Chess Figures

I've finished the second table and started making chess figures for it:

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Victorian Wardrobe

It's been a long time since my last post, basically my blogging life moved to my site (inchscaled.com) and Facebook. Btw, I've added Translate button to my site, it appears at the end of each post and comment.  I guess I should translate all those posts about jigs and shadowboxes I've made to English, but unfortunately I don't have much time these days. Besides, I feel that there's a lot of information about miniature woodworking in English and absolutely nothing in Russian, so it's kinda important for me to post about it more.
 
Anyway, I'm happy to share with you my new piece of furniture I've made. I've been working on this wardrobe for 2 weeks, maybe 3. It was very interesting project. I was inspired by couple of wardrobes I've found on one British antiques website.

 I used mahogany and makore for it. I don't have good experience with marquetry ( I've made only 3 or 4 pieces with it), so it was a good chance for me to practice.

 It is rather big, but I actually scaled it from life-size Victorian wardrobe.

 Hope you liked it! Have a nice day!

Inlay table

I made this table just after the first exhibition, it was fun! I was inspired by federal style furniture with this one:

I used pearwood and mahogany, a bit of basswood too.

Several months ago I bought these cute tiny casters, so it was a great chance to use them. :) The most tedious part was "inlaying" the sides of the table, the legs were easy to do. The ornament is tiny, the one on the leg is 2 mm thick.

The drawer was the easiest part:

 

The frame for the drawer:

 

Looks good with the chair:

Hope you liked it! Tomorrow - shadowbox.

Butterflies

It's been a while since my last post. I've finished the table, also I'm going to make the sofa and couple more items:

Aand another table:) It's very cute:

 

 Butterfly net is included. For marquetry I used mahogany, cherry wood, etc. for legs - pear wood.

 Among other news - there will be the I International Moscow Exhibition "Art of the doll" (their website is here), and I'm among exhibitors!:) I'm very excited -  this is the first time I'm taking part in such events.I'll be showing my art nouveau roombox and my furniture, I have a small stand there.There's not much time left till 29th of October, so I'm trying hard to make all the items I was planning to.  Hope to post about them soon!

Folding screen for art nouveau roombox

Finished! I really love this screen, the roombox will look more art nouveau-ish with it:)  Again my favorite marquetry, this time I tried three colors.

To be honest, I just love the result, though I didn't like the wood I was using.:)


Moving on to rombox itself, and I should think what piece of furniture I need to make next.

I thought that there would be enough space for chaise lounge and a wardrobe,  but when I put the bed and the screen on the roombox floor I realised  - I can make only one or two small things, like nightstand and a table, for example. We'll see!:) I guess I'll make several pieces and then choose.