get ing tiny pictures. Gradually this grew to become pictures, screens and tinyWe hear David has been involved in involved? Christmas and Easter cards which haveminiatures before. greetings printed inside them. Eventually David took me to Miniatura and I last year we took the plunge, and here we For David this is a return. He started was hooked! It was just a case of working are.making miniatures in the 1980s with a out what I could do. As I have alwayssaddlery company who needed to diver- enjoyed embroidery and cross-stitch I started to experiment with ways of mak-36 OCTOBER 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

MEET THE MAKERS David is a landscape gardener and I am a freelance musician. I give lessons and as we both play the violin we play for local musical/operetta productions (including, earlier this year, Jesus Christ Superstar and Mikado).How have the family reacted to Tell us about the miniaturesthe new venture? you make. The family are interested - my daugh- We are self-taught miniaturists,ter had a doll’s house that her grandad although David’s leather-working skillsmade for her from an old bookcase. They come from his time as a bridle-maker.clubbed together to buy some special- All of our pieces are entirely hand-made,ist tools for David’s birthday last year, and we sign them all. No two pieceswhich have been very useful. They do get ever come out exactly the same even iffed up if we ‘keep on going on about it’which does happen! we want them to! David uses real leather which he often colours himself for hisDo you have other jobs in the furniture and makes sofas and armchairs with beautiful button and pin detailing.‘real world’? My cross-stitched pictures come in We have very busy lives and mini- individually made frames which we canatures have to be fitted in around that. finish in a variety of colours if people ask. I have also stitched tiny greetings cards for Christmas and Easter. The screens are also hand-finished and the folding D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 37

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MEET THE MAKERSscreens have hand-carved decoration. a friend’s dog and took her for regular lovely table, which now has a matchingWe can take commissions. It is always walks in the woods. I watched the catkins chair…eventually there will be four!nice to discuss requirements with people, coming out on the trees and took lots ofalthough it can be challenging to fulfil photos. This was the starting point for Where do you sell?them. Somebody once asked us where we the catkin and cat fire screen. Once Ibought the carved frames from - unfor- had finished it I thought it might look We have a website which has a smalltunately she didn’t commission one! good with blossom instead of catkins so I shop section and shows most of our stitched it again with cherry blossom. range. It also has our contact details soDo you share a workspace with that people can get in touch. We alsoDavid? Sometimes inspiration comes from have a Facebook presence, but most of talking to people at shows. At one show our sales are made at shows. A few years ago we had an extension we were asked if we did any art decoadded to our home and it included a things; at the time we didn’t…now we Making miniatures has to fit aroundsmall workshop for David. I work at the do. I really enjoyed researching and the other things we do at the moment, sokitchen table mostly because the light is designing art deco style pictures. We building up stock is quite a slow process.good there. I did venture into the work- now have several and a folding screen Often our pieces really are one of a kind,shop recently and David helped me make in development. David has also made a especially David’s.my first ever piece of woodwork… a pinekitchen table with a painted top. One day I am hoping to explore eBay andit might get some chairs to match! maybe Etsy as a way of selling to a wider clientele, and I would love to exhibitWhere do your ideas come from? at some of the European fairs. At the moment we regularly attend Lyndhurst Inspiration…sometimes comes from and York, and we have been to severalodd things. Last spring we looked after other shows during the year. We are very excited about exhibiting at Kensington for the first time in November this year. DHW MINICONTACTS Criss Cross Miniatures Email: [email protected] www.crisscrossminiatures. webeden.co.uk D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 39

OPEN HOUSEKen’s property portfoliois simply stunningSandra Harding is amazed at the extent ofKen Cuffley’s collection, all made by thistalented former cabinet maker By Sandra HardingI was rather excited to meet Ken wife Maureen is very supportive, she the lead light effect was created using Cuffley as I had heard that he had does not get involved with Ken’s hobby Gallery Glass liquid lead. quite a collection of properties, all (mind you she is also busy with her own made by his own fair hand. hobby as a dancer in a group). Another striking feature is the unique A visit to his home (full-size) proved way the front of the roof ‘hooks on’ andthat I was quite right to get excited. And The very first thing Ken built was a over the ridge, which is the only way toexcited does not even come close to the Tudor house, which he only started as describe it. And, oh yes, each staircasepleasure I felt on entering Ken’s private a result of boredom when he retired. It actually does go up to the next floor.wonderland, with miniature properties on is a beautiful English oak, three-storiedevery floor and in virtually every room in house with the most original timber Yet another different feature, and onethe house. frame. Ken has even used authentic drag- I have adopted in my own heavy Tudor on beams inside and has left it in what house, is that each floor lifts off and has I also have to tell you that Ken is well would have been the original colours its own little lighting system which plugsinto his eighties, and although his lovely when built. The windows are acetate and40 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

into a common switch box. Quite bril- these, and the size and quality is out-liant I think. standing. Over the fireplace there is a painted Ken belongs to The South Coast Dollsfamily crest with the date and the initials House Club at Lancing, and he hasof this couple: MC and KC. A lovely made many kits for many other clubs,personal touch. including Henfield, Worthing, and Littlehampton. Ken tells me he has made The globe in the middle room is an about 150 1/24th dolls house kits, as wellold earring but, looking at Ken’s elegant as fireplaces, grandfather clocks, andwife, I came to the conclusion it was one rocking chairs to name a few.of those little finds that is just right, andwas not originally worn by Maureen He is a well respected active member(unless of course she knows differently). and contributor, and long may he con- tinue to delight us all with his work. You Ken used broken bicycle lamp reflec- will be pleased to know that I will betors for the flame effect on the log fires, covering Ken’s other mini properties overwhich is a lovely bright red. Again, I did the coming months. Each one is differentnot have the courage to ask if the bike and ‘every one’s a winner’ as they say! DHWbelonged to him in case he said no, so Iassumed the bits were found in the road.Ken has a very good workshop in his gar-den and tries to make everything himself.The furniture in the Tudor house wasmade by him and I especially I love thepadded chairs. I must also tell you at this point thathis real house is also full of furniture hemade, all quite beautiful, including largedressers, tables and chairs. When theyfirst moved in Maureen asked him to ‘goand make the bed’ – which she meantin the literal sense! It was therefore nosurprise to discover that Ken had beena cabinet maker for most of his life, andduring this time he made a most won-derful church screen and lectern for theUkranian Church in New Bond Street,London. I have seen photographs of D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 41

Munster laboratoryMunsterlaboratoryMatt Chappell recreates a scene from thepopular 1960’s TV show The Munsters. Seewhat’s under way in Grandpa’s laboratory By Matt ChappellIwasn’t born in the ‘60s, but I watched to be Grandpa Munster. For a 378 year- Netflix. It’s the first time I watched a TV an awful lot of ‘60s television as old vampire he was hysterically funny. show and took notes. They never actu- a kid. My weeknights were filled I also think it’s pretty awesome that ally show any kind of panoramic view of with re-runs of Gilligan’s Island, he turned his coffin into a race car, the the laboratory, so it required me to payI Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and Dragula. With Halloween fast approach- close attention to the different aspects ofThe Munsters. Right before I’d end up ing, I wanted to create something fun the room. It was like putting a puzzlefalling asleep from cartoons, Nickelodeon and spooky. I had never built a room box together. Every now and then a new partwould switch over to Nick at Nite; it’s before, so this summer I decided to build of the room would reveal itself and sud-the equivalent of TV Land. I rarely one based on Grandpa Munster’s labora- denly fit into place. Eventually I drewstayed awake for those shows, but when tory. a makeshift schematic and was ready toThe Munsters was on, I always managed begin building.to fight the sleep from my eyes. For a project like this I had to do plenty of research. And by research, I Someone once told me that room My all time favourite character had mean I binge watch The Munsters on boxes were great space savers. That same person never told me that in order to save space, the room box has to be small. The laboratory itself is made up of four rooms. There’s the main room where all the potions and experiments happen, and then there are three smaller areas. These smaller areas aren’t fully furnished rooms; rather, they’re more like small nooks that harbour some extra tables and spare parts. I was hoping to find an easy- to-assemble room box kit, but after look- ing at my plans, nothing was quite large enough. I was forced to build everything from scratch. Most online tutorials rec- ommend building with Birch wood, but ABOVE: Some of Grandpa Munster’s lab equipment. Matt covered the lab supplies with a thick coat of cobwebs and dust. LEFT: Grandpa and his son-in-law Herman Munster deep in discussion.42 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

ABOVE: Grandpa stands next to a table of lab equipment, deep in BELOW: Table of lab equipment.the midst of an experiment. A vat of a blue liquid bubbles nearby. Matt used screws, bolts, andBELOW: Grandpa leans over his worktable, scouring a book for ideas. jewellery beads to make the equipment and potionI feared it might make things too heavy. wood, I decided to use varying layers of bottles.The actual dimensions of the room box cardboard and foam core. As long as theare 27” long by 17” high with a depth of foam core is thick and the cardboard is20”. It’s pretty big. Instead of using only corrugated, it’s very durable. For added D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 43

Munster laboratoryABOVE: Matt’s room box is full of cobwebs sheets was effortless. My only tip is to be paid for it later. Peeling walls are no fun.and shadowy corners, a perfect recreation of extremely generous with the glue. I was Balsa wood is wonderful. I recentlyGrandpa’s laboratory from The Musters. a little skimpy on a few of my walls andRIGHT: An experiment is underway on this discovered all of its terrific qualities. It’sworktable. The cobwebs and faux dust addto the authenticity of Grandpa’s lab equip-ment.support and stability, I built a woodenframe around the box. After I had the foundation built, Ineeded to figure out how I was going tocreate the stone floors and walls. Turningcardboard into stone sounds difficult, butwith the right materials it was a simpleprocess. At my local hobby shop, I foundsome 11” x 17” sheets of latex flagstoneand cobblestone. The sheets had a campyappearance that reminded me of Gothiccastles from the old Universal monstermovies. I still had to age and weather thesheets with some paint, but overall theyhad the perfect look for the laboratory. Cutting and mounting the latex44 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

Munster laboratory to the ceiling, too. The combination of Lighting the room box created a bit of both created a cool spider web effect. a hiccup. Not only is the laboratory dark, For the furniture, I used a hot glue gun. but it also has high ceilings. The mini- This is a technique I picked up from ature 12-volt bulbs I was using were way an online prop makers’ forum. When too dim to give off any meaningful light. you weave the hot glue back and forth I ended up going into my attic and steal- over an object, it forms a web. Once it’s ing three wired bulbs from my mum’s done drying, you can add some Fuller’s miniature Christmas scene houses. Once earth to it and it looks like it hasn’t been I added them, they did a great job of touched in decades. lighting up the room. The fixtures for those lights were created with some can- All of the props and lab equipment dle toppers I picked up at Michael’s. were a blast to make. Those are things When I bought them I had no idea that that really give a miniature scene its char- I’d be using them in one of my crazy acter. I literally used anything I had lying projects. I spray painted them a metallic around. Most of the mad scientist equip- silver, and then aged them with a copper- ment was made from screws and bolts. based paint. With the new bulbs in place, The jars and potion bottles were made the 12-volt lights were made obsolete; from jewellery beads. For the wall panels, however, I still used them in some places I glued a bunch of random parts on some as accent lights. balsa wood. I can’t really romanticise the creation process because there’s noth- I decided to populate my finished ing romantic about it. It’s like junk art: room box with some familiar characters. it’s a constant experiment. Perspective Last year, Diamond Select Toys came combined with a child-like imagination is out with a retro line of action figures a must. Looking at an object differently based on The Munsters. They’re a lit- opens a lot of possibilities for creation. tle bit larger than twelfth scale, but fit in nicely. Adding them to the room box was BELOW: Herman visits the laboratory. like creating a giant play set. The kid in Although slightly larger than twelfth scale, me would be very proud. And I bet he the Munsters figures Matt found are perfect would torch the room box in seconds . . . for his room box. Addams Family style. DHWlightweight and easy to carve with anX-Acto knife. I used Balsa wood for allof the wood beams, supports, and furni-ture. I carved lots grooves and notchesin them, making sure everything lookedvery old and worn. All of the wood wasstained in English Chestnut and given awash of black paint. To create a layer ofdust on the furniture, I used a techniquefrom old Hollywood films: Fuller’s earth.It’s a ground up type of clay powder thatyou can brush onto objects. This is thesame stuff they use on Disney’s HauntedMansion ride. I got the idea for cobwebs afterfinishing a load of laundry. As I wasputting my clothes away, I came acrossthe leftover fabric softener and thought,“instant cobwebs.” I tore apart the sheetinto randomly sized pieces and begangluing them to the laboratory’s ceil-ing. I took some faux snow—the cottonmixture used for miniature Christmasvillage scenes— and began stringing it D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 45

meet the makerVictoria Lane startedwith a wedding giftHow one woman’s passion forminiatures continued from anearly age By Sandra HardingM any years ago culminated in her mention- Yolande’s mother ing several times to her had a doll’s husband-to-be that she fan- house, made for cied a doll’s house. But heher with love by her father. It thought it was just a passingeventually kindled Yolande’s fancy as his nickname for herinterest in miniatures, as she was Butterfly - a result ofand her mother would go to her fleeting interests in mostthe doll’s house shop in Leeds things to do with crafts atand buy all sorts of little that time. However, he didthings to put in the house. promise that, if she kept up her miniature making for six This started a lifelong months, he would buy her ainterest in miniatures, which46 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

meet the makerdoll’s house. By now, she had Hove Town Hall in 2006.fitted out a haberdashery room After acquiring a twelfthbox and her husband began torealise that he had lost. scale shop, Yolande started creating her own lovely shoes Sure enough, he kept his and hats using fine leather,promise and on their wedding lace and findings. She soonday in 1997 he produced a became so good at this thatVictorian town house as the she was taking orders andperfect gift for his bride. commissions and they became her most popular product. After her son was bornmoney spent on the doll’s However, since then shehouse was reduced, and she has added to her range anddecided to make a real effort her dressed, dressing tablein producing her own stuff for sets and decorated furniturethe house. are proving just as popular with her regular customers. Very soon, as often hap-pens, she had so much stuff If you want to seethat she needed an outlet. Yolande’s pretty stand andWhat better way than selling her miniatures she will be aton eBay, which she success- Lyndhurst in October andfully started doing in 2001. April.Yolande also took on a cabinetat her local store for a while, To contact her directly goand was then persuaded to sell to eBay, where her user nameher goods at a local show at is victoria.lane. Or call her on 0795 44 22 367. DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D october 2014 47

MINIS ON A BUDGETAn evening inmini indiaRhea Avery used her strategies for minis ona budget to create this beautiful room boxshowing a royal mini Indian palace By Rhea AveryT his scene was inspired by Felicity greasy dirt, so I am guessing they were ABOVE: Rhea’s Indian Palace room box is Price’s wonderful “Arabian decorations from an Indian restaurant. filled with beautiful details. Nights” article in the November The only parts that were salvageable were BELOW LEFT: The Maharajah, the “high 2002 issue of Dolls House the heads, so I made them new cloth king.”World. I already had a Hindu god and bodies and hands and feet from Fimo. BELOW: The beautiful parquet floor Rheagoddess from a bead store, so I decided I tried to make costumes that looked made from pieces of floor tile.to make mine about India. Indian, but a real sari was impossible, so I just did what I could with fabric and are sitting on wood blocks covered with The room box was built by my former trim. The Maharajah’s turban is gold the same ribbon. The gold vases by theboss, Dr. James Naibert. My first project ribbon, and their jewellery and crowns altar are earrings, taken apart and putafter I retired was the parquet floor. It’s are beads and jewellery findings. The back together in a different form.made from floor tiles found at a pound Maharani’s crown resembles the onestore. They had three colours of wood, so of the goddess of wisdom, which was aI cut them apart and started laying pieces lucky accident, since I made it beforeout in a design. I didn’t have a pattern, so I found the picture. The maharajah’sit just kind of evolved as I went. scimitar was a pin. The one on the pillowIt took two weeks, and was great is from a bead store. The parrot was anfun to do. The grout is paint. earring. The walls are covered The altar is a cheap trunk, with anwith three different fabrics. altar cloth made from a patterned ribbon.Everything I found about India The flowers are from a garage sale. Theyshowed lots of colour, so I triedto be festive. The carvedwood for the shrine isfrom Hobby Builders,with a 20 per cent offcoupon, and is the mostexpensive item in thedisplay. I got the pic-tures from the internet.The large one is the god-dess of wisdom. The Maharajah andMaharani came from a char-ity shop. They were covered in48 OCTOBER 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

MINIS ON A BUDGET ABOVE: The Maharani, the queen. BELOW LEFT: A collection of the treasures Rhea gathered for her room box dis- play. BELOW: The finished scene with trellises framing the room box. fill. It is a trunk from a collectibles store. is a ring, and the plain I filled the bottom with paper towels gold one is from a broken and made necklaces and bracelets from Christmas ornament. beads in many colours. I used anything The musical instrument was a pin, I could find that was glittery. Two of the and the small chests are pillboxes from crowns are from a miniature store, one pound stores. The table bases are two pieces of a decorative box. One is topped with a tile coaster and the other with a silver medallion that was originally a necklace. The dishes on the tables came from a garage sale. The carpet was the centre of a cheap pillow. The colours matched perfectly. I glued black braid tape along the edges to prevent ravelling. The tiger rug is from Hobby Builders, and the peacock is from a friend’s card. The jars on the floor are from a Christmas nativity scene. This room box was displayed at an international dinners event, put on by a youth group, to go with the Indian food. DHW Indian women are responsible for thefamily’s spiritual duties, so the Maharanihas burned incense, which are toothpicksdipped in black paint. They are placedin a bead holder, and are dedicated tothe god and goddess on the altar. Theywouldn’t stand on their own, so I gluedthem to jewellery findings. You can findso many great minis at bead stores. Mylocal bead store, will let me trade beadsthat are too big for minis. You can askyour local bead store if they’ll do that foryou, too. The treasure chest was really fun to D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D OCTOBER 2014 49

readers’ projectOn the roadbohemian style Rhonda Guy’s childhood daydream comes true in miniature with this exquisite gypsy vardo wagon constructed by her father, Ronald Written and photographed by Rhonda Guy A s a child, I often daydreamed about living in a gypsy wagon and travelling the world. I imagined the crackling campfires along bramble-thickened lanes, the frozen icicles clinging to the edge of the roof, and the cosiness of having my own little home wherever my nomadic travels took me. Even at that young age, I harboured a deep appreciation for the myriad influences of the many cultures that make up the world of gypsies. I loved the use of vibrant colour by these fascinating people, their love of music and dance, and, perhaps most of all, their free-spirited approach to life. As my miniature collection has grown, I have found myself becoming increas- ingly interested in building a collection that truly reflects my own personality and interests. Having been enthused by the bohemian people and lifestyle for so long, it is natural that I yearned for a above: Ronald Guy spent many hours working on details. RIGHT: Overhead shot of the caravan’s interior. 50 october 2014 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D