Christmas Eve

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.

It's for sale on my web site : www.nellcorkin.com, and I'm offering free shipping for this item until Christmas.

Parget Cottage, 1623

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.

The interior has cozy cottage furnishings and a sleeping cat on a hassock made by Sylvia Mobley.

Class for Chicago International 2013

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.

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.

It should be up on the show website soon: http://www.bishopshow.com/chiinfo.htm

House For Sale

I have one Victorian Cottage available for sale now. For more information, go to the "For Sale - 2" page on my web site: https://nellcorkin.com/Victorian_Cottage.php

Guild School 2012

Once again, Guild School was amazing - and exhausting! As I've said before, it's the most fun a miniaturist can have with her clothes on! Here's a sign in front of the wonderful Bah's Bakehouse welcoming the Guild to Castine.

My class was a delight. I am very proud of my students, who all did a great job on a very complicated little cottage. We had a nice little subdivision of Victorian Cottages for the exhibit on graduation night!

Off to Castine

I've been unbelieveably busy getting ready for the Guild School! I did take the time to make a piece for the auction night, though. It's called "Kittens for Christmas."

The porcelain kitties are by Sylvia Mobley, and the tavern table is by Mark Murphy.

Opening in Guild School Class

 One of the people who had signed up for my Victorian Cottage class at the IGMA Guild School in Castine will not be able to come. If you have been wanting to take the class, but thought you were too late because the class was full - this is your opportunity!

This is a great project, whether you have done 1:144 scale before or not. No special skills are required, and no power tools are used for this class.

For more information, contact Guild School director barbara Davis at: guildschool@igma.org