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Makers culture
One Step Forward, Two Steps back…
An update on the work on my entry for the Flower Show. My original title was “Sprout’s Greenhouse: Revenge of the Mandrakes” and it was going to feature crazy little mandrakes running around wreaking havoc on the greenhouse from Harry Potter. I am still doing the greenhouse (as you will see below) but I am […]
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2012 Flower Show Miniature Results, Indoor
Thanks to Deb Mackie for documenting so beautifully our Miniature Setting class this year (and every year!). These photos are hers and she also organized all the info posted with them.
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Lights, lighting, almost lit
I need to light my museum display cases, especially since last year my lighting was criticized (including by the judges) So, I met a nice man at Philadelphia Miniaturia who sold me all sorts of little LED light that I think will work in the cases. Now I have to figure our how to put […]
MoreBroken…just right
Some people are good at building things and some are good at destruction. I have found my calling.
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This is nuts: a mini cape takes shape
The promise to make miniature feather capes for the mini-museum was hanging over me so I decided to tackle it while I was a prisoner in the back seat of a car for 8 hours while driving to Boston. I gathered tools and feathers and a board for my lap and this is what I […]
MoreLucky finds at the miniature show
One of the artifacts that I hoped to make for my Hawaiian Culture museum was a miniature replica of a feathered cloak that for years was displayed in the Penn Museum. Here is what the cape (called ‘ahu ‘ula) looked like when it was displayed (see the museum website). Sadly, the entire Polynesia display has […]
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