Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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Library
The word comes from the Greek word biblia, meaning books and Thek, which means place where something is stored. Intended to reflect not just a place where books are kept, but also defines a "place" where people work, read ... research in them ....

If we seek the "first library in history," the truth is that it is difficult to locate ... is said Archeologists could be formed in the royal palace of Ashurbanipal, with more than 22,000 clay tablets, although the title of "first library in history dispute it with that of Lagash in Mesopotamia, that of Hattusa Ittiti, Babylon and Elba.

The first public library that is recorded in the ancient world is that of Athens, founded by Pisistratus in 550 BC






The most famous of antiquity is the Library Royal Alexandria or Ancient Library of Alexandria, was once the largest in the world. Located in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, believed to have been created in the early third century C. Ptolemy I Soter and came to house up to 700,000 volumes. The destruction of the Library of Alexandria is one of the great mysteries of western civilization. Precise evidence is lacking on its most essential, and have not found the ruins of the Museum ...


Reconstruction of the central hall of the Library of Alexandria (from Carl Sagan's Cosmos).

After the appearance in Venice of the first publishing house, increased the number of libraries today. The oldest public library today Malatesta is the library, located in Cesena, Italy.

certainly what many think is that we reach our home, sit in a comfortable chair and read a book is perhaps one of the most pleasant activities can aspire to a human. It's nice to do in winter when it's cold or raining outside, but when the heat in summer .... For book lovers, have a room dedicated to books is essential, perfectly ordered books, an isolated noise, warm sofas where you sit ... stay aesthetically beautiful. As a miniaturist .... desire the room that meets these requirements have recreated ... I show you the shelf of my "library" ... books that present authentic "incunabula ".... worked and interior covered fimo, cardboard or paper ... all done by hand ...



Thursday, October 23, 2008

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LIBRARIES

I would like to introduce one of the decorative elements most appreciated by fans of miniatures: the crib.



Wikipedia.es image obtained

speak of a cabinet that has hardly changed throughout history: it is a "bed" for small babies. Cots have the specific characteristic of having "bars" or side shields to prevent falls during sleep. Traditional cribs were semicircular feet served to balance them and thus induce the baby sleep. Most are of wood, although we know that brass was used in the nineteenth century in England, and we also have the famous "cradle" made of rattan for the first stage of the baby.

Following what dictates our imagination, we can tailor our children's rooms scenes, here we presented several examples of "Cribs" set in different eras:




This is a Victorian mahogany cradle of the nineteenth century, we see the swing we mentioned in the introduction, and "turned balusters, built to prevent falls.

Now I present a birthplace of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wood painted white and pink with a simple decoration, includes details of the delicate "blanket" in pink and blue.





And here's a modern cradle of the twentieth century. The sides have singles bars and legs and do not end with a "swing" become "legs" fixed, but today most of the cradles carry wheels to facilitate mobility.


Monday, October 20, 2008

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PRINTABLE BABY CRIBS PARQUET

As I said in the previous section, the central rosettes inlaid parquet floor in our scene printed on a unique style, which is what we really miniaturists ...

In this tutorial I give you several rosettes that once got from an Italian site that is devoted to the floors of our homes (those of 100 m2, course), and these models were samples of work done.








simply copy the image I like for the center of your living room, dining room or bedroom, for example pegad ampliadla word and the size suits you to your room. Then just a good printer, the highest quality you can, a steady hand when cutting and pegadla on the parquet will have already installed on the floor of the scene. Once attached you can varnish the rose window, polished floor gives effect, are really precious.
I hope you are precious.

Does Pink X Mean Water Damage

CANOPY LOUNGE - DINING ROOM OF THE HOUSE OF VALERIA

I would like to introduce the living-dining scene, belongs to the Casita de Valeria.
have not tried to print a classic in the room, I tried to merge semi-classical elements, such as upholstered sofas, cherry wood, the coffee table or the classical case where we see the traditional porcelain tea set, along with modern decorative items, pictures, dishes hanging and accessories in general.
We can see in the scene as on the classic fireplace with turned columns present a style box with golden frame with two contemporary films with floral motifs.

As the area of \u200b\u200b"high" on the dresser was made, we see a portrait of the owner of the house, the dining table, round, foot work is classical in style, giving the note color the two chairs upholstered in hot pink damask. I have not included

carpet in order not to obscure the beautiful marquetry detail located in the middle of the living room floor.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Rusian Family Naturism

miniaturization process

I present a work that is quite laborious, but the result is really satisfying.
The first job that we ask is to research, we want to miniaturize the work, in my case the Internet downloaded in PDF format, you can also scan images from any work that you have at home, etc..


We must adjust the size of the book pages you want printed, in case you are working on the scale 1 / 12 the ideal is that the measures do not exceed too the 2 x 3 cms.

Once we set the text we have to cut, in my case it was 180 pages one by one, no less ...

We're done cutting, now we glue the pages in the "back" and let it dry.


prepare tapas, in my case I did a scan on an original book and a high quality printing. You can also find some cover on the internet ...

reinforced the inside of the lids and lined ... not forget that it is very important that the work fits in to reality ...

Glue the backs of the pages along with the caps and let dry few hours.


varnish the outside of the book, this creates an effect that mimics quite well the texture of the skin ... needless to say that the impression must be of good quality because if the paint gets all the colors.

As you can see the result is great, there you have original and miniature. I'm working on the "Breviary of Isabella the Catholic, I have it ready when you show it.

I hope this "workshop" I have been interesting ...

Weird Stomach Feeling Turning

BOOKS A BOOK OF MINIATURE



We wonder, perhaps, the reason for the existence of such small books which are difficult to read. Their historical origin is a practical sense, represented a small stand where you could move a lot of information, and weighing no effort posed no transport.
The first books were religious and were designed to carry around, books of hours, briefs, etc. were tailored in the most small and short as possible to be always close the "word of God."
Then came mini calendars, which are also engaged in a minimum size, so that could be carried in pockets of the vests of the gentlemen or the ladies' purses. Marketed in exquisite boxes, accompanied by a magnifying glass of dimensions proportional to the booklets, which in turn are bound in luxury leather, pearl, ivory, tortoiseshell, filigree, enamel, silk, embroidery, silver and gold ... Becoming gems. Today

the sense that these books are the valuation of credit for their manufacture craft and "miniaturization", true works of art sought after by collectors ...

http://www.minilibros-buch-book.com/

Of course, as what concerns us in these pages are the miniatures, in general, and we can apply to doll houses and scenes particular, we worked a bit in the process of "miniaturization" of a book, which I will present in my next entry.


This is my own "harvest" these are the Bécquer Rhymes and Legends ...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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EXQUISITE CAKES

Well, we know that art imitates reality miniatures, as another of my hobbies is history, I put first in history ... on the origin of the toilets ... and the odd curiosity ... really interesting ....

From relatively early, the man was aware of the unhealthiness of being exposed to their own excrement, and the most primitive peoples and took care of at least away from living quarters to relieve . However, with the onset of population centers of faeces began to become a real problem - not just discomfort, lack of privacy or smell, but also the problem of contamination of drinking water and spread of infectious diseases.

The first solution to this problem was latrine, a hole in the ground, usually inside a small structure to provide privacy. Often, the hole led to a further chamber fairly large. When he had filled, closed and opened another somewhere else, and so again and again. In some places, latrines were collective, in others, each household was theirs.

The Romans were very fond of public baths and hot springs exist in many parts of Europe. The same is true of their latrines, in spite of the name are much more similar to our modern systems to a primitive latrine (water under the seat eliminates waste). The curious thing about the Roman latrines is that in many places, are grouped in public rooms, which seems to suggest that the activity was in some cases, social, instead of something, as we do now, to be ashamed and hide. Funny, right?

"latrines" in Ostia Antica Roman public.

But with the fall of the Empire many of the Roman engineering advances largely lost: the Europeans would return to the primitive latrines, and sewer concept would be lost in oblivion for centuries. The problem, moreover, be exacerbated by advancing the Middle Ages by the increase in population. In the villages, the houses used to have a latrine in a booth near the main building, but what in cities? They used to make their needs earthenware or metal containers, and then throw them out the window to the street.


already reached the sixteenth century, when Sir John Harington is developing a system quite similar, except in one key aspect-it does today: a seat with a tank and emptied it with water to operate a mechanism. Harington, who was part of the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England, offered his invention (which he called " The Ajax") to the sovereign. I wonder what the conversation. Isabel (who was also the godmother of Harington) built one in the Richmond Palace, although not used too: apparently made too much noise, do not ask me how or why.

Sir John Harrington

solution gave Alexander Cummings, a watchmaker in London in 1775 with his patent 814: the trap. The system is simple but effective, and is, as you probably know, in an S-shaped pipe As water passes through the trap, the bottom of the S is always with some water, which acts as a seal on the rest of the pipeline (connecting, sooner or later, with the sewer). Thus, the gases that may have "the other side "can not leave, and you can install all the invention in the home. Hence the name of WC: from Cummings, the smell would be an insoluble problem .


would be years until the general public to enjoy the toilets: the first were installed in public places as the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. Londoners, impressed, came to use this wonderful invention to the palace. There, dressed in white officials received them and charged a penny it cost to sit in one. In fact, in London extended the expression "I spend a penny " to refer to what you're imagining.

The Crystal Palace in 1851.

Finally, in the 1880 Thomas Crapper started manufacturing toilet cheap and high quality, which caused them to spread through many homes. Its design was already very similar to ours: a tank that is filled with water and has a cap, when pulling the chain or toggles the tank is uncovered, and the float closes the water inlet when the tank is refilled.
So, dear reader, I propose that the next time we sit in one, no flies, contaminated drinking water, smells worse than the inevitable backflow of sewage or in the comfort of our own bathroom, take a few seconds of silence grateful Crapper, Cummings, Harington and anonymous inventors of Rome . Life would be much more uncomfortable without their work.

Well, and after this passage of history, of course, in our dolls' houses we could not reflect a reality which existed during the Victorian houses . In these times the toilets were high tank and required fewer water to operate, this is the toilet of the Casita de Gaia:
Most toilets are pedestal, consisting of a seat fixed to the ground by bolts or other removable parts, have a low tank, located behind the seat with a filling mechanism with a standard valve, which cuts the water inlet when it reaches a certain level, and other discharge, operated by the user. I show the toilet of the house of Valeria,


And here you have the Gem of the little ... I'll introduce you and stays full on several occasions ....

Thanks for plumbing, rooms WC have advanced a lot ... but observe the decoration of the cisterns and bowls ... with flowers and garlands of flowers ... late nineteenth century, sought the union practicality and decoration ... useful and beautiful ...

Sunday, October 12, 2008

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TOILETS ... VALERIA

pastry past the word meant "pantry" was the place designated for the storage of supplies and where they were manufactured sweets, pastas, meats and pastry embutidos.El more of a palace was person who was responsible for governing all matters relating to domestic needs, after some time, the position was honorary and always occupied a person from a family of great estirpe.Desde the early eighteenth century, the word referred to the confectionery art of preparing cakes, desserts, sweets, candies, sweets, nuts, ice cream and drink liquor.

The bakery is considered a fine art by the great variety that is used in its construction and the various presentations that can have a dessert or cake.


no doubt the pantry is an art, and imitation sweet cakes and miniature requires patience and imagination.


One of the most interesting factors in building a miniature scene is to mimic reality as closely as possible ...
believe that food, in general, offer endless possibilities ...

In this particular case I'd like to show a "delicious cakes, in different varieties.


With modeling pastes, type fimo, sculpey, etc.. we can get some delicious dishes ... for sample I show:




These "works of art come from Thailand, whose artisans miniaturists get truly wonderful ...

Friday, October 10, 2008

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THE HOUSE OF THE HOUSE OF GEMA

Here I present my fourth and last time house, now I am more to the scenes, I have finished it in December 2007 and was a gift for my niece, Valeria. It has actually been a gift in partnership, Mary, the matron of Valeria has made the financial investment and I have set the "labor", I think it has brought her a real surprise and has been a gift that has impressed .... Here are a VALERIA the uniform has released this year ...
On this occasion I purchased a kit from the store houses:

http://www.tiendadecasitas.com/

This time it is the model "Cambridge." I was responsible for assembling, preparing walls, floors, etc.. and decoration, purchase of furniture, accessories and more. With my previous experience still improved my purchases through the network to different parts of the world ... Valeria's cottage is certainly multicultural ....

continued ... of course ....

Shaolin Monks Uniform



Well this is my third house, the finish in December 2006 and I built for my niece Gemma ... well, they've given the Kings ... but always by my statement ....
As this construction has been in these "modern times" and I saved a lot of documentation. On the other hand, for decoration and because of the Internet have made numerous acquisitions abroad, achieving truly unique and precious objects ... I present to you the beneficiary of the work ... GEMA :




The house was built from a kit, apart from its construction I have done all internal reform: floors, walls, ceilings and furniture, decoration ... etc ... I will upload photos, both the construction process such as furniture, accessories, etc ...

DOVER model is:


This kit was acquired, not through Internet:

http://www.tiendadecasitas.com/

also acquired some of the papers Shopping and many accessories, I recommend a service almost 24 hours, and absolute seriousness.

And here's a sample of my building ... and go deeper ...