An occasion when a good idea goes VERY wrong
I have been thinking about a forthcoming exhibition at a National Trust property near here later in the Spring. I am to submit work for display in the Gardener's Bothy and for this I am making some miniature garden books.
I have long had an interest in dolls' houses and miniatures and an exhaustive search of the attic has unearthed a miniature greenhouse I made many years ago.
At that time I had made a clay tile floor, and I'd even marked clearly on the back of each tile it's relevant position.
All I can say is that either the tiles have warped in the meanwhile or I got my numbering wrong but I've struggled today setting the tiles into the floor without to many gaps.
This is the result.
I've just brushed dried tea leaves into the surface of the tiles and the gaps in the hope that it will look like earth.
It's very uneven and will make the furniture wobbly but it does add a little authenticity to the space.
An occasion when a good idea goes VERY wrong
I have been thinking about a forthcoming exhibition at a National Trust property near here later in the Spring. I am to submit work for display in the Gardener's Bothy and for this I am making some miniature garden books.
I have long had an interest in dolls' houses and miniatures and an exhaustive search of the attic has unearthed a miniature greenhouse I made many years ago.
At that time I had made a clay tile floor, and I'd even marked clearly on the back of each tile it's relevant position.
All I can say is that either the tiles have warped in the meanwhile or I got my numbering wrong but I've struggled today setting the tiles into the floor without to many gaps.
This is the result.
I've just brushed dried tea leaves into the surface of the tiles and the gaps in the hope that it will look like earth.
It's very uneven and will make the furniture wobbly but it does add a little authenticity to the space.