PROJECT 123 456 7 8 9 6 Once the glue has 8 Allow the paint to dry slippers and the white on dried, use a pair of scis- thoroughly before add- the glittery pair. To give the sors to trim the edges of the ing a dotty pattern to the blue/pink slippers a simi- slippers, ensuring a nice, gold nish using a black larly glamorous nish to the neat nish. others, add a tiny diamanté ne permanent marker pen. stone to the center of the 7 Next, take the white slipper bases and paint 9 Cover the top and sides ower and a smaller stone the insides and soles with (the remaining white beneath it. metallic gold acrylic paint. areas) of the slippers with You might nd this needs Super Glue and sprinkle Men’s slippers a couple of coats to give a liberally with glittery black good, solid color. craft sand. 11Take four balls of poly- mer clay in an Ecru Alternatively, you could 10Glue the owers made shade, slightly larger than also use a metallic gold ne in step two into posi- those used for the ladies permanent marker pen for tion on top of the slippers, slippers, and roll into tubes this step. the pink on the blue/pink with rounded ends. Use a small ball tool to create a 51
PROJECT 10 11 12 13 14 15 mule shape with a com- 13Use a needle tool or right squares and cover pletely at back. Bake both sewing pin to create with dark green. pairs of shoes and allow to the edging’s uffy texture cool thoroughly. before returning the slip- Repeat with the remain- pers to the oven to bake. ing squares, this time using 12Mix white clay with a the tan. Finally, coat all the very small amount of 14Once all the slippers way around the sides of the Sun ower Yellow to cre- have cooled, paint shoes using the dark green. ate cream. Roll into a tube the soles with Burnt Umber Once the glue has dried, measuring just under 3mm acrylic paint and allow to use a red ne permanent in diameter and cut two dry. As with the ladies slip- marker pen to highlight the lengths long enough to t pers, use a knife to care- individual squares. around the open ends of fully score a pattern into the one pair of mules, creating painted soles, just lightly 16Cut out two very tiny enough to reveal the Ecru labels and use a glue uffy edged slippers. Stick clay base beneath. stick to secure them in the edging in place using place on the insoles of the Sculpey Bake & Bond. 15Divide the tops of mules. The labels can either the mules into four be something you’ve typed 52 squares by lightly scoring and printed on the com- lines with a knife. Cut some puter or simply cut from a dark green and tan colored pretty piece of paper. Coat plush from old soft toys. the tops and sides of the Spread a little super glue over the top left and bottom uffy edged slippers with glue, covering with the dark green material.
PROJECT Hanging signs Express your mini persons personality with some word signs BY KAREN HRITZ T here are lots of 1 places to nd art- work to make your wall hanging – magazines, greeting cards, online clip art, create your own! My favorite source is online. When I nd the image I like, I copy and paste it into my favorite computer of ce ap- plication (I use PowerPoint), resize it, and print onto some card stock. 1 Cut 2 pieces of narrow 3 strip wood the width of the artwork. 2 Stain or paint the wood to coordinate with your chosen artwork. Materials: Scale = 1:12 3 Run a thin bead of El- 5 mer’s white glue along n Artwork, printed or glued the top and bottom edges Hang your new sign(s) from onto card stock of the artwork. a small nail in your minia- n Strip wood for frame ture scene and enjoy! n White glue 4 Attach the strip wood n String or cord and let it dry. TOPTIP: 5 Cut a piece of string or You can also use thread cord and glue it to the if you want a different back upper edge of the look or if you are making artwork. Let dry. smaller signs. 53
PROJECT Let’s get baking Make some mini orange ginger honey cake BY GINA THEESFIELD This beautiful golden bread color with the amazing candied orange peel is exactly the perfect thing to brighten up these cold winter days. 1 Roll out tan polymer clay to 1/2” thickness and cut out a 1” x 1/2” rectangle with a clay cutter. 2 Texture bread us- darkest. I used orange and 4 Combine white and ing stencil brush and 2 shades of Red Iron Oxide. translucent clay and roll needle tool. Use any other Then bake your bread ac- to a very thin layer. Roll out of your favorite texture cording to clay instructions orange clay to a thin layer. methods. I also use a rolled up ball of aluminium foil. 3 Use a soft brush and pastel chalks to shade bread. Start from lightest to Materials: Scale = 1:12 n Polymer Clay (tan, orange, white and translucent) n Pastel chalk (shades of orange and brown) n Stencil brush or toothbrush n Soft brush n Parchment paper n Needle tool n Dried Lycopodium n 1” x 1/5” clay cutter n Glue n Twine 54
PROJECT 123 456 7 89 10 side with stencil brush or 9 Cut a small piece of toothbrush. Cut off thin dried Lycopodium 5 Lay translucent/white strips. Curl the thin strip and glue it to the top of the layer on top of orange into a curl shape. Bake parchment paper. layer and roll it out just a bit more to weld layers thin strip according to clay 10Tie a piece of thin together. instructions. twine around the bread loaf. 6 Texture both the white 7 Cut a piece of parch- side and the orange ment paper into a strip 11Trim twine ends and that is 3/8” wide by 2” long. glue curled piece of 8 Wrap parchment paper orange peel to the top. around bread and glue, Making sure that the seam Visit Https://www.etsy. of the parchment paper is at com/shop/Calicogarden the bottom of the bread. 55
ROOM BOX Make the most of your space A room box can be filled with lots of detail and save space around the house BY JUNE SPRIGG TOOLEY AND JACKIE BENHAM What do you do when the market in the entire Above: June’s room box with you have no room? You known universe. Fortunately, a gardening theme. Top right: make a room, of course! both of us have a business ap- Jackie’s old-fashioned kitchen. When your house can’t pos- proach that puts the focus on Bottom right: A shabby chic sibly accommodate another room by Jackie. entire dollhouse, you can either go smaller (1:24, 1:48, 1:144) or make 1:12 rooms that fit into spaces not big enough for a whole house. We are Jackie and June, best of friends, who happen to share a love of minis. We started in business about 10 years ago as “I Just Bought a Few Little Things,” covering small cardboard boxes with scrapbook paper, trimmings, and dollhouse wallpaper, as settings for little scenes filled with miniatures. Some were beautiful little room vignettes, some had themes like Hanukkah or the Red Sox, and many were just fun and silly. Almost all of them had a cat or a dog. They made people smile. No one else made them, so we figured that we had cornered 56
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ROOM BOX Above: A closer look at Jackie’s shabby chic room. Right: June’s teddy bear and her notions shop. fun, not finances. We joked that Jackie’s dog Pongo was our ‘business manager,’ which explained why our business motto was “Gross is great and net is not.” They were an unconven- tional miniature product so they did well at traditional craft fairs as well as miniature shows. We sold several hun- dred and then – poof – the market dried up. What to do? Here we were with a stash of paper you would not believe, as well as collections of some very much loved miniatures. Light bulb moment! We 58
ROOM BOX Above: Jackie’s Thanksgiving dining room. Below: A pink and blue bedroom by June. 59
ROOM BOX found unfinished room box she built from scratch 45 years Above: An elegant sitting room kits online and used the ma- ago, but that is another story.) made by Jackie. terials we had to make small June’s rooms tend to showcase rooms just for ourselves. special dolls – a witch, a fairy one that is see-through be- girl, a peddler woman, a gar- cause the lid makes the rooms How we fill our room dener, a nanny with her little overly dark. boxes varies. Jackie loves charges, and so on. interior design and assembles Both of us design our entire rooms filled with all The contents may rooms with a particular item the details – an old-fashioned vary, but the process is the in mind – a special piece of kitchen, an elegant sitting same. We start by assembling furniture, a work of art, a doll. room, a luxurious boudoir, a the kits, which are very well One of Jackie’s started with scrapbook studio. Sometimes made and have the nice fea- a gorgeous dog bed, another she has a theme, like Hallow- ture of an acrylic front panel with a large painting of three een, Thanksgiving dinner, or that slides up and out as well elegant women in hats. June Christmas. She has designed as a lid, so it’s very easy to typically designs her rooms some room boxes to showcase work inside. In addition, the with a doll in mind. some wonderful furniture that complete enclosure keeps the doesn’t fit her regular doll- dust out. Eventually we will Based on that, we choose house (which is taller than she develop an easy, attractive way the colors and materials for is – no kidding – and which to replace the solid lid with finishing the interior – walls, floor, and ceiling – and let’s 60 not forget the outside. Typi-
ROOM BOX Above: June’s fairy girl and her makes it up as she goes along. magical creatures. Right: A nanny We have learned some and children in a nursery by June. handy tricks. It is best to use cally, we combine dollhouse wallpaper glue on real doll- wallpaper with more unusual house wallpaper, but Elmer’s materials including scrapbook glue works fine with other paper and even lace and stick- papers. Jackie dabs the glue ers. Jackie prefers carpet. June on; June uses a foam brush to likes the wood flooring that coat the paper edge to edge, is backed with paper and easy on a disposable surface of foil to cut. Jackie loves elegant or newsprint to keep clean-up wallpaper and architectural to a minimum. Both systems trim. June has a thing for work well. Aleene’s Fast Grab molding – baseboard, chair Tacky Glue is a must-have for rail, you name it and consid- attaching molding, architec- ers it a fun challenge to com- tural trim, and other three- bine the most patterns and dimensional decor. colors as possible in a single room box. Jackie spends time Be careful where you store thoughtfully assembling her materials. June typically starts 61 with one paper and then
ROOM BOX Above: They decorate the outsides of their room boxes, too. Right: A peddler doll scene that was made by June. your room boxes because too much dampness can make the paper bubble and wrinkle – we stuck that in the ‘sadder but wiser’ file. When the box is deco- rated inside and out, and fully dried, everything ties together harmoniously and the fun GETINTOUCH: of furnishing begins. There’s GETINTOUCH: always a place for another TooleysTinyPillows room box, so we’ll never run Jackie Benham June Sprigg Tooley out of fun. Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ 582 Dalton Division Road JackieBminiatures Pittsfield MA 01201 Phone: 413-329-4039 Email: [email protected] Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ TooleysTinyPillows Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ tooleystinypillows 62
PROJECT Keeping warm Make a wood rack and fireplace toolset I just love making min- BY ELIZE VAN ES Materials: Scale = 1:12 iatures from materials I can nd in and around Wood rack n Dry natural twigs my house. We are in the n 1” long bendable metal holiday season and that also 1 Go outside and look n Empty tea light holder means cork wires and tea for twigs or very small n 1” ring, plastic or metal lights are easily accessible. branches that would be the n Acrylic paint - brown, black If you can’t nd them in right size for 1:12 logs. Just your own home them may- use your mini eye, there are the ring on the bottom, in be your neighbors, relatives no exact measurements. the middle. Make sure the or friends have them. Just Whatever looks realistic metal base stands straight ask, so you can recycle and and natural is perfect Cut and rm on the ring. use them to make some the twigs to about 1”long. lovely 1:12 miniatures. 4 Take your tea light holder and cut off the For this project I took top double folded strip. apart an empty lighter and Bend to shape and measure used the metal cap. So now to t on the wood rack base, I have some other amazing plus a bit extra on both parts to use for future DIY sides for gluing.You want it miniature projects. Have fun to look like an egg shaped making this little project! basket. Don’t glue the handle in yet! Materials: Scale = 1:12 2 Use a box cutter or knife to slice off some Save the rest of the tea n Tacky Glue chips at the edges to give light holder, you’ll need a n Cutters the logs a more realistic small piece for your re- n Scissors look. If you see irregulari- place toolset. n Tweezers ties, just sand them away. n Round nose Let the pieces of wood dry 5 Paint the metal base n Flat nose pliers for at least 24 hours. and the handle. I paint- n Ruler ed a black base and used n Watercolor paint 3 Take your piece of met- touches of brown at the n Emery board al and cut a slice about edges to make it look a bit n Sanding paper 2 1/2” long. Bend slightly rusty. But of course you can as shown in the photo. Glue paint it any color you like! 63
PROJECT 134 6 Horse 7 hair is 7 wrapped 8 The height of your tool- here. set hanger without the 6 When the paint is dry, hooks on top is about 1.8”. glue the half of your 8 Measure the total height logs into place. Make sure of your jewelry nding (3 the base doesn’t tumble. Fit Materials: Scale = 1:12 rings and a base) subtract the handle and glue it in, on that from the height of the the inside. Let it dry for two n Muselet (wire cage that fits toolset hanger. That is the hours. Then glue in the rest over a champagne cork) height of the juice box straw of the logs. you need. Cut the straw to n Jewelry findings - 3 rings size. Then cut the straw in 2 Fireplace toolset and a base pieces: 1/3 and 2/3. 7 Cut three pieces of wire, n Metal or jewelry wire 9 Cut a very small ring about 1” long. Bend n A small juice box straw from the leftover straw them in three equal hook n A metal pin or metal wire and glue it on the end of the shapes, with a little hook at pin. Push the pin through the end to hang the tools on. with a small eye bent at end the bottom of the jewelry See the photo n The metal cap of an base, put a jewelry ring over the pin on top, then the 2/3 dissembled lightener piece of straw and the 2nd n Plastic bag sealer ring to seal. Glue together n Plumbers horse hair and let dry for 15 minutes. At n Black acrylic (spray) paint this stage a piece of the pin n Air drying clay or poster will be sticking out. buddies 64
PROJECT 15 12 leg has a little eye on top and your second cork wire you need to hang the differ- leg with the 2 wings. I used 10Fill the bottom of the ent tools on the stand. Cut black paint. Let dry. jewelry base with one leg off at the end. Cut a clay or poster buddies and second leg off with ‘wings’ 16Last step is the broom. make sure the base with to about 0.3” from both You already painted. the 2 rings and rst piece sides. Take a small string of of straw stands straight and plumbers horse hair. Drape 13Cut the metal cap over the two ‘leg wings’ rm. Let dry for 45 minutes. from the empty lighter and glue in.You can repeat in shape. Sand the edges. this if you want the broom 11Take your 1/3 piece Take the rst cork wire leg, to be thicker. Make sure it of straw and place it bend a little and glue to the stays at and let dry. In the over the pin, seal with the inside of the metal cap. Let meantime cut a small circle 3rd jewelry ring. Take the dry for at least 2 hours. from the leftover tea light 3 hooks you made and t holder. Punch a hole in the them into the last ring. Cut if 14Take your plastic middle and make a cut on necessary so everything ts back sealer, bend in one side from the bottom to and levels out on top. When a ‘U’ shape and cut to size. the hole. Place this around you’re happy, glue together Length is about 1.7”. Flatten the cork wire leg and fold and let dry for 2 hours. the ends with your at nose over the top of the horse pliers. hair. Use pliers to straighten 12Take your cork wire the fold. Cut the horse hair and cut and remove 15At this stage you can to size. Paint the cap black the bind wires (the thin paint the stand (K), the and let dry. ones). Bend the legs back shovel (M), the tongs (N) carefully till everything is 17Hang the replace tools on the stand and at.You now have a circle it’s nished. Sit back and with 4 legs attached, each enjoy the miniatures you just made! 65
MINIATURE DOLLS The art of life in miniature A world of history b rings a b ig miniature future for doll artisan G eorgina R itson Georgina Ritson is an BY SADIE BROWN to create varied dolls in a artisan who excels in selection of costumes and drawing inspiration and, hopefully, realistic styles, but one, inspired by from an exquisite era of doll appearance.” a real life encounter in the making in the mid 19th Merseyside city of Liverpool, century. “My dolls are all It is that defined realism North West England, stands bisque porcelain like the which allows Georgina, who out. “I make quite a lot of French and German fashion owns the rights to a range of this doll in little lavender dolls of the 1860s,” she says. eighteen master sculptures, suits,” she explains, show- “I do not glaze my porcelain, to create unique dolls which ing me two fascinating but I hand-paint each face thrive on her passion for examples. “I met the most using traditional china inventing heartfelt characters. painting techniques. I fire Among these is ‘Dora’, a spar- Below left: This is Dora dressed the faces between each paint kling lady with the tales of a in lavender. Below: Philip is top layer to build up a delicate life lived and continuing to be of his class. Right: There are lived to the very fullest etched many secrets to be told. perfectly across her face. Georgina uses this mold 66
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MINIATURE DOLLS Above: The Ballroom of Georgina’s dollhouse. Right: ‘Janey’ with ‘Louis’ the dog in the hall of Georgina’s dollhouse. wonderful lady a few years ago. She was dressed im- maculately all in lavender. Every accessory was lavender from head to toe and she was amazing!” Depicting how the same mold can successfully create entirely different characters who bear no resemblance to one another, ‘Dora’ also features in a scene entitled ‘Whisper’, where two beau- tifully dressed 18th century ladies share a story over tea as a Siamese cat looks on. While these exclusive master 68
MINIATURE DOLLS sculptures form the basis for The process of creating Above: It is time for afternoon tea a wide variety of personali- Georgina’s dolls initially with Countess Dora. ties, these are not the only involve casting, firing, paint- molds Georgina uses. “There ing and assembling. “I use owing to the eye strain are so many wonderful traditional porcelain process involved, but once both this characters created by other techniques to create the and the all-important assem- porcelain doll makers. When pieces that form my figures,” bling stages are complete, I first started making dolls, she says. “Liquid porcelain she is able to bring her skills I had hundreds of molds slip is poured into plaster as a costume designer, wig from all different makers. molds, porcelain pieces are maker, hairdresser and mil- I use Parker Levi molds fettled then fired to a very liner very firmly to the fore. a lot; I especially love the high temperature.” “I have a myriad of materi- fashion dolls.” Other molds als for miniature work; my Georgina uses include those Many doll makers will no studio is stuffed with boxes by Gina Bellous, House of doubt agree with Georgina’s of silk, vintage lawn, antique Caron and Paulette Stinson. assertion that hand paint- lace, ribbon, feathers, beads, ing each face is a challenge, crystals and goodness knows 69
MINIATURE DOLLS what else.” Says Georgina, describing an undoubted miniaturists haven. “Like costuming, I create the hair style using similar techniques to real life,” Georgina explains. “I style the ‘hair’ using heat and fix it with hair products. Fi- nally, I add finishing touches with accessories; hats, bags, parasols and jewelry which is another very fiddly business, but I think it’s worth it.” She also points out that, while inspiration for her costumes can come from both photo- graphs and paintings, she also works from memory, particu- larly when focussing on more contemporary designs. Creating dolls which take us on a visual journey through the splendor of the Georgian, Regency and Vic- torian eras, all the way up to Edwardian, the 1920s and contemporary, is there any single era which Georgina finds herself consistently drawn to? “I think that all depends on my mood at the time,” she concludes. “I love 18th century costumes though, it’s certainly the period I find most aestheti- cally pleasing.” It’s easy to see why. One of Georgina’s most stunning 18th century costumes designs belongs Right: Marie Antoinette’ features in Georgina’s favorite photograph. 70
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MINIATURE DOLLS to marvellous Court Lady, from Georgina’s grow- Above left: Time for a nap. ‘Faye’, her entry for the 2019 ing collection of animals Louise Above: Joanna’, wearing a Perfection in Miniature by Sarah Hendry. Geor- Victorian era coat and bonnet. Awards (PIMA). How- gina herself believes it is the ever, it isn’t only the wig and figure which provides that using the Cyrene mould costume which make ‘Faye’ crucial element in ensuring a by Parker Levi. “This is stand out from the miniature doll is as lifelike as possible. my favorite picture and crowd, it’s her natural pose. “If your figure is holding a took a while to compose,” pose that isn’t possible for a she says, showing me the This is something which human, even the best face or photograph. “The scene is is to be found mirrored costume won’t make it look in the ballroom of my own throughout Georgina’s lifelike.” dollhouse. You’ll probably multi-generational charac- recognize the table as John ters, from ‘Dora’ and her ‘Faye’ also finds J. Hodgson. The fireplace elegant lavender outfit, to herself in a stunning is Sue Cook, I marbled and ‘Janey’, playing with ‘Louis’ scene featuring ‘Marie gilded it myself. I did the the dog, a canine character Antoinette’, who was made walls and my dad did the 72
MINIATURE DOLLS Left: Dressed for success! ‘Dora’ and ‘Katherine’. floor! The gateaux are all it since then. I was 11 when it, shaking his head and say- Lesley Burgess. I borrowed he started building it, so I ing: ‘Bill. You’re mad.’” them from my French couldn’t do anything on it Patisserie for the photo.” myself,” she says, recalling In more recent years, the care her father lavished Georgina has had space to Georgina’s love of min- on the design for his young accommodate the house iatures is something which daughter. “He made all within her own home, so it stems from childhood, the windows from scratch has undergone a complete helped along by an incred- which took the better part redecoration and she’s been ibly special dollhouse which of a year. The house stayed also able to fill it with lots first found life in 1993 in the dining room for at of exciting new acquisitions. during conversations with least two years while it was “My dad helps with it when her father, Bill while on being built. During this he visits. I can’t do the lights holiday in Corsica. “We’ve time, I remember Grandad myself and I’m no use with both spent a mind-boggling Ritson standing in front of a saw. Grandad Ritson is no amount of time working on longer with us, but I dare say he would shake his head and say we’re both mad if he saw the dollhouse today!” Even if that were the case, there’s no doubt that he would also be exceptionally proud of his granddaughter and all that she has achieved as an artisan, going on to become one of the very best in a field which features the work of some incredible miniaturists. The dollhouse now find- ing its own global audience, featuring in much of her miniature photography, it’s almost certain that 11 year old Georgina could never have imagined just how that simple holiday conversation with her dad back in the early Nineties would play its part in shaping her life and her future. 73
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PROJECT Potting bench Skip winter and make a sweet spring potting bench BY BELINDA MCWILLIAMS Take a break from • 4 pieces 50mm long (cut Materials: Scale = 1:12 the cold and make a off round ends rst) – hori- potting bench full of zontal slats sides n 27 ice cream sticks or wood blooming plants. • 8 pieces 55mm long (keep strips 10mm wide and round ends) – shelf slats 2mm thick 1Cut the ice cream sticks • 6 sticks (keep round ends) as follows: – bench top n Toothpick • 4 pieces 75mm long (cut • 3 pieces 105mm long (cut n Scissors or small saw off round ends rst) - legs off round ends rst) – back n Steel ruler • 4 pieces 100mm long (cut shelves n Pencil off round ends rst) – hori- • 8 pieces 55mm long (keep n Paint zontal slats front and back round ends) – back shelves • 4 pieces 50mm long (cut off round ends rst) – back shelves 2Starting with the legs, glue the side slats as shown leaving a 2mm gap on either end – one slat is ush to the end and the other is 10mm from the end. 3Glue the horizontal slats onto the sides as shown. The ends t into the 2mm gaps you left on the sides. 4Glue the 8 shelf slats evenly to make the shelf with the round ends point- ing forward and the straight ends ush at the back. 5Glue the 6 stick onto the top starting from the 76
PROJECT 235 11Cut 4 pieces from the toothpick 10mm pieces long to make pegs on the right as shown. 128 Once all the glue is 22 dry you can paint and add your plants. back so that the back stick 10Glue the remaining 4 Have fun lling your bench is ush with the back and pieces evenly spaced with lots of tools and plants! there is an overhang at the on the right as shown. front. 6Using the 4 50mm sticks with straight ends, glue them together to make the 2 shelves. 7Using 4 of the 55mm long sticks with round ends to make the shelf sides. 8Glue the shelves 18mm front the bottom and then the upper shelf 18mm above the lower shelf. 9Lay the 3 long strips at and glue the shelves on so that the long strips are ush with the bottom of the shelf and ush with each shelf. 77
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PROJECT Fun welly planters Turn a pair of rain boots into planters I f you’re still putting BY SADIE BROWN Materials: Scale = 1:12 some nishing touches on a miniature spring/ 3 Use a small ball tool to n Polymer clay - white, blue, summer themed project, create a hole in the top black these happy little rain boots of each welly. are just what you need! n Extra fine acrylic paint 4 Use the side of a paint- pens - white, light blue, 1 Mix white polymer clay brush stem to create a yellow with a rich blue, creating small ‘dip’ at the back of the two different shades, one underside of each boot for n Small paintbrush bright and one pale. Mix the heal to t. n Small ball tool a third shade by adding n Self-adhesive landscape a little black clay to some 5 Roll one small piece of blue, making dark blue. Mix white clay into a tube flower tufts - blue, white, this with white to create a for each boot and atten the yellow powder blue color. front end into the at end of n 3mm blue and yellow ribbon the sole, shaping the back n Small piece of blue paper 2 Mold the mixed clays into the heal. Place one sole (Ideally blue on one side, into the basic shapes of on each boot and, again white on the reverse) three pairs of wellies, using using the side of a small n Small twig/length of wood 1.5cm balls of clay for the paintbrush stem, create an or piece from old 1/12th larger boots and 1.2cm arch to divide up the at scale bamboo basket balls for the smaller pair. portion of the sole and the n Matte varnish heel. Roll a 2mm ball of n Glue stick n Super Glue n Scissors bright blue clay and bake this alongside the wellies. Allow everything to cool and place clay to the side. 6 Use extra ne acrylic paint pens to add polka dot patterns to the wellies. Decorate the light blue wellies with yellow dots, the bright blue with light blue dots and the powder blue with white dots. Allow to dry 80
PROJECT 234 567 8 9 10 and coat with matte varnish. small cut, a few millimeters old 1:12 scale basket and Once dry, cut lengths of in length at each corner, paint with the light blue going towards the center. acrylic paint pen. Allow to 3mm ribbon in blue and dry and coat with matte yellow, securing into posi- 9 Place the paper blue varnish. Once the varnish tion around the tops of each side up and fold alter- has dried, glue the stick to pair of wellies with a dot of nate corners towards the the back of the windmill. Super Glue at the ends. center, forming the wind- Next, use the same acrylic mill/pinwheel, sticking into paint pen to add polka dots 7 Stick pieces of self- place with a glue stick. Use to both the white sections of adhesive landscape Super Glue to stick the the windmill and the ball at ower tuft inside the top of 2mm ball of blue clay to the the center. the wellies. center of the windmill. 11Finally, glue the wind- 8 Cut a small 1.4cm 10Take a tiny twig, length mill stem into the top square of paper, ideally of wood or even a of one of the powder blue blue on one side and white piece of bamboo from an wellies. on the reverse. Make a 81
PROJECT Mini strawberries Fresh cut strawberries are on the menu M ake some freshly BY TANJA JENSEN Materials: Scale = 1:12 cut strawber- ries to use in a 4Add pieces of both n Polymer clay in red, white, kitchen baking scene. shade 2 and 1 above the translucent and yellow rst two pieces. Then wrap 1 Begin by mixing a white a sheet of shade 1 around n A blade to cut the clay and a red. The white is the center as shown. n Clay roller approximately equal parts white and translucent, while 5 Add a layer of shade 2 8 Finally, add a layer of the red is a mix of red, followed by shade 3 (for the 8th shade. On the translucent and yellow to shade 3, I’m keeping it away right, I trimmed off a thin warm it up and make it less from the bottom portion). slice so you can see the pink in color. pattern more clearly. 6 For the next step, I 2 Mixing together those added a couple of lay- 9 Using your blade, cut two colors creates a va- ers of shade 4, keeping the vertical slits all the way riety of shades in between. second layer away from the around, adding thin sheets It doesn’t really matter ex- bottom. Then a few layers of of white as you go along. actly how many you have as shade 5. long as there’s a gradient. 10To reduce the size of I ended up with eight colors 7 Add a layer of shade 6, this cane, add gentle in total. then a couple of layers pressure all the way around of shade 7 again, keeping as you rotate the cane be- 3 To start off the cane, one of the layers away from tween your ngers.You can make two shapes simi- the bottom/point. press it gently onto your lar to what is shown in the work surface instead, one photo using shade 3 and side at a time, if you prefer. 4. The right image is seen Do your best to keep the from above. I make my shape as is. canes a couple of centime- ters in height when working 11The cane, an unbaked on them. Making them too one, and a baked ‘ at’ can make it dif cult to slice. reduce the size later. 12Once it gets to a point where you can start 82
PROJECT 123 456 789 10 11 12 pulling it, gently stretch it each slice using a tooth- until it reaches the size you brush, before baking. want. I like my strawberries Visit www.sugarcharmshop. to be 3-4mm in height. At dk to see more of Tanja’s this point you can bake the miniature work. canes before slicing, if you want. I like to keep them 13 unbaked and add texture to 83
PROJECT Faux wood Turn paper or mat board into stained wood BY AURALEA KRIEGER W hen I made my Gothic style windows I used mat board but needed them to look like wood. I also made my own molding from mat board and card stock. Use this technique to make your molding, windows or doors in an original style. Have a piece of real stained wood nearby to match. 1 Paint the mat board in a bright orange color. Let it dry completely. 2 Use a coarse brush to paint a dark brown over the orange - 2 coats. Let dry between coats. 3 Seal with a satin or gloss varnish. Visit me on Instagram 1 2 @auraleakrieger Materials: Scale = Any n Mat board 2 3 n Acrylic craft paint - orange, brown n Paint brushes n Varnish 84
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PROJECT Scenery workshop Join Jeff Winkel in this ongoing workshop-part two BY JEFF WINKEL Y our practice board is now covered with a ‘skin’ of paper mache or molding plaster plus grit, grout, rocks, boul- ders, and even a mountain! You’ve made a home for a waterfall and a structure and a meandering stream. That’s the rst layer. Layer Two adds ‘low vegetation’; turf, scrub bushes, grasses, short weeds, ground cover, dead leaves and trash to cover all 1but the rst 1 1/2” at the end Turf and ock.You can Materials: Scale = 1:35 buy turf and ock in opposite the mountain.You can produce or provide the materials and then install various amounts in ne, n Sawdust them.Your board may look coarse and extra coarse n Foam textures in a variety of n Latex or acrylic paint something like this when n Liquid soap or flow agent you are done. Remember to colors and get rst-class n Isopropyl alcohol leave room for the structure. results. But, if you prefer to n PVA glue make your own, it’s easy. n Hand grinder or blender n Static grass or synthetic Layer 2 - the terrain Instructions follow. Sawdust thread n Dried Kant material n Hemp rope n Spices n Poly fiber foam n Twigs n Bakeable clay n Dried tea leaves Optional - glitter, fluorescent paint, rubberized horsehair, fly fishing fibers 88
PROJECT 12 4 is free from any woodwork- TOPTIP: works super. And, there’s ing business. Pine sawdust the gorgeous Fall colors to works great. Dark sawdust You can use white or green consider. Finally, consider works for soil but not much florist foam and a grater to colors for owers, plants and else does. make turf and flock. weeds. Hobby stores and dollar stores sell inexpen- 2 Sieve sawdust down to yellow for burnt grass and sive paint sampler packs. the very nest dust-like dandelions. Make enough powder and the very next for both ock and foliage. Experiment with glitter level of coarseness. This will Mix greens for leaves. paint and uorescent paint. make great turf and ocking Remember, leaves range It can make owers ‘pop’ for trees and bushes. The from yellowish-green to like the sun glinting on them unsieved sawdust is on the very dark green, but light, left, the medium sieved in medium and dark green 4 Pour a paint color into the middle and the ne on a container. Add three the right. times as much water and a few drops of liquid soap. 3 Using latex or acrylic Add sawdust and stir. The house paint or hobby sawdust will absorb the paint, mix one or two paint/water mixture quickly. shades of brown for soil and Mix it thoroughly. Add more paint/water mixture if any 89
PROJECT TOPTIP: 12a 12b Use both fine and medium ment (watered down PVA sive hand grinder comes sawdust (separately) for glue with a few drops of with plates with two sizes each color. This will give liquid detergent) where you of holes. (006 Grinder with variety to the textures. want the ock. Plates) Grind through the And, sometimes you plate with the bigger holes use fine material over 8 Sieve, shake or pinch medium material for even ock over the surface. rst. Or, put some foam more depth. that has been immersed in 9 Spray scenic cement water into a blender. Add sawdust is not completely over what was ocked two more inches of water colored. Add more sawdust to seal it in. over the foam and pulse a if things are too wet. few times.You want the foam 10Making clump foliage pieces to be grape-sized 5 Wearing gloves, for bushes and trees. and smaller. squeeze the colored Almost any soft foam will sawdust to remove as much work. Multi-colored carpet 13Gather light, medium moisture as you can. For pad works well because and dark green paint, small amounts like vari- there is already glue in it. PVA glue, gloves and a mix- ous ower colors, put the ing bowl. If you want dark sawdust into a single muf n TOPTIP: conifer green, you’ll need pan space or aluminum some black paint. foil cupcake holders. For You can use many larger amounts, put the materials for bush 14Pour some paint into sawdust on several sheets armatures; scouring a mixing bowl. Add of paper (with wax paper pad, lichen, foam and 1/4th as much PVA glue as underneath) to dry. Turn coconut fiber. you have paint. Mix well. periodically until totally dry and store in any container 11Cut or tear the foam 15While the secondary where you can see the con- into 1” squares or colors are still wet, tents or put on a label. quarter-sized chunks. apply the main color, twice as diluted as the second- Clear pill containers, 12You can hand grind ary colors, over the rocks to bead containers or makeup the foam. An inexpen- cover the skin and blend in containers work well. the secondary colors. 6Apply ock by rst cov- ering areas where you do not want any ock. 7 Spray isopropyl alcohol followed by scenic ce- 90
PROJECT 18 19 20 22Apply the scenic cement where you want grass. 24 25 23Blow the grass with a straw to get some to 16If your foam is dry, scenic cement. Apply larger stand up. put it in water and clump foliage with tacky squeeze just some of the glue or hot glue. I have yet 24Optional: Use a store- water out. to nd a good recipe for bought or home- homemade tacky glue, so I made static grass applica- 17Add wet foam to the just buy it. tor for the best results. PVA/paint mixture. Wearing gloves, mix and 20Making short grass- How to make a color of squeeze the foam and es.You can purchase static grass that is not paint/PVA mixture. Use your bulk static grass, grass available to purchase: knuckles, too.You know mats, strips and clumps you’re done when you tear of grass in lengths from 1. Buy nylon, rayon or a piece and the color goes 2mm to 10mm.You can nd polyester blended thread. all the way through. almost any type of grass, 2. Unwind the thread and color, size and arrange- untwist the strands until 18Pick up a handful of ment you want. you have single fibers. the clump foliage, give 3. Hang the fibers with it a gentle squeeze, and 21To apply short static a weight at the bottom put it on several sheets of grasses, shake the until they are straight. newspaper with wax paper container to create static 4. Use a scissors to underneath. Keep it in a ball electricity. Use various cut the thread to the and let dry. lengths of static grass for length(s) you want. an “unkempt” look. 5. You can also make 19Apply small pieces short grass and weeds of clump foliage with by cutting off the ends of brushes. 91
PROJECT 26 27 29 30 Making miniature weeds from brads: 25Dry brush grass with yard to dry and use or get a yellowish tint to dried owers from a hobby 1. Stick very small brads break up the uniformity of store that can be used for on a tacky strip. monochromatic grass. the weeds themselves or for 2. Their stems can be the leaves of weeds. painted brown or green 26Making weeds. There and their tops can be is a smaller selection 28Making weeds from painted yellow, of these on the market, so hemp rope. Just cut white or brown. making your own is the best short lengths of hemp rope 3. For a rounder top, add way to make your ‘Nature’ and untwist. Trim the ends to a drop of super glue. look more natural using y vary the lengths of the rope 4. “Fuzzy” tops can be strands. created by using colored shing bers. Outdoor sup- sawdust. ply stores carry a perfect 29Your local bulk spice 5. Leaves for weeds selection in a plastic con- and seasonings store can be natural leaves, tainer. is a great place to get small punched out leaves, cut amounts of weed-like materi- by a hobby These can be installed as al.You might even nd some- cutting machine or laser is or mixed with other weed thing that looks like perfect, cut. (016 Leaves) or grass materials for that miniature mushrooms. 6. Drill or punch a hole natural look. Apply like static for the brads. grass or just glue it where Ground cover includes 7. Apply a drop of straight you want it. Blend with turf. vines, low owering foliage, PVA glue and insert. briar patch, dead-fall, 27Dried plant materi- stumps, forest oor and als.You can get small pieces of trash. roots and leaves from your 92
PROJECT 31 32 33 34 35 37 30To make vines, start the poly foam that is on a 40 with polyester ber clean piece of newspaper. pillow stuf ng material. 39For briar patch use 36After the poly foam is rubberized horse- 31Separate the layers of dry, shake it out over hair or purchase some poly foam. a clean piece of newspa- ‘briar patch’ material. per and save the extra. Rubberized horsehair was 32Tease out each layer Seal with scenic cement. used to stuff sofas back in of poly foam until it is the day. as airy as a spider’s web. 37For larger vines, dip a length of thread 40Deadfall is pieces 33Spray some foam into some scenic cement of dead trees.You with green and some and immerse the thread can buy them or use twigs with brown. Remember into a container of ock. from the yard. Dead fall is ventilation and a mask. Hang to dry. often found at the edge of streams. 34Spray a section 38Apply poly foam or of poly foam with threads with scenic scent-free hairspray, spray glue. This can be made with adhesive, or scenic cement one part Matte Mod Podge, on a piece of newspaper. three parts water and a few drops of liquid soap. Push 35Dip the poly foam the foam or threads around into a container of until you like the way it lays ock or drizzle ock over and looks. 93
PROJECT 41 42 Why it is important as a miniaturist to have 41An alternative to clay rulers for all units of is ‘bark’.You can buy measurement. Stumps can be Our world isn’t as small as it purchased or made: used to be, no pun intended. Since the invention of the 1. Start with a piece of 43 internet we are able to dowel rod the length and communicate and share with the diameter you want. tra bits of turf, ock, weeds rest of the world so easily and 2. Wrap the rod with a and owers that end up each part of the world has their thin layer of bakeable on your work surface and own unit of measurement. clay. make your own. 3. Pattern the trunk with When creating a miniature a dental tool (ask your 43Dead leaves can be project some measurements dentist for discards), the represented with can be crucial. Conversions can tip of your hobby dried, used tea leaves. The be tricky. Sometimes a rough knife or any small variety is endless. conversion will suffice but th e pointed tool. are other times when even a slight 4. Bake the clay and 44Trash can include mistake can alter the outcome. wood per the instructions bottles, newspapers, In this publication we try to on the clay. boxes and everything else determine when it is acceptable 5. Paint. Remember, you see outside. to round up or down to inches bark is often more gray from cm or mm. But there are than brown. times when it is more efficie to give you a specific c a brush-on bark material Congrats! You have now measurement instead of a slew of or make your own with grit completed Layer Two.Your decimals to inches. (or sawdust) and pre-col- terrain base is now ready ored modeling paste (PVA for Layer Three. Be sure to Having a cm, mm, and inch glue, paint and a few drops look for it in the next issue ruler is a great idea for those that of liquid soap). of AM. would like the most accurate results from our tutorials. 42Forest oor is left- If you have any questions Even if you are pulling some overs, just like the feel free to email me at tutorials from the internet it will real thing. Keep all the ex- HandscapesbyJeff@gmail. save you time and frustration in com. the long run. 94 We will continue to do our best to convert to inches for you but please consider expanding your units of measurements by having a ruler for inches, mm, and cm. We are very lucky to have our AM family expand across the globe!
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