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1/12th scale model by Randy Hage. 18x15x8in. Vesuvio Bakery storefront located at 160 Prince St. NYC. Between Thompson and West Broadway. In New York's Soho district.
Do a Flickr search for vesuvio bakery to see the real storefront.
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Donuts Coffee Shop, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. This facade was located at 5th and Union.
Photo shows a side by side view of the real structure and the 1/12th scale model made by Randy Hage. Randy is currently documenting and recreating New York storefronts that are being lost to urban renewal and gentrification.
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1/12th scale model of Nick's Luncheonette by Randy Hage. 25x15x8in. Located at 196 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY.
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1/12th scale model by Randy Hage. 14x18x7in. Storefront was located at 5th and Union in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. No longer there. Take a look at my photo stream to see side by side of my model and the real donut shop.
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Detail from Donuts Coffee Shop model.
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The stuff that keeps me away from flickr..!
..architecture studies ;)
This might become a case of tl;dr, but if so, don't ask me what it is ;)
Normally when we do photography, we "find" our subjects. Or they are "given", or presented to us. Not so often do we create them. Photographing architects are among those who have that rare pleasure.. But even then the subjects are usually made for an entirely different purpose and the photos are just representations of them. In the previous semester in my architecture studies, I had the rare pleasure of exploring photography as a tool in itself. to -not take- but actually create photographs that was just that -images. This was done in combination with physical models in cardboard, plastic and similar. Sometimes the model served the photo, other times the opposite.
The course I participated in was called Studio B3, a highly abstract, experimental, pedagogic and philosophic course. The main aim is for the students to explore their own creative process -to discover where the ideas come from and how to develop them. To kickstart this they usually have a main theme; in later years a series called "The New Collective"; a search for a new relationship between architecture, nature and culture, through one specific subject -this time; Garden, previously; network, market, scene, dwelling, workplace etc..
So what are these images? They are photos from some of the 15 physical models I made only for the sake of translating the vague images in my head into a format I could communicate. Some of the photos are just representations of the models, but which I enjoy as photos nonetheless. Most of them however, are as close as I could come to the images that intuitively emerged from my imagination when discussing "garden" in a wider sense.
In the Studio.
Me with mixed media sculpture of Vesuvio Bakery in 1/12th scale. 18" x 15" x 8". Real storefront structure is located at 160 Prince st. in soho, Manhattan, New York. Follow this link if you would like to see a side by side comparison between my work and the original structure. www.flickr.com/photos/mindseyeminiatures/4701000792/in/se...
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A pretty nice "aerial" view of "la collecion".
My 1/18 diecast supercar collection! :)
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1/12th scale sculpture of Ray's Grocery in Brooklyn, NYC. Bodega with coin-op kiddie ride. Mixed media. 11" x 13" x 5.5".
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1/12th scale model of a bodega located at Albany and Pacific, in the Bed-Stuy/Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, NY.
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1/12th scale model by Randy Hage. 25x15x8in. Storefront located 196 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Take a look at my photostream to see a side by side comparison of my model and the real thing.
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Now that I've completed my first Japanese Billy dollhouse kit, I can make an objective evaluation of them.
They're rather expensive for what you get. This kit is one of their largest and most expensive ones at 5300 yen ($48.00 US). Although the MDF was measured and cut very precisely and finished very well, the Billy dollhouse company seems to have an aversion to making smaller parts out of wood.
Many parts, such as countertops and cabinets were supposed to be cut from foam board or cardboard. The roof pieces were supposed to simply be glued at an angle, when they should have wooden triangle-shaped supports. And items that should be cloth are printed paper. I did my own part substitutions.
The kit did not come with any light bulbs and was never intended to light up. I fixed that (of course) and kicked in about $10 for additional materials (wood, MDF, various types of paper, cloth, Plastruct rails, floral wire, lights). This was a fun and interesting project, and now it looks like it came from a $48.00 kit. But in its original form... maybe not. On Amazon.Com, these kits sell for about $60.
Since I was on vacation in a foreign country and very determined to spend money, that justified the purchase. It's a souvenir of Japan, with some cultural and historical significance, as well as a hobby kit.
I have enough leftover parts and plywood in the garage to construct a similar-looking shop from scratch.
In a contest between Pakitoy (China) and Billy (Japan) dollhouses, I think that Pakitoy makes better kits for this price point. The Pakitoy kits have wonderful accessories that are correctly in-scale, and most importantly, they light up.