tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12440181359160480282024-03-28T20:29:49.291-07:00Miniature Miniatures - Nell CorkinArt in 1:144 ScaleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-16396859210480461142017-02-22T14:34:00.000-08:002017-02-22T14:34:05.740-08:00Kansas City Miniature ShowExcitement is building for the Miniature Masterworks show on September 15-17 at the National Museum of Toys/miniatures in Kansas City, MO.<br />
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For more information, click here:<br />
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For a list of participating artists and their web sites, click here: http://igma.org/miniature_masterworks.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-54914478034579704432015-04-08T19:21:00.000-07:002015-04-08T19:21:15.689-07:00Chicago Class<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's still room in my Chicago class. If you'd like to try landscaping in 1:144 scale, why not join us for this fun and easy project?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For details, go to: </span><a href="http://www.bishopshow.com/chi15ws41.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.bishopshow.com/chi15ws41.htm</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the first time in many years, I will be attending the Kensington Dollshouse Festival in May; and for the first time ever I will be teaching two classes before the show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The two day class is a little drawing room, with teas things </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have always wanted to take a class without the expense of traveling to to the U.S., here is your opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-81067055626098344792014-12-18T10:14:00.002-08:002014-12-18T10:14:37.837-08:00Christmas is Coming!Two versions of the Portable Baby House are now available for sale on my web site : <a href="http://www.nellcorkin.com/" target="_blank">www.nellcorkin.com</a><br />
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Why not drop a hint to your favorie Santa?<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-18769367711843442112014-11-18T14:19:00.001-08:002014-11-18T15:20:09.575-08:00Inspiration: Queen Mary's Other DollshouseQueen Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, had a lifelong fascination with miniatures.<br />
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Most of us are aware of her glorious dollshouse now on display at Windsor Castle; some of us have been lucky enough to see it in person. Less well known, however, are the smaller pieces from earlier in her life. Among these is the "Queen Mary's Rooms" cabinet house now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood.<br />
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According to the museum: "These two rooms were made by David Allan, who worked in Buckingham Palace where
he was responsible for the textiles and upholstery. Queen Mary collected the
furniture, which was made as a matching set, and all the other miniature items
with which the rooms were decorated. She gave the rooms to the Museum of
Childhood in 1924, the same year that the famous Queen Mary's dolls' house, on
display at Windsor Castle, was made as a tribute to her."<br />
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This charming little cabinet inspired me to make my own version. I left off the door, changed moldings and the color, and made the interior considerably grander. I called mine "A Portable Baby House," and it was my class for IGMA Guild School last summer. With Christmas on the way, I've just made a version decorated for the holidays:<br />
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I wonder what Queen Mary would think!<br />
<a href="https://nellcorkin.com/A_Christmas_Cottage.php" target="_blank">https://nellcorkin.com/A_Christmas_Cottage.php</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-50176588833061424512014-08-15T20:01:00.000-07:002014-08-15T20:02:10.035-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1:144 Scale Victorian Cottage Class</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've always wanted to try 1:144 scale, why not take my class October 13-17 at the Good Sam Academy of miniatures? We will build, furnish and landscape this charming Gothic Revival Cottage. Here's a link for details: </span><a href="http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net/goodsamacademy.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net/goodsamacademy.htm</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hurry - registration deadline is September 1st!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-8934551717208213202014-03-26T08:02:00.002-07:002014-03-26T08:02:10.811-07:00Chicago International Class<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's still time to sign up for my 1:144 Victorian Tea Time class at Chicago International.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a fun project, whether you are new to this scale or have lots of experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why not join us?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-79923243846136301832013-12-02T07:30:00.001-08:002013-12-02T07:30:12.487-08:00CYBER MODAY SPECIAL!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Free shipping on all orders from my web site - TODAY ONLY! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This offer includes finished houses (For Sale #1 and #2) and 1:144 resin furniture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go to: </span><a href="https://nellcorkin.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://nellcorkin.com/</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-30972481525242800172013-09-07T15:53:00.002-07:002013-09-07T15:53:14.002-07:00Smallissimo!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you discovered Smallisimo yet? It's an exciting new web site for all things miniature.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will see familiar faces, and discover new artists as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check it out!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-30722144108304247082013-08-20T15:22:00.002-07:002013-08-20T15:22:14.959-07:00The Beach House<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspired by an upcoming vacation, I made this little beach house. I've been wanting to use that Grandt Line lattice gable trim for quite some time!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-50264980635328733812013-08-16T14:02:00.000-07:002013-08-16T14:02:59.513-07:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a few new pieces for sale on my web site - have a look! Just click on the "For Sale" 1, 2 and 3 buttons.</span><br />
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Here they are, all finished. The one in front is an order; the other two are going to be on my table at Chicago International next week.<br />
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Here's the interior, with cottage style furnishings. Tea things on the table in the living room. The master bedroom has a tiny porcelain dog in a basket by Sylvia Mobley; the smaller bedroom has a dollhouse that doesn't show in the photo because it's tucked under the eaves.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to do something new, so my first project is a small house in the "Carpenter Gothic" style that was popular in the U.S. in the mid-1800's. Homes in this style, which sought to evoke the romance of medieval times, feature details such as tall, pointed gables, elaborate roof trims, and board-and-batten siding. The result, if not an authentic medieval look, was fanciful and charming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The house I'm making will be similar to the pictures in the background, but not a copy of any existing building. I always find it more fun to design my own. It will have a fancy porch, and a bay window in the right hand side. There will be two rooms on each floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something that I don't see discussed much online is shipping miniatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good packaging is essential, because even though miniatures are small and therefore easy to box up, they are also fragile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best way to make sure things travel safely, in my experience, is to make sure they do not move around in the box and to surround them with lots of protective packaging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the case of the studio, I needed to come up with a way to keep it stable inside the plastic box. There were too many fragile surfaces and things sticking up here and there to simply wrap it in bubble wrap. I designed a cardstock insert (on its side in the photo)with attached pieces of soft foam that apply gentle pressure in just enough places to keep it from moving up and down or sideways. The insert lifts straight out of the box, and the sides drop away, so it will be easy for the customer to unpack - or repack if necessary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The plastic box then goes inside a considerably larger box, surrounded by foam peanuts. The foam which not only helps cushion it, but also provides a certain amount of insulation, which is not a bad thing during times of extreme cold or heat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's on its way as of this afternoon.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-27035768468708088802013-01-31T18:27:00.003-08:002013-01-31T18:27:56.327-08:00Thomas Studio #6<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Rooftop Studio is finished, and I spent a large part of the afternoon taking pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you compare this to earlier pictures, you will notice that the skylight has changed. My original was about 1/64th inch too small, so I made another one. That may seem like a tiny difference, but in this scale, every fraction of an inch matters, and I'm nothing if not a perfectionist!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">In addtion to the garden in a box at the left, I added plants in pots in the front to add texture and color. The pots are real terracotta, and are made by Braxton Payne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The interior is a potter's studio, with a wheel under the front window and a bench with finished pieces on the back wall. </span><br />
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The other exterior details (the vent pipes and the electrical lines) match the 1:12 original.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The roof is attached. I have added the rafters, non-working flourette lights, and the radiator and shelf from the 1:12 scale original. I will be adding some more interior details specific to my client, so the finished interior will be a bit different from the Thomas' version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The walls are 1/64" birch plywood; the battens are .010 x .020 strip styrene. Because the grain of the plywood is on the large side for my scale, I painted the walls with acrylic craft paint rather than using the famous Thomas "Bug Juice." The weathering is done with watercolor pencil - wet or dry, depending on how dense I want the color to be. The doorknob and the exterior shelves won't be put on until later so I won't knock them off when I'm working. Here is the left exterior:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A customer has asked me to make a 1:144 version of Noel and Pat Thomas' "Rooftop Artist's Studio". (Pictures are propped up in the back) It's going to be a fun - and challenging - project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original 1:12 version is quite small - the studio is only a foot across on a base that's 19.5" wide. This makes the 1:144 version very small indeed! That's the base befind the ruler in the center of the picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily, the customer took the class from the Thomases, and has been able to provide me with the instruction sheets and samples of the materials used. This will be a big help in making my version match the original as closely as possible, although of course I will have to use different materials in the smaller scale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I plan to start with the building itself, and then move on to the front window. </span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-85655609952325103782013-01-07T11:28:00.001-08:002013-01-07T11:28:43.409-08:00Guild School Class 2013<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will be teaching this colorful artist's studio at the IGMA Guild School this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The studio is a fun project, and will offer the opportunity to learn many tecniques for adding interesting details to 1:144 scale projects, including furniture and landscaping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">There are still a couple of openings in my class. I would love to see you there!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's a link for more information: <a href="http://www.igma.org/guild_school/index.html">http://www.igma.org/guild_school/index.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. If you have never been to the Guild School, be warned - it is absolutely addictive!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-4238655832793917522012-12-08T08:47:00.003-08:002012-12-08T08:47:19.904-08:00Christmas Eve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The magic of Christmas and walnut houses just seem to go together! This cozy cottage is all decorated and ready for a visit from St. Nicholas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's for sale on my web site : </span><a href="http://www.nellcorkin.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.nellcorkin.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and I'm offering free shipping for this item until Christmas.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-74186563437234851762012-08-14T13:23:00.002-07:002012-08-14T13:23:41.615-07:00Parget Cottage, 1623<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was so enjoyable making the Pargeted House, I just had to make another one. This one is smaller, but has the same kind of elaborate plaster decoration. The door and windows would be "improvements" done in later centuries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The interior has cozy cottage furnishings and a sleeping cat on a hassock made by Sylvia Mobley.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-44793353150593103132012-07-02T06:56:00.002-07:002012-07-02T13:25:05.852-07:00Class for Chicago International 2013<u><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span></u>In talking to people at shows, I've found that there seems to be a great deal of interest in "how-to" classes for finishing 1:144th scale interiors. With this in mind, I'm offering this class at Chicago International 2013.<br />
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It should be an enjoyable project for anyone, whether you have experience with 1:144 scale or not. Students will learn a variety of methods for creating and finishing furniture, including modifying cast resin pieces and scratch building from found materials, as well as painting and marbleizing techniques. </div>
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It should be up on the show website soon: <a href="http://www.bishopshow.com/chiinfo.htm">http://www.bishopshow.com/chiinfo.htm</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244018135916048028.post-60011904144690466772012-06-30T14:24:00.001-07:002012-06-30T14:26:13.340-07:00House For Sale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have one Victorian Cottage available for sale now. For more information, go to the "For Sale - 2" page on my web site: <a href="https://nellcorkin.com/Victorian_Cottage.php">https://nellcorkin.com/Victorian_Cottage.php</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1