Tuesday, September 3, 2013

1: 144 Scale Interior



Here are some new pictures of the (nearly) finished interior of The Whispers. 
I was making the last chair for the blue bedroom when it shot out of my tweezers and flew across the room. It must have been intercepted by invisible aliens because I have never found it. I looked for it for over an hour. Do gremlins steal things from your work space? Sometimes things disappear when I haven't even moved!!

I thought I should take a picture before I added the ceiling. I knew it would be very hard to see inside the room once I added it. The beads for the 'oil lamp' are only 2 mm. They are too big but it was all I had.

I cut up one of the 1: 12 scale doilies I had to make curtains, a dust ruffle, valances and 'crocheted blankets for the bedrooms.

The candle sconces where made by cutting elements of a N scale brass weathervane and a antique French brass bead. The candles are 24 gauge wire painted white with a 30 gauge wire for a wick. The over head ceiling light fixtures were made using a tiny brass bead end cap and a half round opal. When light catches the opals it looks like they are turned on. haha

Now onto the small garden around the house.

30 comments:

  1. J'adore !
    On devine dans chaque petits détails , le plaisir que vous avez eu à trouver comment faire chaque objet .
    L' ensemble est très réussi . Ma pièce préférée ...la grande chambre bleue . Je choisie celle ci pour dormir .
    Bisous

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  2. Wow!! Awesome! I love it all!! It's a great work, congratulations!

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  3. You must have incredible patience to work that small. Just lovely.

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  4. Man, you have some patience...and good eyesight. Didn't you know there's a universal law of miniatures? When they fall, they must find a piece of flooring to hide on that exactly matches their colour. Either that or they drop into the folds of your clothing and disappear into the washing. Sneaky blighters! =0)

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  5. I *have never* seen so much beautiful detail in such a tiny space..... like I said before MIND BLOWN!!!!

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  6. Wow Catherine, it looks even cozy!!! It is a great idea to use Laser cut doilies for the curtains and so. I wish I could see this in real, it must be awesome!
    Sandra

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  7. Beautiful these little miniatures.


    Kind regards Xandra

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  8. Catchiness, It has turned out so lovely! Love all of the details you managed to add! How amazing.......great work. I look forward to you landscaping. It will be so perfect.

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  9. LOL. Stupid auto correct that slipped by me Catherine!
    Where the hell did they get catchiness

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  10. This is a stunning project....your imagination has no boundarys.

    Linda x

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  11. This is fantastic! The level of detail is impressive, for such a tiny scale! Love it! :)
    Big hugs from Sweden! :)

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  12. Hi Catherine! I must commend you on the Whispers. You have managed to make an incredibly minute and yet exceptionally detailed miniscule house that Looks Inhabited; not an easy achievement either! Well done!

    elizabeth

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  13. Ha! Imagine, a 2mm bead being "too big"! :-)
    It's a wonderful project and you have the patience of Job (not to mention either amazing eyesight or some very powerful Mag-Eyes).

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  14. What a cosy cottage. Perhaps Kilmouski swallowed the missing chair. You must be reeeeally patient with such small pieces, everything looks fabulous despite your misgivings that some elements are too large, it all goes together beautifully.

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  15. It is looking fantastic. I really like the lace window covering you made from the doily.

    I can believe the opal bead glows as if the lamp is fired up :)

    The lamp reminds me that one of my friends gets realistic looking fire place glow as from a coal fire by using sequins. They catch the light as the viewer moves so the fire even seems to flicker. That trick might work well at this scale.

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  16. It is looking so sweet. I love hunting out doilies and using them in miniatures. The sconces and candles look great.

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  17. Hello Catherine!! What a patience you must have, since I have a blog and became a follower of yours I am an admirer of your work :D!! This is stunning and beautiful work despite of this tiny scale, it is so hard to work in, my compliments!!
    I am curious what you come up with the garden in this scale ;)
    Hugs, Ilona

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  18. Hi Catherine. I love The Whispers! The amount of incredibly fine detail you have created in such a small scale is breathtaking! It's a shame about your disappearing chair, the pixies must have fallen in love with it and claimed it for themselves! Kind regards, Brian.

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  19. wow, you were able to make it look so detailed. Great photos too. Keep up the good work!

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  20. Awesome and stunning!!! I love it.
    geneviève

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  21. Beautiful, Catherine. And so incredibly tiny....I admire your patience for this careful miniature work. Hugs, Liduina

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  22. Tiny and wonderful. I like everything.
    Bye, Faby

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  23. Thank you Everyone! I really appreciate you taking your time to comment!!! This blog (and your blogs) is the only contact I have with fellow miniature enthusiasts.

    It wouldn't have taken so long if I didn't insist on using oil paint on everything. I just like the look of it better.

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  24. Fantastic with fine details everywhere, so stunning! Congrats for the very fine Artwork!
    Hugs
    Kikka

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  25. This is so beautiful =) I'm very impressed!
    Hannah

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  26. All I can say: Fantastic, stunning work!!!!!

    Hugs,
    Karin

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  27. oooh whii!!! i find it so hard to comprehend how small this actually is! Yet it looks so... so... amazing! So much detail... it boggles my mind...

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