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Lamp shadeA charminglamp shadeKris Compas shares a step-by-step onhow to make a custom lamp shade foryour 1:12 scale miniature home.P lease note this shade is not Tools & materials: for a lamp with working electricity because it is l Card stock made with paper and fabric. l Poster board l Wood glueStep 1: Trace the shade pattern 7 Step 3: When gluing the shade l Aleene’s go-sew gluetimes and the center piece onto shapes together make sure the l Pencilcard stock. line for the center will be in the l Fabric inside of the finished shade. l Scissors Make sure the top of each l Craft paintspattern shape measures the same Step 4: Apply the glue to both l Sandpaper – 180 toas each side of the center. To glue edges and while bending the 220 gritthe card stock together use yellow pattern shapes butt the edges l Bunkawood glue. We want the shade to together and hold. I know this l 1/8” or 1/16” hole punchbe rigid when we are done, not can get wonky, have patience, l Tacky Glue glue stickflexible. The yellow wood glue will it does work. The yellow glue l Rotary cutter (optional)grip and dry faster than the white doesn’t take long to grip, maybe l Rulerglue would. a minute, it’s not dry but it’s stuck and can be put it down. Step 5: Glue 2 pattern shapes Remember, butt the edges and together at a time; you will have don’t overlap them. 1 pattern shape left over, leave it for now.Step 2: The shade flares out atthe bottom, pick up one patternshape and gently rub yourthumb over it to bend it slightly,but don’t leave a crease.52 American Miniaturist

Lamp shadeLamp shade patterns Cut 7Cut 1Step 6: Apply a line of glue tothe inside seams.Step 7: Let these dry for about Above and right: Here I used a vase slightly, don’t change the shapean hour. I have let them dry and filled in the top with a piece of of the center, let the shade relaxovernight, the pairs draw wood cut into a circle to fit the hole. around the center and come intotogether a bit and I have to shape. Push the center into thespread them apart. This doesn’t Step 10: When that seam is dry, shade up to the line. Don’t use anyhurt them, it’s just more work. glue the last seam together. glue yet. It’s going to look like it’s Don’t worry about the shape yet. not going to fit, push it up and letStep 8: You should have 3 pairs When the center is pushed into the shade conform to the center.and 1 left over shape. Glue 2 pairs the top the shape will changetogether and glue the left over and relax around the center.shape to the last pair. Apply a lineof glue to the inside seams and Step 11: Glued the center onto alet dry again. piece of poster board for added strength. Depending on whatStep 9: Glue the 2 halves you are going to use to hold uptogether at one seam, apply glue your shade with, punch a holeto the inside seam and let it dry. in the center of the center piece. Since I am going to use this for a floor lamp I am going to use a 1/8” hole punch to punch a hole. If you make a smaller shade for a table lamp you might want to use a 1/16” hole. Step 12: Depending on how good my template was and how good your cutting was you might need to trim the center. Just American Miniaturist 53

Lamp shadeStep 13: After the shade has and let it dry and then paint the mark on the outside while otherrelaxed, (it takes a few minutes) outside and let it dry, or vice-a- fabrics refuse to glue at all. I useand it is fitting, apply a line of versa. Painting both sides at once Aleene’s No-Sew Glue to glue theglue to the underside of the tends to weaken the card stock fabric to the shade. The glue stickcenter and shade. Let this dry. and we don’t want to lose our is used a little later. shade now.Step 14: You can make lamp Step 18: When the inside and Step 21: Cut your fabric on thebases out of just about anything. outside are really dry use 180 to bias. The bias has more stretch.In the office I used a miniature 220 grit sandpaper to sand the We are going to cover the shadevase and in Carl’s Room I used surface and remove any glue in one piece of fabric.a wood turning. The new beads bumps or ridges from edges thatthat are out now can make some aren’t butted. Generally smooth Step 22: Start with your shade inpretty lamp bases. the surface. Paint again. the middle of the triangle, on the wrong side of the fabric. Apply theStep 15: For the miniature lamp Step 19: Use the paint color glue to one pattern shape. Smearbase in the office I filled in the that your shade will be or you the glue out, leave no thick placestop of a vase with a piece of can painted it gold inside before of glue, a nice even and thin layerwood cut into a circle to fit the you’ve covered the shade inhole in the top of the vase. I also your fabric.cut a hole in the center of thepiece of wood to fit a toothpick.I glued the wood circle into thetop of the vase. The toothpickholds up the shade. I painted thewood circle and the toothpick.Step 16: You can trim out theshade with Bunka and add tasselsto the wood base.Step 17: Let the glue on your Step 20: I’ve covered shadesshade dry overnight or most of in silks, cottons, and shinythe day. After the glue has dried polyesters. They all seem to workpaint the shade with acrylic craft well. Test your glue out on thepaint inside and out. Since we are fabric. Some fabrics soak up moreusing card stock, paint the inside glue than others and leave a54 American Miniaturist

Lamp shade final trimming, just take some of the extra fabric off. Step 26: Trim off one side of the fabric to the middle of the last pattern shape and glue it down. Above: Carl’s Room, Carl is the Siamese cat. My daughter, Sam, has a Siamese cat named Carl.of glue. Smear the glue so that sure to smear the glue right up to Step 27: Trim off the other sideyou think it is almost dry. the fabric. Pull the fabric over and to overlap the glued down the smooth it down onto the glue. end. Glue this last bit down.Step 23: Press the fabric into the I know this is a raw edge and ifglue and smooth out the fabric. Go to the pattern shape on the you want to try to turn a hem in other side of where you started it before gluing, go ahead, butStep 24: Apply glue to the next and apply glue, smoothing it out my shade is going against a wall.pattern shape. Be careful not to until it is almost dry. Stretch andget glue onto the fabric, but be press the fabric onto the glue. Step 28: Trim the extra top fabric Now, you have 3 pattern shapes to the length of the top lip and with fabric glued to them. glue down. Step 25: Keep alternating the Step 29: shapes back and forth until you Cut out another center and dry have 1 pattern shape left. I want fit. You will have to trim this you to trim the fabric at the top piece. I find it easier to trim a little and bottom of the shade, not the on all sides to keep the shape even. Use a glue stick to glue the fabric to the center and trim off the extra fabric. Trim out the hole. Glue the fabric covered center into the top of the shade. American Miniaturist 55

Lamp shade to the warp and weft of the weave of the fabric. Even the colors of the threads may be different.Step 30: Trim around the bottom Step 2: Unravel until you can pull shade. Don’t worry if your fringe one thread all across the edge. If breaks, just butt the edges andof the shade, evenly, a little less you have a rotary cutter and ruler keep gluing. Depending on howthan an 1/8 of an inch. Snip into use them to straighten the edge. your fabric reacted to the glue If you don’t have those, use your you may not need to add a trimthe corners of the scallops. Glue sharpest scissors. I unravel about to top of the fringe. a 1/4”. The choice is up to you.the raw edges of the fabric to the Step 5: The green silk needed Step 3: Run a line of glue just a trim to cover where the glueinside of the shade. above the unraveling. Let the darkened the top edge of the glue dry. Very carefully cut along fringe. The blue fabric looks like the top of the line of glue. I added a ribbon to cover the edge, but I didn’t. Step 4: Very carefully apply a line of glue, one scallop at a I used two strands of time, to the edge of the shade. embroidery floss for the twisted Lay the glued edge of the fringe trim on the green shade. Twist into the glue on the edge of the the floss until it will twist back onto itself when folded in half. Have fun, expand on it, make it better, just keep making minis! AMStep 31: At this point the shadeis finished. You can glue Bunka tothe top and bottom edges. Dollmakers have lots of pretty trimto use, check some of them outon-line.Making the fringeStep 1: Unravel an edge of yourfabric. Pick an edge, sometimesthe fabric’s edges will have twodifferent looking edges according56 American Miniaturist

Mini fireworksMake somemini fireworksCelebrate this miniature Fourth of Julywith a bang by making these quick andeasy fireworks to fill your scene.A dd some flare to your Step 3: Use wrapping paper, Tools & materials: Fourth of July celebration colorful adverts from magazines, and make a collection of or leaflets to wrap round the l Plastic drinking strawsfireworks and rockets. straw. The more colorful the l Blue tissue paper better. l Magazine cut outsSmall Fireworks l ScissorsStep 1: Cut the straws into pieces l Craft gluefrom 1/4” to 3/4” long. The lengthcan vary as fireworks come in allshapes and sizes.Step 2: Cover in blue tissue Step 4: Make up a fireworks box Step 2: Glue a thin strip of wirepaper, pushing one end of the and fill it with fireworks. or wood, approximately 1 1/2”paper into the straw and at the long, to side of straw. This will actother end, screwing the paper Fun rockets as the stick that is put into thetightly to form the touch-paper Step 1: As for the small fireworks, ground.for lighting. cut pieces of straw approximately win long, wrap in blue tissue Step 3: Wrap colorful paper paper, as described. around your firework. AM American Miniaturist 57

Nine room dollhouseAEVERvYieWw IfNroDmOW Margaret Gowing based this large nine room dollhouse, with family at its heart, around one of her favorite books.It was love at first sight it had to come home with Waterlooville resulted in the for Margaret Gowing from her. As is so often the way chance encounter. Hants, England. As soon as with love, she wasn’t looking she laid eyes on this impres- for it at the time, but a ca- Despite seeing the house in sive country house, she knew sual trip to Paul’s Hobbies in its constructed form, Margaret was just as happy to take it58 American Miniaturist home in pieces; the Harrison dollhouse by Greenleaf only comes in kit form. But as anyone who has attempted to construct a house kit knows, seeing the picture on the front of the box is one thing; putting it together is quite another. When she got the kit home Margaret wondered if she had made an awful mistake. “The kit was difficult to build,” she admitted. Now amused at the memory of being surrounded by pieces of wood and diagrams. The Harrison is a pretty sizable house and uses movable Left: The 1:12-scale Harrison dollhouse is an attractive house fit for a large family. Far right: An American-style back opening is easy for access, but also means the house must be seen from all sides.

Nine room dollhousepartitions to create up to discovered with experience. means that no face is void.nine large rooms with six bay For a start the house needs The house simply could notwindows, and a hidden roof a lot of space to be appreci-panel leading into a secret ated from all sides. With so be crammed in to a cornerthird floor studio room. many windows incorporated or surrounded in a way that into each wall of the house, it prevents the onlooker being No wonder it looked so able to enjoy the magnitudedaunting in kit form. With “With so much scope, of the building. Also, becauseso much scope, Margaret’s Margaret’s dreams of a the house is the Americandreams of a big dollhouse big dollhouse with room back opening design, it had towith room for a large family for a large family were be positioned to allow accesswere coming true. coming true.” into the rooms through the back. You might call it a 360 Nevertheless, the Harrison degree house.had advantages and disad-vantages, which were only Margaret and her extremely American Miniaturist 59

Nine room dollhouseAbove: This lady decides on her evening outfit.Right: Decorating in the Victorian era was idealfor Margaret, who wanted to cram as manylovely things in her dollhouse as possible.Below: With little available wall space in thishouse Margaret has made the most of everytable top, mantelpiece, and corner. supportive hus- the house as the interior. By band totally em- building a platform for it to braced the needs rest on and adding a small of their new ad- side garden, greenhouse, dition and gave gardener, hanging basket and it pride of place dove cote, they have really in their home. given the Harrison an air of Essentially, they importance, fitting for a coun- have paid as try residence. much attention to the exterior There’s no getting away accessories and from the fact that the main furnishings of appeal of this particular de- sign is the generous amount60 American Miniaturist

Nine room dollhouseof diamond leaded windows Above andin the house, giving the walls right: Margaretlight and interest and drawing is not fondthe viewer in. of making furniture, Don’t you find yourself but enjoyswanting to peek through needlework.those windows and see Examples ofwhat’s behind them? Do so her work canand you will see that the pay be seen in theoff is reduced availability of photographinternal wall space as a result above, and onof ample glazing. the right in knitted and This has meant that Mar- embroideredgaret needed to carefully pieces.consider the positioning offurniture, such as sideboards,display cabinets and picturesto utilize every available area. American Miniaturist 61

Nine room dollhouse There are some Inside, the house follows a wonderful examples of Victorian flavor, which is a glass and china; you can curious combination in style see it on the shelves of for the house. “This is so I cabinets and dressers, could cram it full of stuff,” on occasional tables and said Margaret. mantle pieces throughout the house. Clearly these And full it is. One thing are favorite miniatures to Margaret acknowledges as collect. being beyond her ability is making furniture, which she “When the light is on, either buys, or asks her hus- it shines,” said Margaret band to make. Needlework “We tend to incorporate is much more her thing and what we want in our own many of the sewn, knitted homes don’t you think?” and embroidered items in the house are her own work. Below: Margaret has collected lots of fine china and glass to Shows are a must to attend, display over the years. particularly to get new ideas and on this matter Margaret62 American Miniaturist

Nine room dollhouseRight: Show here are “Family is at the heart an ancient andmore of the china of this house–and it’s atmosphericthat Margaret bought a family that Margaret house that hasfrom shows. They will knows well.” been handedalways remain close down to theto her heart. “The Eliots of Damerose- grandson, who hay” by Elizabeth Goudge is lives there withis adamant that part of a trilogy, which fol- his wife andprofessional mak- lows the Eliot family, and the three children.ers must be sup- strangers it takes to its heart.ported. “They’re In the book, the Eliots live in Using figuresworking for us by Jill Nix ofafter all.” Woodside Dolls, Margaret has Four times a depicted theyear Margaret part of the storyattends local fairs where all theand wherever family memberspossible, adds come togetherto her collection for an anniversa-of professionally ry. They can bemade miniatures. seen around the house engaged With so much in activities thatto look at, each are relevant toroom competes the story.for the viewer’sattention. Every It suits thespace is well house to beused and sensibly seen as cen-furnished so that tral to a fam-believing it is ily and to behome to a large at the heart ofand active family generations.requires no effort. All the same–I wouldn’t like to be the win- Family is at the dow cleaner, Margaret didn’theart of this house–and it’s a say whether she would makefamily that Margaret knows the story come true by hand-well. Not only has she in- ing her house down throughcluded dolls in her dollhouse, the family—as happened toshe has taken their role one the one in the book. It wouldstep further and made them be nice to think that historycentral to the collection, bas- would repeat itself and thating them around one of her would be the case. It wouldfavorite books, “The Eliots only be right and fitting,of Damerosehay,” which is a don’t you think? AMlovely idea and not one fol-lowed very often. American Miniaturist 63

Study set giveaway AM’s news page is devoted to keeping busy miniaturists up to speed. Please submit items of mini interest to auralea@We are donated several of these ashdown.co.uk or to American Miniaturist - Itty bits, 681321:12-scale Study Set kits to giveaway! 250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944.Send your entry to Study set giveawayissue –159 American Miniaturist, Congratulations68132 250th Ave., Kasson, MN 55944, to one of ouror email them to auralea@ ashdown. contributors!co.uk. Please be sure to include yourname, address, phone number, and We are very excited to announceemail address. The deadline for this that Fanni Sándor has achievedcontest is Monday, July 18, 2016. her deepest dream and has been awarded the IGMA Fellow status. We send her our congratulations and as you can see by these two pieces she deserves the recognition!We are in search of tutorials on any miniature topic,especially for fall and the winter holidays. If youhave something you would like to share please emailauralea@ ashdown.co.uk and you may get published!Where’s Arthur? 1:12-scale mice with bread and a Blue Jay with hungry babies.Arthur you help us locatewas found him? He can’tbrowsing help but follow hisaround in nose so he could beGabriele Layne’s anywhere on the manysewing room on page 10 pages of this deliciouslyof our May issue (AM157)! creative issue.We have randomly selected Send your sightings toDonna Hartmann of New Where’s Arthur? – IssueMilford, CT. We will be 159, American Miniaturist,sending her a very special 68132 250th Ave., Kasson,Project CD for helping us find MN 55944, or email themArthur. We hope she enjoys to [email protected] gift! Please be sure to include your name, address, phone But as we all know number, and email address.Arthur is a curious little The deadline for thisscamp and once again he contest is Monday, July 18,has snuck off for another 2016. Good luck!one of his adventures. Can64 American Miniaturist

ittybitsGabriele Layne takes us to an inspired mini market from Germany. July Highlights contest We would love to know what your favorite highlights July 16 Issue #159 www.americanminiaturist.com CANADA $1P0.r9i5cCeAD.$U7K .£95.525 were in this July issue of AM. You could win this 120mm Mini clamp. All it takes is a small paragraph for ourPROJECTS random drawing!• Crete cross stitch• Carnival stand Send your entry to July Highlights contest, American Carnival game Miniaturist, 68132 250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944.• 4th of July decor•• Candy booth • Lamp shade MRainttiafnir-etwoportkasble • • Patriotic miniaturesScenebyDebbieBooth You may also send your entries via email to auralea@ ashdown.co.uk. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number, and email address. Thedeadline for this contest is Monday, July 18, 2016.04JY16_p001.indd 1 5/25/16 3:52 PMMini greenhouse giveaway Miniature painting book giveawayAngie Illas from Minis by Angie is donating winnerthis miniature indoor greenhouse togiveaway! Send your entry to Mini In ourgreenhouse giveaway issue –159 American May issueMiniaturist, 68132 250th Ave., Kasson, MN (AM157)55944, or email them to auralea@ashdown. Joan Williesco.uk. Please be sure to include your name, donated aaddress, phone number, and email copy of her book to giveaway!address. The deadline for this contest We have randomly selectedis Monday, July 18, 2016. Marie Bound of Papillion, NE to be our winner for thisSee more of Angie’s work at miniature painting bookhttps://www.facebook. contest!com/pages/Minis-by- Congratulations Marie!Angie/368596706527774?ref=hl Blanket Couch kit giveaway winner giveaway winner In our May issue (AM157) Kris Compas donated this 1:12 couch kit to giveaway. We have randomly In our May issue selected Nicole Puttick of Norwalk, CT to be our (AM157) we winner for this couch kit contest! donated this Congratulations Nicole! 1:12 blanket handcrafted by May Highlights contest winner Donna Carroll to giveaway. We have randomly selected Lesia In our May issue of American Miniaturist (AM157) we Lennex of Morehead, KY to be our winner asked what your favorite highlights were. We have for this blanket contest! randomly selected Dawn Casey of Bayville, NJ to Congratulations Lesia! be our winner for the May Highlights contest. To congratulate her we will be sending her a 1:12-scale white kitchen counter set. Congratulations Dawn! American Miniaturist 65

The RosemontAINTHmEaMnsAioKnING The Rosemont at Hollingsworth Plantation was built by Chris Machen and will be passed down through generations.Ihave always been a fan of plentiful, and there are still a back. Therefore, the challenge Greek Revival architecture, few standing today so it was was to build a house that was as well as Victorian. Both easy to use these as references constructed like a full size have their own unique styles for my new project. mansion. and are easily recognizable, but they also have similarities Welcome to Rosemont I knew that I wanted the in the details, such as trims, Rosemont is a Southern Ante- house built so that the inte- moldings, and lighting. bellum mansion in 1:24-scale. rior could be seen from three This was another great chal- sides, so I drew up several During both Victorian and lenge because I wanted to plans until I came up with Antebellum periods, these build a dollhouse in a way one I liked. Rosemont is made houses were built to show that I had never built one using 3/16” thick foam board. status, wealth, and power. before. All the others I had I enjoy using foam board be- I live in an area where built were only open in the cause it does not require any antebellum houses were once power tools. The tools I used to build this entire project consisted of a craft knife with several dif- ferent kinds of blades, a razor saw and miter box, sandpaper, metal rulers, clamps, paint brushes, paint, and wood glue. The paints were artist acrylics and craft paint. As the construction of Rosemont began, I decided to build it in the same way as my last project, the Thorn- hill, which was featured in Left: The front view of the grand 1:24-scale Rosemont mansion.66 American Miniaturist

The Rosemont walls would con- nect, then lightly drew in lines where the wainscoting and other trims would be. I cut the window and door openings in the walls that required them. One note I need to make here is that Left: The side view of the Rosemont showing the chimneys. Right and below: The grand music room has elaborate window and door trim and a decorative ceiling.AM153 in January. Eachroom would be built as indi-vidual room boxes.“During both Victorianand Antebellum periods,these houses were builtto show status, wealth,and power.” The first room I built wasthe front parlor/music room.I drew the shape of the roomonto paper and then cut eachof the walls to size. Once Idecided on the architectureof the room, I measured andlightly drew lines where the American Miniaturist 67

The Rosemont pieces of basswood trim in until I got everything lined up. One of the good things about foam core is that mistakes are easily rectified. After everything checked out, I attached the finished ceiling. I also put on the sid- ing, which was made from card stock, then painted it, and applied exterior window trims and handmade shutters. “The mansion has twenty rooms, fifteen of which can be seen from the back, two from the left side and three from the right side.”Top: The dining room has a high that when all of the first floor The mansion has twentyceiling for added drama. rooms were complete, the rooms, fifteen of which can beTop: Chris has started to add foundation of the house would seen from the back, two fromfurniture to the rear parlor. be complete as well. the left side and three from the right side. The first floorthe first floor walls were cut Every room in the man- has scale fourteen foot ceilingsto accommodate the floor sion was built the same way with elaborate wood and plas-and foundation. Each of the and checked for alignment terwork trims and moldings.first floor rooms were made by placing it next to the room These rooms would have beenwith their own foundation, so that was finished before it. I used as the public spaces of always waited to put the final the house where guests would68 American Miniaturist have been entertained. The second and third floors comprise the more private spaces used by the family and some of the house servants. The second floor also has scale fourteen foot ceilings which are plain except for crown molding as was usually the custom. Although these mansions

The Rosemontwere built primarily by slavelabor, some were fine crafts-men when it came to buildingconstruction, and there weresome who even possessedartistic abilities and were usedas carvers and plasterers. The third floor rooms werededicated to some of thechildren, their nanny, andsometimes the house maid.The ceilings in these roomswere made to represent scaleeight foot ceilings. There arefive rooms plus a hallway. Thehouse has ten fireplaces. Italso has handmade and handRight: The mansion’s central hallon the first floor has rich muralwallpaper and a grand entrance.Below: Decorative wood panelingand a tall bookshelf fills the library. American Miniaturist 69

The RosemontTop: The upper central hall has a laid hardwood floors, includ- the dining room.small sitting area for the residents. ing parquet and one that I I custom made the threeAbove: Chris has added a large made in a chevron pattern inwood bed in the master bedroom. large chandeliers to fill the spacious rooms. I tried to70 American Miniaturist keep the project as accurate as possible, but also wanted to show the house as if it had been renovated by the family’s heirs. One of the renovations would have been the addition of bathrooms. Rosemont at Hollingsworth Plantation is a study of Greek Revival architecture and is easily recognizable by the front portico, upper gallery and heavy pediment. Another architectural detail that made these stately homes pleasing to the eye was their symmetry.

Wiring is Above: This gorgeous The Rosemontnot something bedroom has ornateI particularly carpeting, high ceilings, I measured theenjoy, so I used and a modest fireplace. spaces betweenthe tape wire Right: The stair hall that the columns andsystem because it leads to the third floor. then punched threeis very quick and pieces of card stockeasy. The light groove, in the edges of and glued themfixtures were the foam core. I cut four together to formhung in each strips that were equal in a stiff and sturdyroom and tested width and length. I took piece of lattice.to make sure two of those four and cut Once the glue dried,they worked, and rabbets along the two I used basswood tothen I moved on sides and then glued the trim out the latticeto the second pieces together to form a panel and addedfloor. I followed perfectly square column. some moldings tothe same build- give it more detail.ing procedure for The Gallery rail-both it and the ing was made using a Finally, it wasthird floor. lattice-shaped punch. time to build the full-roof pediment. As I got ready A great number ofto make the these houses hadpillars for the this type of roof,portico, I wantedto make them so American Miniaturist 71that the edgesof the foam corewould not show. My wife pur-“Rosemont atHollingsworth Plantationis a study of GreekRevival architecture andis easily recognizableby the front portico,upper gallery and heavypediment.”chased a set of foam core cut-ting tools for me, one of whichcuts a rabbet, or recessed

The Rosemont As some of the photo- graphs show, the furnishings are starting to trickle in. The next phase of the plantation will be to build a kitchen house and servants’ quarters. This has been a fun and re- warding project. I have found that a dollhouse is like a real house in that there is always something to do; you never get to call it finished because just when you think you are done, you come across some- thing you just cannot live without, and the next thing you know, you are remodel- ing. Oh well, that’s life! AMwhich gave it a very imposing Above: This bedroomedifice. The pediment is four has a feminine touchinches tall or a scale eight feet. with floral wallpaper.This was trimmed out using a The fireplace moldingvariety of moldings, and then extends to the ceiling toa gallery rail was added to the give the room a feelingvery top for a finishing touch. of grandeur. Right: The bathroom is Landscaping for Rosemont well on its way to beingis quite simple at the moment, filled with many morebut I will be adding more to it tiny furnishings.in the near future. been. I gave it the This project was built es- name Hollingsworthpecially for my wife in hopes Plantation in memorythat someday it would be of my wife’s grand-handed down to a grandchild parents, Loice andas a real house would have Helen Hollingsworth.72 American Miniaturist

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Italian palaceAITALvIAisNit PtoALaAnCE It started out as a modest house but Silva Viviani made it into the Pisani Palace, home of a Milanese opera singer.My name is Silvia Vivi- archaeological site in the ani and I live in Rome center of Rome. in Italy. When I amnot having fun with my doll- For the past fifteenhouse (which is usually from years, together with a7pm until 2am almost every friend of mine, Lia, andnight) I work as a volunteer many dedicated volunteersin a cat shelter located in an of every nationality, I have helped to create and Top: Silva Viviani stands along side one of the wings of her beautiful dollhouse. Above: The impressive facade of Pisani Palace. Left: Every room from floor to ceiling has been decorated to reflect the miniature owner’s life style. develop the center in order to care for the many stray cats of my city. If you would like to see more of our work go to www.romancats.com I discovered miniatures as a hobby in 1998, when a publication appeared in Italy about dollhouses, giving a74 American Miniaturist

Italian palacepiece of furniture or a pieceof the house shell every issue.I bought the first copy out ofcuriosity and was thunderstruck. What puzzled me though,was the difference betweenthe very ordinary, plain piecesthey offered and the beautifulpictures that appeared in theAbove: The Aubusson rug is Silva’slatest addition to the dining room.Each piece of furniture has beencustomized by using transfers anddecals. Right: The maid sets thetable for dinner. Silva loves to alterthe scenes in her house, so roomsalways look different. She has hand-embroidered the table cloth andthe blue center-piece she createdfrom Cernit. American Miniaturist 75

Italian palacepages of the magazine, featur- theatre, music, literature, and Left: The china cabinet started lifeing unbelievable things, many history. The idea of recreating as a very plain cupboard but Silvaof them produced by British is unable to leave anything as it is.and international craft people. Above: The lady of the house sitsI didn’t know whom to turn to down to dinner with her guests.for more information, as at the Below: The hallway is a verytime, the hobby was com- welcoming place. Here again Silvapletely unknown in Italy. The loves to change things around.model shop sellers, dealing ex-clusively with cars, airplanes a period home appeals veryand ships, looked at me with much to me like an impossibleobvious scorn when I asked dream coming true, allowingthem about “dollhouses”. me to travel into time and space. Planning and furnishing Then I spoke to a friend in a room is as if I were design-the UK; she was my savior! ing the scene of an operaShe immediately sent me a setting.copy of Dolls House World,which opened a wonderfulnew world to me. Being aretired opera singer, I adore76 American Miniaturist

Italian palaceAbove: There are four ing rugs, practicing the use pieces of furniture.little pictures on the of Cernit (a type of modeling I must confesswalls stitched by Silva clay) and silicon rubber forthat represent classic molding and trying to become I didn’t actuallyRoman landscapes. Below: confident with the use of little manage it. I boughtEntertaining friends to electric tools to make my own a very expensiveafternoon tea in the drawing room. fretsaw with which I made the couch Many months elapsed be- and chairs of thefore I could make up my mind big parlor. Then Iabout which period or style wanted to changeto choose. In the meanwhile I the saw, but Idid what I could, embroider- couldn’t find the way, and I have nobody to show me how to do it. The fretsaw is still in its box, completely inac- tive. This parlor set must be the most expensive one in the dollhouse history. I also spent a small fortune on reference books. I take this occasion to thank all the American Miniaturist 77

Italian palaceauthors of these books for Above: Later Laura Pisani holds a private concert for her beloved friends ingiving me a lot of inspiration. the lavish drawing room. Below: The library fireplace with it’s many bookYou can trace their hints and shelves is another one of Silva’s imaginative creations.suggestions everywhere inmy miniature house, though I having no time to assemble two-room deep building, thusalways try to give their ideas it, she gave it to me. This making allowance for the lackmy personal touch. allowed me to put the two of space. I then opened some houses back to back, so that arches between the two shells. I must confess I am ambi- the final result could be a After that I modified and triedtious (you could say a littlemegalomaniacal), I wanted avery big extra-size house, butin the meanwhile, having littlemoney to spend, I contentedmyself with the kit of theDe Agostini publication, notbefore I had altered it to addan extra 5cm to each floor, theoriginal ceilings being too low.Plus many other alterationswhich cost me a lot of timeand headaches. Since a friend of mine hadbought the same dollhouseand finally had given up,78 American Miniaturist

Italian palace Above: The library is the perfect place to write letters and spend some quiet time.to enhance both facades and but quality remains. This is a that I could make it insides with a balcony, columns piece of advice that I would Cernit, and added someand capitals. like to give to all fellow- little cherubs also made readers. with Cernit. I am not completely satis-fied with the result though. On the balcony windows The house belongsAfter all, it would have been there is a coat of arms. The to a Milanese operabetter to afford the expense of original was in silver, so I singer, Laura Pisani (it’sa “true” house. Money goes, made a mold out of it in order a mock name, of course) who sings at the Scala, during the 1870s. She can be seen playing the piano in her parlor on the third floor. Over the fireplace there is, of course, a portrait of Verdi, and there are many other portraits of composers and singers of the time scattered all over the house, all of them being reduced and antiqued photocopies. American Miniaturist 79

Italian palace I dedicated myself to the furnishing of the various rooms trying to do myself all that I could afford accord- ing to my ability: most of the floorings, many ceiling decora- tions, all of the curtains, many rugs, all of the dolls, males and females, most of the china figurines, vases, and clocks you can see everywhere. In the reception room on the second floor I designed and Left: Cook is busy in her kitchen preparing food for the many guests. Below: The parlor is Laura Pisani’s private part of the house where she can practise her singing or just sit and do her needlework.80 American Miniaturist

Above: There are Italian palacemany portraits ofcomposers and The big portrait whichsingers around the hangs over it features Jennyhouse, with Verdi’s Lindt, a famous and beautifulhanging over the Swedish singer of the time.parlor fireplace. Right:The curtains and Each piece of furniture ofpicture frames have all the dining room is an inexpen-been made by Silva. sive item I customized trying to achieve a eighteen centuryembroidered the look with the help of CernitChinese wallpa- and Tee & Pee Crafts transfersper on silk, since and decals. It was not uncom-I could not find mon in the nineteenth centurysuitable wallpaper to decorate the rooms of a(it took me three house in different styles of themonths). I made past.the sofa and chairs,the two consoles, I embroidered the tablecloththe crystal chande- and made the blue centerpieceliers, the clock and and the Empire red tea-set outcandelabras on of Cernit. Customizing piecesthe mantelpiece,and the gladioli and transformingcompositions at them is my pas-the corners. sion. I cannot leave anything as it is, unless it is a great master’s creation as are the John Hodgson’s black- a-moors. They are the only luxury I allowed myself and are destined to enhance one of the rooms of my future Regency House, as well as one of his replicas of a Queen Anne chair that can be seen in the parlor. Apart from the two pianofortes in the house which are Mini Mundus kits, every piece American Miniaturist 81

Italian palaceof furniture has been given Above and right: for me to do in wood, since(or has suffered) some sort of The bedroom. The I don’t know how to carvetreatment. beautiful blue and and curve it as I would wish. gold canopied I would like to improve this In the library I used Nata- bed with its lace technique to achieve some-sha’s decals for the writing bedspread takesdesk, the center table and center stage in thisthe bookshelves. I made the magnificent room.fireplace with the shelves onit. In the hall, the round table or sofas, I try towith the dolphin legs and the embroider “Dam-inlaid top, the golden console ask” motifs onwith the framed glass are of silk, as you canmy making, as well as the see in the green“marble” floor. sofa of the hall, in the chair of I am particularly proud of the private parlorthe four little needlepoint that I made withpictures (two of them can be Cernit, one ofseen near the arch in the back my first attempts at makingof the hall) which are my furniture with Cernit, and indesign and would represent the library green armchair.classic Roman landscapes. This style of very elaborate furniture would be impossible Since I cannot find suitablescaled material to cover chairs82 American Miniaturist

Italian palacething better with I am thinking about redo- friends Alberto andCernit or Fimo. ing the shell completely in Sandra, the owners order to add a central body of the only shop in I have just for grand flights of stairs and Rome completelyfinished a big proper access to every room. dedicated to doll-Aubusson rug But this is a really overwhelm- houses and theirof my own ing project accessories. I discov-design for the with many ered them by chancedining room. It difficulties to and, of course, theyhas taken me solve. have become dearfour months to friends and one ofembroider. I felt All the my reference points.uncomfortable more sosince the dining because I If I have enoughroom seemed to have another time and health Ime to look too project in want to make myempty without progress: Regency mansionan appropriate a very big, the set of somerug. 2.90m wide, scenes of my favor- Regency ite English writer, Also, I am mansion Jane Austen. I am definitely afeeling not at ease because whose shell megalomaniac...I am lookingof the lack of suitable flights was made at people in the elegant attiresof stairs for proper commu- for me by my of the Napoleonic era andnication between the floors. seeing them dancing in theI know that every miniaturist Right: A close ball room.can share this kind of feeling, up of thebut laymen will simply call us gorgeous bedcrazy people. spread. In the bedroom, I made thebed and canopy, the crochetcoverlet, the fireplace and its“I am thinking aboutredoing the shellcompletely in order toadd a central body forgrand flights of stairsand proper access toevery room.”overmantel, the dressing table,the clock and vases on themantelpiece, the daybed, andthe dressing table in the littledressing room. American Miniaturist 83

Italian palace There isn’t a single aspect ing needlepoint, but rooms. In the big parlor youof this hobby that I dislike. when I am making can see an afternoon visit inAt present I adore embroider- and dressing dolls progress, but I have different or furniture, or characters to arrange a formalBelow: In the bedroom, Laura has flowers, or evening concert.time to reflect on her busy day. china, or whatever, Had I discovered this hobby I wouldn’t earlier I would have done stop do- anything in my power to make ing it for it my profession. Now I can anything only be an ambitious, but in the somewhat naive, amateur. I world. I know that there are many, many “sins” in my house, adore finding out tricks to due to my inexperience and make anything look something awkwardness, as there may be different. many delightful things. I hope you will appreciate them and I also like to change the forgive my mistakes. AM scenes taking place in the84 American Miniaturist

Images may be cut out or copied for personal use only SnippetsPlates, posters, and a red box to decorate. Cut out and assemble. Snippets Images may be cut out or copied for personal use only Works of art to frame and hang in your project. Inches 1 1:12 Music book. 2 mm 10 20 30 40Decorative bunting. Cut out each piece, fold over string, and glue. American Miniaturist 85 AM139_Snippets_p085-086.indd 85 9/22/14 5:38 PM American Miniaturist 85

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SEPTEMBER 18 proceeds to benefit Food Bank of Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Z5.Greenville, SC WNY. For more information, call Admission: $8. Children underNAME Small Scales Regional Nancy 716-773-3147 or email 12 are free. Free parking, NoHouseparty Public Day, [email protected] strollers please. For information,held at the Hyatt Regency OCTOBER 1-2 contact Judy at 416-225-4880,Greenville, 220 N. Main Clackamas, OR [email protected],Street, Greenville SC 29601. The Portland Miniature Show will or visit www.metminis.caHours are 11:30am-4pm. be held Saturday, October 1 and OCTOBER 30Exhibit room, free admission, Sunday, October 2. Doors open Greensburg, PASales Room Admission $5, 10am both days. New location: The The Excela Health 38th$1 off with NAME card, $3 Monarch Hotel, 12566 SE 93rd Ave., Annual Westmorelandchildren. No strollers please. Clackamas, OR 97015. From I-205, Hospital Auxiliary DollhouseContact Pat Campbell for more exit at Sunnyside Rd./Sunnybrook & Miniature Show & Sale willinformation at 803-312-4394 or Blvd. Free parking, or take Max Light take place on Sunday [email protected] Rail Green Line. Adults $7, under 30, 2016 from 10am to 4pmSEPTEMBER 18 12 free. For more information, visit at The Ramada Hotel, 100Edmonton, AB, Canada portlandminiatureshow.com, email Ramada (formerly Sheraton)Miniature Enthusiasts of patbennett@portlandminiatureshow. Drive, Greensburg, PAEdmonton Non-Profit Club com, or call 503-362-6012. 15601. Admission: Adults $5,Dollhouse Miniature Show and OCTOBER 7-8 children $2. For info, contactSale. Show hours are 10am – St. Louis, MO Nora Kemp, 724-832-1687 or4pm Price is $5 adult, $2 age The St. Louis Dollhouse and [email protected]. Or visit the6 - 15, under 6 free, no strollers. Miniature Show will be held website: sites.google.com/site/Show location: Executive Friday, October 7 from 4-8pm and westhospitaldollhouse/homeRoyal Inn West Edmonton, Saturday, October 8 from 9am to10010 – 178 St. Edmonton, 4pm at the Lutheran Church of To add your event to theAlberta, T5S 1T3 Canada. Webster Gardens, 8749 Watson American MiniaturistInfo: camacdonald.com/MEE/ Road. Admission $5. Free gifts, Show Dates calendar forShowandSale.html. Contact: raffles, and door prizes. We a nominal fee, pleaseJillian Richards, 780-940-3490. will have classes on Friday and contact Sara Vix.SEPTEMBER 25 Saturday. Class space is limited. Email:Hamburg, NY More information: [email protected] 2016 Miniature Show miniatureshows.com, Phone: (507) 634-3143sponsored by the Western New [email protected], Mail:York Miniature Enthusiasts will Teresa Zwiener at 314-277-2601. Show Datestake place Sunday, September OCTOBER 15-16 American Miniaturist25, 2016 from 10am to 4pm Toronto, ON, Canada 68132 250th Aveat the Grange Building, Erie The Miniature Enthusiasts of Kasson, MN 55944County Fairgrounds, 5820 Toronto Annual Show and Sale ofS Park Ave, Hamburg, NY Fine Dollhouse Miniatures will(suburb of Buffalo). Adults be held on Saturday, October 15$5.50 and children under 12 $2. from 11am to 5pm and Sunday,Larger, brighter location with October 16 from 10am to 4pm atover 100 exhibits. Door prize. The Japanese Canadian CulturalStrollers allowed. Portion of Centre, 6 Garamond Court, American Miniaturist 89

Workshop retreatAMINpIeGrEfeTcAtWAY The team at American Miniaturist is hosting retreats this fall to help you take a break so you can relax and create.Imagine a place where you Sandi Palesch, Sue Veeder lunch with a glass of wine. can get away from the and others will hold day-long With ample time over lunch, frenetic pace of the city and retreats where you’ll not only daily demands of your busy learn to make stunning min- you will be able enjoy getting life, so you can take a day to iature pieces, you’ll connect to know the instructor and focus on what you love: the with these wonderful artisans other miniaturists or enjoy art of making miniatures. and build relationships with a beautiful walk around the miniaturists from all over. grounds by yourself or with a That’s what we’re providing new found friend. Then in the you, starting this fall, at the Our day-long retreats will afternoon you will be ready to beautiful home of American take place at our property just unleash even more creativity Miniaturist and Dollhouse south of Kasson, Minnesota. and finish the day off with a Miniatures. Talented minia- Once you arrive, you’ll meet dessert social. When you head turists like Carol Rosenthal, your fellow miniaturists and home in the evening, you’ll our experts and we’ll be sure not only have a beautiful newTop: The peaceful country house to have a hot cup of coffee piece to add to your collection,where your instructors will be waiting for you. You will cre- you’ll feel relaxed, renewedrelaxing for the weekend. ate through the morning and and inspired.Below: One of our two beautiful then enjoy a delicious cateredretreat centers for creating. Carol Rosenthal - Mini Nature August 27, 2016, 9 am - 5 pm90 American Miniaturist Carol will hold one of our first retreats on August 27. She is known for making miniature flowers and will be teach- ing how to use a piece of driftwood to construct a lush nature miniature. You’ll use a lady slipper, which is the offi- cial state flower of Minnesota, some violets, Siberian iris, and maybe a critter or two.

Workshop retreat that I spend a lot of time out Miniaturist and Dollhouse in my garden looking at the Miniatures, with projects on a irises and roses and finding candy shop, sweet crunch and out how they’re really put caramel, polymer clay breads together, how they bend and and more. She describes mak- how they are. I want people ing minis as “therapeutic and to look at my flowers and go, comforting,” while also work- ‘Oh, that looks so real!’” ing hard to make her foods Carol is looking forward look as realistic as she can. to teaching at the retreat and Any kind of food you like, hopes it will invigorate the she’s probably made it. On herAbove: IGMA world of miniaturists. website you’ll find cakes, pies,artisan CarolRosenthal cookies, a gingerbread house,specializesin intricate Sandi Palesch & fruits and vegetables to keep itminiatureflowers and will Sue Veeder healthy, and a whole Thanks-show you howto create a lovely October 15, 2016, giving spread, to name a few.nature scene. 9 am - 5 pm Sandi was inspired to create “My hope is to show theclass how to use different ma- Sandi and Sue will mini foods by fellow artiststerials as they are doing thispiece,” Carol says. “I’ve found team up for another she found online. After put-that little pieces of driftwoodcan be quite unique. The little retreat on October 15. ting together a dollhouse forpockets and holes you have inthem, you can try a bunch of You’ll love learning her husband’s granddaugh-different things.” from both of them for half a ter, she wanted to put some Carol is an IGMA artisanand a member of the Midwest day each, making scrumptious things in it. Having a look onMiniature Guild. She taught atLittle Enchantments in Edina, miniature cakes and fine china Ebay, she was amazed at theMinnesota for about 7 years,up until the store closed a year to set the table with them! artistry she found.ago. Her specialty is flowers,which makes a lot of sense Sandi has been an IGMA “I thought, ‘I can do that,’”considering she has a hugegarden out at her farm she artisan since 2006 and has Sandi says. “Little did I knowworks on with her husband inWaseca, Minnesota. been featured in American how much it takes to make “In the summertime we something. A lot of times thehave the best flowers bloom-ing,” Carol says. “You’ll find simplest-looking things are the hardest things to get looking realistic.” That was in 2003, and she hasn’t looked back since. Left: Sandi Palesch She spends has been creating as much mouthwatering mini time as she food for years. Now can making you can learn from her miniature and make cakes with food and sells polymer clay that you’ll it through want to pop in your her online mouth. American Miniaturist 91

Workshop retreatbusiness, “the perfect getaway.” settings with silverware. The focus of her class is learningNature’s Sue was inspired by how to paint china patterns in miniature. It’s not as difficultMini receiving a dollhouse as you might think - you don’t have to copy patterns exactly,Harvest. for Christmas in the but rather, you can simulate intricate details with smallSue is an mid-1980s and attended dots and lines.IGMA fellow a miniature show in Vir- “I love to teach china paint- ing because it’s really fun tospecializing ginia shortly thereafter. see what people do with the different colors and ideas,” Suein 1:12 scale She never says. “People do things with it that I would never think of. Ioil paintings, looked back, want people to come away say- ing, ‘Look what I made!’”stained glass starting with More retreats to comewindow inserts cats and Come join us for these retreats and others that are beingand custom animals, and scheduled this fall.hand-sculpted later falling Retreat size is limited so sign up today and preparecats and dogs. in love with yourself to enjoy the artistry of creating miniatures withShe has been painting. the guidance of experts, while soaking in all the naturalan IGMA fellow Above: Sue Veeder is an IGMA “In 2010 surroundings of our beauti-since 2001 and fellow who loves to paint in minia- I went ful country retreat. You’ll eat,teaches at the ture. At our retreat, you’ll get to try to Guild drink and share the joy ofGuild School. your hand at painting little china School and miniatures with like-mindedShe has been plates like these she’s created. took two people and come away withtaking a break classes from many new friends.from teaching recently but is Jeff Wilkerson,” Sue says. Take a step out of your busy lives. Call us today at 1-866-excited to get back to it with “I learned how to paint 606-6587 or visit us online at www.thecraft-retreat.com tous at what sounds to her like landscapes and seascapes. reserve your place at The Craft Retreat! Let us take care of That changed my you for the day. AM life. Learning I had *Should you wish to make a this artistic ability, weekend of this, please let us I learned I could know if we can assist you with see things like an area hotel reservations. artist, not just a miniaturist.” With Sue, you’ll perfectly pair your polymer clay cakes with a set of hand-painted fine china that won’t cost you a fortune. You’ll work with Chrysnbon china, making four place Left: The retreat area is surrounded by a tranquil stream.92 American Miniaturist

Scaling downTMIrNyIiSnCgAaLEnew Mandy Groves has discovered that moving down a scale or two can actually be good for your health.As I’m sure I’ve men- tures fair. I listed items such duly waved my credit card and tioned before, I have as Tudor cooking utensils and the kit was mine. The vendor “scale fear”. For those of some authentic Tudor cuisine, offered me one small piece ofyou who don’t already know, and indeed I did buy some as- advice.scale fear is when you’ve sorted 1:24 scale vegetables.worked in one scale for so “Paint it before you put itlong that you just can’t get to But it was the 1:144 scale together,” she said, “when thegrips with a different one. houses that caught my eye. wood gets wet it will warp but Two years ago, at that very if you lay it flat it will be okay.” I’ve made all sorts of things same show, I bought a sweet After thanking her cheerily Iin twelfth scale, but due to little 1:144 scale house kit. bounced off motivated andlack of space I’m being forced happy to seek out some 1:144to attune my eyes and fine “Two years ago, at that scale furniture.motor skills to 1:24 and even very same show, I boughtsmaller scales. I’m feeling a a sweet little 1:144 scale Two years later having pur-little put out really. I don’t house kit.” chased some 1:144 scale acces-stop the kids from watching sories, I decided it was time tothe TV and I’ve even been The vendor had cut the tiny put aside “scale fear” and startknown to stand in a muddy pieces out herself and was looking for the kit.field and shout encouragement surrounded by similar housesat school football and hockey that she had designed and Obviously the kit was put inmatches, but ask them to do built. This kit, she assured me, one of my “safe places”, youa simple thing like share the was so easy to build that a one know, one of those places wherebox room so I can have the armed chimpanzee wearing a we shove things so we don’tback bedroom to put more blindfold could knock it up in forget where we put them. Thedollhouses in and you’d think a little under half an hour. trouble is that eventually youI was asking for the moon. have so many safe places that Swayed by notions of suc- you can’t actually recall where I’ve made a start on ad- cess and an image of a charm- they all are (there’s a strong casedressing my fears. I blew the ing row of dinky little abodes here for having a safe place todust off my 1:24 Tudor house taking up such a small amount keep them in). Having exhaust-and made a shopping list to of space on the mantle piece, I ed all the possibilities in mytake to a well-known minia- long-term memory, members of the family were roused to American Miniaturist 93

Scaling downcontinue the hunt. TV to hold anything. cessfully overcome, but also “What do you mean, you’ve I’ll bet your all thinking, I would like it to be publicly recognized that I have actuallylost a dollhouse?” my husband “she’s going to build it first finished a project. The houseGeoff said in disbelief, during and then paint it and it’s all also has the added advantagehalf time in the Tottenham vs going to warp”. Well you’re of being entirely portable, thusArsenal game. “It’s a kit and wrong! If there’s one thing I’ve enabling the enthusiast to boreit’s really small.” I replied learned it’s that following the one’s friends and colleagues totrying to look pathetic and manufacturers advice is the death during tea breaks.helpless. “How small exactly?” best policy.Geoff asked, keeping one ear It’s so great to be able toon the half time chat. Even if you can’t immedi- produce an entire dollhouse to ately see the wisdom behind it, while away those long hours “Teeny-tiny, small enough to it normally becomes horribly spent waiting at bus stopsget lost-type small.” I replied, apparent the minute you devi- and doctor’s waiting rooms.sounding desperate. The second ate from following the instruc- There’s nothing more reward-half kicked off and all com- tions. So, what did I do? I built ing than engaging completemunication was severed until it first and then didn’t paint it. strangers in conversation infull time. I did eventually find such captive situations.the kit, not in a particularly Well, when I say “didn’tsafe place, but it was all there paint it”, what I really mean is I had a fascinating conversa-and I found some wood glue so that I wallpapered the inside tion with an elderly gentlemanthings were looking promising. and then very sparingly paint- at the dentist last week. When ed the outside with practically he came into the waiting room Now, I’ve never built a doll- dry paint–the house hardly he was obviously nervous athouse kit on a lap tray in front warped at all. The one armed, the thought of his impend-of the television and on the blindfolded chimpanzee would ing treatment. I must havewhole I heartily recommend it. have been proud of me. soothed his nerves though, asThere are no awkward inacces- after half an hour of listeningsible joints and you don’t have Having conquered and to me telling him all about myto tear a relative away from the completed an entire project dollhouse, he seemed positive- in 1:144 scale, I am proud to ly overjoyed when the dentistBelow: This sweet little 1:144 scale announce not only that I am called his name. AMhouse was made by Burgos Ruano living testament to the factImmaculate from Spain. that scale fear can be suc-94 American Miniaturist

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