The benefit of this is that it almost always leads me to new things that end up being staples in my shops. So, this past week, with all the "have to's" circling and bearing down, I went off on yet another creative tangent.
Tiny
When I began working with polymer clay 5 years ago I had in mind the notion that smaller would be easier. That if I made things tiny, they would be less likely to show the learning curve as I grew into working with the clay. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Larger was easier and, out of that, I grew into making houses, statues etc etc but every once in awhile, I come back to "tiny". . .
It's been awhile this time but I thought I would go ahead and try something in a very small scale again and see where it took me.
The results were very satisfying and I wanted to share them here before they make it to my shoppe.
I originally decided to try one little French/European style shop. But it turned out so well I kept going and, well, as you can see below, my tiny idea became so much more!
A trio of buildings and street, in N scale (1:148) that I am so happy with! I am going to create more and have little touches on the way, bicyclists, villagers etc etc to fill out the scenes. This took awhile, as one might imagine, and I do not expect they will move quickly but I LOVE creating on this scale!
So enjoy a little stroll down the Rue de La Minuscule
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| My ideal city apartment. . . .between a cheese shoppe and a wine seller! :) |
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| Note to self. . . fix crooked flower pot! |
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| Rue de la minuscule is just 4.5 inches long! |
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| Very picturesque street I'd say! |
More like this are already in process. A Venetian set of Burano houses with gondola and canal and a few one offs of my favorite Medieval town settings. . . those little corner buildings with a winding cobblestone path that wrap around and frame the house in those interesting and odd triangular plot shapes! Who knows what else!
I expect to only complete a few of these a year but I have to say, working tiny is such a fun and satisfying thing to do!
Thanks for looking!
nicolas
Ahhhhmazing! Really and truly, fantastic. Bravo! Do you know Microjivvy? She create spectacular teeny weeny things and she is an absolute peach too. Her site seems to be down but you can look up her work. (Her pinterest is http://bit.ly/1HK1Lrp/)
ReplyDeleteIt is funny how people think small must be easier. It must be faster. Totally untrue! It's hard work making tiny lovely things :)
Nichola! You know I am going to look up her work! And I realized I had jotted the wrong scale down in my post originally too. These N scale houses are very close to what Microjivvy works in too (1:148).
DeleteI get that "smaller should be easier" comment all the time! Especially in my Egyptian shop where people often wonder why an amulet or small statue is not much less than a larger one! lol
Thank you, as always, for dropping by!