tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70699107686768011612024-03-12T19:09:57.211-07:00ARTS AND MINIATURESA Blog dedicated to my Miniatures and several forms of ArtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-58506335716316736722013-01-24T10:29:00.000-08:002013-01-24T10:36:34.250-08:00Working on my Jewellery projects<em>As I go on keeping my miniature projects on the shelves, I decided to make some photos of my miniatures combined with my latest adventures</em><em> in the jewllery field.</em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #76a5af;">Hand made Silk urchins worked with miuyki seeds, jade, silver, glass beads, and silk ribbons also sewed by hand</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Lovely glass beads traded in Africa during the XIX century, agate, onix, silver from India, and silk tassel.</span> </div>
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<em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This year I started reorganising my studio. I kept for many years too much material, which I know already is no more useful to me although I love every piece of it, then I would like to finish some of my miniature projects, but not all of them, I have always to many projects on my head....., one thing at a time.</span></em> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-34512778783466920432013-01-03T10:53:00.000-08:002013-01-20T02:11:14.385-08:00TODAY´S PHOTOS<div style="text-align: left;">
<em><strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">First of all I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year</span></strong></em></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">Last year I was not participative in my Blog, so I want to start this New Year with a few images I took today, and try to appear more often. The photos are quite simple but this place was full of life, and for a while I forgot that we are still in winter.</span></em></strong></div>
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<em>Recently I had the opportunity to visit Peniche, an Harbour and small Portuguese City. At the Peniche Fort (once a prison) I had the oportunity of enjoying a lovely exhibition of antique laces, and I would like to share some of them with you.</em><br />
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<em>Penich is a fishing harbour - Here you can see an artisanal small fishing boat</em></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-74473739265497530442012-06-10T08:14:00.000-07:002012-06-11T12:29:13.335-07:00PHOTO ALBUMS TO SHARE<span style="color: #f1c232;">"PHOTO ALBUMS TO SHARE" - </span><span style="color: #ffe599;">This is the name I choose some months ago for another Blog, the truth is that I would like to have a Blog dedicated to my paintings, another to my miniature work, another one to my collections.... one more for my photos, and so on, but that is impossible I have no time for them all. So I think that for the moment I will concentrate in this Blog.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffe599;">Now I would like to thank all my new followers, thank you very much and excuse me for my absence from now and then.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><em><strong>As I mentioned before I love to photograph everything that captures my attention, so I have thousands of photos in my files. I shall be pleased to share some of them with you, but please do not use my</strong> </em><strong><em>photos without asking me. </em>You can leave here a message </strong></span><br />
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Swan (Place Caldas da Rainha)</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">A SELECTION OF DUCKS, SWANS, PEACOCKS, STORKS AND OTHER WADING BIRDS</span></div>
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<em>At this moment I spend my spare time trying to organize my self with my work, but this is not very easy because I have too many passions, one of them is painting on China. Years ago, more than 20 I involved my self repairing old china after a Course I took in London, then followed by several classes to learn the technique of painting on china over the glaze. The following pieces were painted in the years 80.</em><br />
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<em>Days ago and after so many years I opened a big box with lots of white porcelain and decided to paint a few pieces, I started with porcelain boxes, which I´m going to show you but please note that this boxes need two more fires on the kiln, I usualy paint in three steps. Among theses boxes you may see some miniatures, but as the are so tiny I have to make some experience first, I hope they don´t brake inside the kiln, but this is my next target to paint porcelain on scale 1/12.</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A round plate painted free hand, in two firing 25cm dia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A plate inspired on a tea porcelain caddy - 1750 Cie. des Indes - Décor Occidental,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved to capture the real character of the people involved in this decoration, it is not easy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dish with a Japanese woman (it was painted with a chinese ink pen)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dish with fruits, and insects </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em>A cake dish inspired by Meissen décor</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em>Decoration - a Coat of Arms </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Another porcelain Box - with a fine work in gold over relief (four firing at the kiln)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Detail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>A jar painted freehand, which means no previous drawing</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Romantic decoration on a plate (also freehand) 22x14</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-49700292573067778962011-02-23T12:33:00.000-08:002011-02-23T13:35:01.105-08:00Art Nouveau findings<em>Today I would like to show you my latest Art Nouveau findings, but before that I would like to thank to all my new followers, I´m glad to have you following my Blog.</em><br />
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<em>Days ago I found these pretty ornaments in a desplay at an antique shop, I realized that they had very good quality so I couldn´t resist, here they are together with two items I had already belonging to this decorative style.</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7NJk0sRA7FE/TWVmjnj403I/AAAAAAAABLs/t-8NjWIcSoo/s1600/DSCN0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7NJk0sRA7FE/TWVmjnj403I/AAAAAAAABLs/t-8NjWIcSoo/s400/DSCN0161.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>The Art Nouveau jardinière - Leda and the Swan - is inspired on the Greek Mythology in wich Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan.</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Grandfather clock with pendulum, made of pewter and gold painted, the clock-face is behind glass, date around 1910 - height 13cm. It needs and deserves some repair work, I hope to do it one day because it´s very lovely. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(The ornaments in background are from a Art Nouveau book).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you get inspired by this decorative style. In wich concerns my work I hope to apply my Art Nouveau ornaments in a decoration one day, if not I will simply look at them fascinated for this decorative style.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And to finish I took a photo from a book, also fascinated by the Art Nouveau Decorative Glasses, these begong to Daum Frères - 1904, as I can´t afford them in scale 1/1 I imagine to have them made in scale l/12..........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-39120525609315183572011-02-07T11:11:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:30:28.673-08:00A break for a tea<em>First of all I would like to wellcome my new Followers, thank you very much for visiting my Blog.</em><br />
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<em>I´ve no news in which concerns my work, I´ve been operated a second time to remove the "support material" of my broken foot, and I hope to get well in a near future, and hope also to return to my studio as soon as possible.</em><br />
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<em>Now I profit to invite all my Followers to join me at another cup of tea, and a slice of marble cake.</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TVA4XlzAaII/AAAAAAAABLQ/Xu85e_wD2Yk/s1600/DSCN0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="253" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TVA4XlzAaII/AAAAAAAABLQ/Xu85e_wD2Yk/s320/DSCN0072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>Porcelaine "Tête-à-Tête" tray, with a simple but lovely hand painted landscape</em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TVA5I65nd9I/AAAAAAAABLU/f-1gTF-9WZg/s1600/DSCN0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TVA5I65nd9I/AAAAAAAABLU/f-1gTF-9WZg/s320/DSCN0069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>I "bought" this tea set more or less 20 years ago from an antique dealer to whom I restored some porcelain pieces, instead of receiving money from my work I preferred to buy this antique tea set from Limoges. The lids have a few damages but I never had time to repair them....</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>The mark at the bottom of the tea cup</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><em>And of course a miniature tea set near one of my cakes. As I can´t find any supplier of good white porcelain one of the experiences I would like to try some day is to enrich some of the miniature porcelain I have, i.e. I intend to profit the decoration made with decals of these serial pieces, and paint some more detail and a border using porcelain pigments, there´s one thing I don´t know, if these tiny pieces will stand high temperatures of 780º., as always I´ve so many ideas on my mind and so little time to accomplish them.....</em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>I would like very much to find <span style="color: #45818e;">good</span> quality white miniature porcelain to paint, do you<span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;">know any supplier? </span></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-17342163110252559592011-01-03T11:01:00.000-08:002011-01-03T11:01:28.344-08:00An unexpected gift<div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: blue;"><strong>I began the New Year receiving an unexpected and amazing gift, just take a look</strong></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TSINYQM1YmI/AAAAAAAABJY/Ol3XwaWLplo/s1600/DSC09967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TSINYQM1YmI/AAAAAAAABJY/Ol3XwaWLplo/s400/DSC09967.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I looks real, in scale 1/1 doesn´t it? Pay attention to all the detail...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>It is a lovely work made by <a href="http://perfectminiatures-onmymind-mbryton.blogs.sapo.pt/">Maria Armanda</a> in scale 1/12 , she has such a talent!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TSIPPjzIn2I/AAAAAAAABJg/UYyyuqDZpog/s1600/DSC09959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TSIPPjzIn2I/AAAAAAAABJg/UYyyuqDZpog/s320/DSC09959.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the detail: the perfume bottles, the mirrors, the lip stick, the nail varnish, the comb, the necklace, it´s incredible, everything is in place for a great evening, I can imagine the "owner" of this cozy corner spending some hours preparing herself for the party.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will treasure it, thank you so much Maria Armanda for this lovely gift, an I wish you a Happy New Year with great projects. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-33067242925074605322010-12-29T12:52:00.000-08:002010-12-29T12:52:49.091-08:00Something finished<em>At least I finished something for my country house, I´m thinking to add a few more details using Bindels ornaments to decorate it, but here it is:</em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TRuYN5yEfVI/AAAAAAAABHk/E11jwD35fsM/s1600/DSC09956+%25282%2529+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TRuYN5yEfVI/AAAAAAAABHk/E11jwD35fsM/s320/DSC09956+%25282%2529+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><em>On the ground you can see some metal strips covered with paper which I used inside the eider-down to give shape and so adhere to the mattress. Mine is not a real eider-down...., because the real ones are made of the soft feathers of the female eider - ducks from the nothern hemisphere. </em><br />
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At home I have always a bottle garden, the plants I put inside lasts around three years, after that I have to change them. So I was glad when I found these miniature Bottle gardens at the Madrid Fair, now I have to decorate them - the final destiny is my future greenhouse, and here they are:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQfWkLp6AvI/AAAAAAAABHE/WB5hXUvzchs/s1600/DSC00091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQfWkLp6AvI/AAAAAAAABHE/WB5hXUvzchs/s1600/DSC00091.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>Another detail</em>, <em>I think I need a bigger greenhouse because I have lots of nice things related......</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQfZhn51T5I/AAAAAAAABHI/seUDxdZjzZw/s1600/DSC00089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQfZhn51T5I/AAAAAAAABHI/seUDxdZjzZw/s320/DSC00089.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Everything is out of place awaiting for the structure to be painted; one more project to add to the list of the unfinished ones.....</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-20449649351292178162010-12-09T13:49:00.000-08:002010-12-09T13:49:50.947-08:00A few acquisitions and a warm welcome to my new Followers<em>First of all I would like to welcome my new Followers, thank you very much for following my Blog. </em><br />
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<em>And finally today I found some time to make a few photos of the miniatures I bought at the Madrid Fair, as soon as possible I will take some more pictures of my acquisitions.</em><br />
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<em>The Fair had so much attractions, and it was difficult to choose</em>, <em>here I´ll show you some of my options.</em><br />
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<em>Lovely miniatures from <a href="http://www.twinheart.com/">http://www.twinheart.com/</a></em><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em>I´m fond of these fishes with their big eyes and elegant tales, I found them very real and the aquariums are made of glass</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em>The photo was made against a painting on silk from Thailand inspired on those fishes</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em>More flowers from <a href="http://www.twinheart.com/">http://www.twinheart.com/</a> they are very well done. At the backgrounf I put a photo of a lovely Edwardian Conservatory, just for my inspiration</em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQFL7Dz3zhI/AAAAAAAABGU/CA30bYc16-8/s1600/DSC09995+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TQFL7Dz3zhI/AAAAAAAABGU/CA30bYc16-8/s320/DSC09995+copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>I bought them thinking of my future green house</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TO68T1-Vc4I/AAAAAAAABF4/3i4gkp9mnwc/s1600/DSC09303+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TO68T1-Vc4I/AAAAAAAABF4/3i4gkp9mnwc/s320/DSC09303+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>Hand made cushion, a vase covered with tissue and a few roses, a crochet hat, a shaker hand made box and a vintage wood doll</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TO6-Do3zfoI/AAAAAAAABGA/RUg0FzcPiag/s1600/DSC09313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TO6-Do3zfoI/AAAAAAAABGA/RUg0FzcPiag/s320/DSC09313.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>And this is the project that I think everybody knows already from Planet Agostini </em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-57504304634883667742010-11-09T11:11:00.000-08:002010-11-23T09:36:05.694-08:00Presence at TOM BISHOP´S FAIR<em>After some hesitation, I decided to keep company to Maria Armanda again this year at the Tom Bishop´s Fair, the motiv of hesitation is that I have only a few new pieces to show, I had to make a stop in my work against my intention, but here I am ready to go and I hope we shall profit to amuse ourselves and make a few aquisitions, there are always so many exhibitors with lovely things to attempt us.</em><br />
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<em>We shall be glad to be visited by some of you. Our table is under the name PERFECT MINIATURES and AM -MINIATURES.</em><br />
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<em>And here is a photo of my last work:</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Victorian Fan, all hand made, (support: 2mm wood, lacquered and painted with oils, inlays of mother of pearl, and finished with touches of gold leaf engraved over the black lacquer)</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-26559845056380384292010-11-03T14:10:00.000-07:002010-11-03T14:10:56.275-07:00A wellcome to my new Followers<em>I would like to wellcome my new Followers, for them I send a few orchids from my garden, I´m lucky to have a vase plenty of them.</em><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Orchids adorned with a velvet ribbon and a vintage lace with rinestones</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>And I profited to take some photos of a very tiny gift I had from a friend - two silver rats and a dog, they are so cute and so very tiny.</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TNHO2zOKUMI/AAAAAAAABFE/8dIRZZck6pc/s1600/DSC00146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TNHO2zOKUMI/AAAAAAAABFE/8dIRZZck6pc/s320/DSC00146.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The little dog near a German tiny glass</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-42682337247932548502010-10-25T13:55:00.000-07:002010-10-26T12:19:33.190-07:00Scale 1/144Years ago I bought two miniatures in scale 1/144, they were the first miniatures that I saw in this scale, and I found them pretty at that time, then I thought to do my first try in that scale, indeed I started to do it, but I faced a problem with the lights, I choose the lamps which they call rice grain, but I found they warm to much, and then I put the work apart, but I will try to finish it in future, one more project to add to the others.....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMXopPfn2eI/AAAAAAAABEA/ZFf41KNAsXk/s1600/2006-12-3+107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="115" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMXopPfn2eI/AAAAAAAABEA/ZFf41KNAsXk/s320/2006-12-3+107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">These are the miniatures I bought in this scale</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="color: #b45f06;">This is the project I intend to finish</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong><em>As this work was done years ago now I know I will have the opportunity to do a better work, I´m not happy with this one now that I see it.</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMXtyEMGbzI/AAAAAAAABEw/KsP9O0xOnTQ/s1600/2007-12-1+070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMXtyEMGbzI/AAAAAAAABEw/KsP9O0xOnTQ/s320/2007-12-1+070.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(The fireplace and the painting are not ready)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>This is a work that needs some dedication, but now I think I have some more materials adequate for this project, so I will try to put them among the others.</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-29956707128013105352010-10-21T10:37:00.000-07:002010-10-21T13:01:08.171-07:00Vintage findings<em>For the moment I´m still organizing my studio and future work, so for the moment I will profit to show you some recent vintage findings.</em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Porcelain plate showing an autumn scene - the harvest, suitable for this time of the year. I think it was one of the plates of a lamp shade with the four seasons of the year, it only shows its beauty when put against light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I can imagine how beautiful should be the complete lamp, may be in sec. XIX</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMB2ujhtzTI/AAAAAAAABD8/0loelnmD71c/s1600/DSC09856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TMB2ujhtzTI/AAAAAAAABD8/0loelnmD71c/s320/DSC09856.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>Cross stich embroidered purse, scissor and needles in a display, the purce needs a little repair work but it is lovely, the flowers are stiched with thread with a velvet look, it was a bargain I found.</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7069910768676801161.post-64799042402530961392010-09-25T11:48:00.000-07:002010-09-26T13:14:22.878-07:00My Summer ending<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">First of all thank you very much to my new Followers.</span></strong></em></div><br />
I´ve been very busy after some days at the seaside to rest and collect forces to start work on my studio. I have been so little productive this year; now after some repair works in my house I´m trying to put everything in place because everything got upside down, and I hope this time to start with my works very soon, I sincerely hope so because I´ve so many projects in my mind and also so many that I´ ve already started.<br />
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This summer when I was walking on the sand, and I profited to walk two hours each day trying to get better of my brooken foot, I decided: now it´s time to finish my miniature acquarium, I´ve been collecting seaweeds, little shells, and I started already to model a tiny fish (it´s not ready yet) you can see it on the following photo near the seaweeds.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I love acquariums and years ago we had four large ones which gave us too many joys and some annoyments, nowadays equipments are much more effective, but we gave up already this wonderful hobby.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some more photos of my summer place</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beach was so quite at the end of September</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Another day with announcing a storm but with a temperature around the 23ºC</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TJ4_-ep371I/AAAAAAAABDs/cL9yg0fo2JY/s1600/NITA+FOTOGRAFIAS+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uvvaVZ80znw/TJ4_-ep371I/AAAAAAAABDs/cL9yg0fo2JY/s320/NITA+FOTOGRAFIAS+021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It´s wonderful to observe sealife near the seashore </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">I´ve put a seaweed I found floating inside a plastic bag full of water just to oberve it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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My "giveaway" to Susan and a swap with Eve are on the table and I hope to finish them still this year......,<br />
please excuse me, but I didn´t forget.<br />
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And here are some photos:<br />
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<em>Obrigada mais uma vez Maria Armanda.</em><br />
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My miniature production was so reduced last months, what I can show you for the moment is the pastries I made in June for my shop, the shop it self is awaiting for better days, but when ready I have lots and lots of pastries to decorate it.<br />
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