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A new design was born in our paper garden - Yucca flower! :-) Got the inspiration from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, where Yucca is the state flower. So continuing our miniature Oribana project... and here is our new mini-oribana called ENCHANTMENT !
Especially designed for our upcoming exhibition in Albuquerque, NM, this origami Yucca flower will be a part of our 'Albuquerque Kingdom' origami display at Pacific Coast Origami Convention in Albuquerque this October where Yuri and I were invited as special guest-artists. Check it out - origamiusa.org/pcoc2013 :-) By the way, the exhibition will be at the Marriott Pyramid Hotel and on Saturday and Sunday, October 5th and 6th the exhibit will be free to the public!
Besides this brand new Yucca, the composition is featuring our design of Low Bowl-Shaped Vase. The vase is 3.5 cm (1-1/4") high. Each tiny Yucca flower, folded from 4-cm (1-1/2-inch) square, is just 15mm (1/2inch) long. The whole arrangement is 4 inches(10 cm) high.
Used a variety of Japanese papers here, origami paper for tiny Yucca blooms & leaves and gorgeous chiyogami for the vase,
Note for origami enthusiasts: The step-by-step diagrams on how to fold tour Yucca flower will be published in the convention book PCOC-2013 and will be in the convention package. See detail at origamiusa.org/pcoc2013.
As for the vase, its diagrams are published in our ORIBANA DELIGHT collection
www.oriland.com/store/collections/oribana_delight/main.php Happy folding!
gashapon miniature in gashapon (^_-)*
I love Alice, challenged 3 times!
I was surprised they really works
This is my summer series of miniature mushrooms. Not sure yet how many I will make of these, but a few more :)
Don't the neon colors remind you of summer?!
Squirrel - thrift store find
Stone wall - made by me from wood and egg carton cardboard
Snow - fleece
Background - gift bag from Marshalls
The miniature railway on Clevedon sea front is now operated with this British steam outline locomotive , built by A Moss in 1999. The loco is based on a preserved black 5 which carries her BR number 45305 , and has sound effects recorded from the real loco.
The Rio Grande train which ran here for many years appears to have moved to Puxton Park.
First opened in 1952 as a 9.5 inch gauge line, and steam operated by an Ivatt Atlantic, I remember riding on it when it was a simple out and back with two sit astride carriages. The line was extended to a circuit in 1962, and the steam locomotive was soon replaced by an American Bo-Bo diesel . This was replaced with a Severn Lamb Rio Grande locomotive in 1976, until 2012. With a new operator in 2013, the track was regauged to 15 inch to accommodate this new steam outline locomotive and two open Severn Lamb carriages.
the bottom dowel was glued to the base, then the spindles glued into the holes top and bottom and the top dowel was lued on the end. the pinions went all the way through the dowel so the top railing will be sanded smooth and a balsa veneer added, just like the other two
1:12 scale dollhouse miniature savoury foods handmade by Caroline of Hummingbird Miniatures.
Images copyright of Hummingbird Miniatures 2010-2014
This 9.5" gauge line opened at Clevedon in 1952 using this Bassett Lowke 4-4-2 which had previously saw use at Cleethorpes. It was later joined by a petrol loco built by the railway's owner Mr Chivers, who took over operation of the line in 1959.
In 1976 a 'Rio Grande 2-8-0 petrol loco arrived from Severn Lamb and all the other equipment was sold off. In 2013 the line was regauged to 15" with a new battery-electric loco and still operates today.
Check out my other miniature railway pics on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/collections/72157625...
Manufactured by Utility Manufacturing Company, New York, USA
Model: c.1938
Medium format film viewfinder like Box half frame camera
Film: 127 roll film, picture size: half frame for 127 film 3x4cm
Lens: Graf 50mm, serial no. none
Aperture: fixed aperture f/
Focusing: fixed focus
Shutter: simple spring rotary shutter, one speed 1/25 +B; setting: Time and Instant, lever on the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and shutter release: by the same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel
Viewfinder: simple optical finder
Winding knob: on the top plate
Flash PC socket: none
Cold-shoe: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: removable, w/ two red windows; opens by the latches on the sides of the camera
There is a spare film compartment in the camera
Tripod socket: none
Strap lugs: none
Body: Bakelite; Weight: 148g
Serial no. none
Similar cameras were sold as the Carlton, Falcon Midget, Falcon Minette, Rex Miniature, and others. Different body moldings, lenses and faceplates, and viewfinder styles all appeared under the Falcon Miniature name.
The Falcon body style of the camera here (with horizontal ribbing) was a clear design inspiration for the Lomographic Sprocket Rocket.
More info: McKeown’s 12th ed. p.942
I found a few of the new collector's packs, so the new stuff is coming out. I bought 2 from the Mrs Fields store, & 1 from the Sketchers store. I almost bought the Mrs Fields store, I had it in my hand & was walking around with it, but I changed my mind at the last minuter. I may still end up with it :-) Everything has stickers you have to put on, including the sneakers. which are supposed to fit the MiWorld dolls, but I don't have any so I can't tell how well they fit.
You can pretty much ignore these pics...I'm playing with photoshop, and tried the Tilt Shift fake editing (making real life scenes/objects looking miniature) for the first time ^_^
The Re-ment Addicts Group did a Color Theme Challenge quite some time ago, but I didn't have time to do it. I was inspired by all of the great photos they did, so now that I have a lot of time on my hands, I decided it would be fun to do. I am going to do the whole rainbow, and probably post way more photos than I should!
Gao lak, gao lak! Who wants a bag of freshly roasted gao lak (chestnuts)?!
I'm always drawn by the fresh aroma of the churning charcoal wafting from the mobile chestnut cart.
Made these miniature chestnuts for a special commission (all of these goes into a tiny glass jar). I happened to be eating the real ones during my trip, and so I saved a few from the bag, and brought them all the way back to my sculpting table for reference lol.
Damp miniature rose. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/30130416986/ for a 3D version