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Camp Mini Ha Ha `09 Miniature Project
My
name is Samm Brockhurst. I have been involved in
Miniatures for over 30 years and have been teaching and
designing room boxes for close to 20 years.
My job as Project Leader/Teacher is to help you realize
your vision of “Your Store” --- there will be tools
available and people to help you use them -- there will
plenty of exchanges of ideas about how to achieve a
certain look or style --- there will be “mini” workshops
of different techniques of finishing and aging and
discussions about chocolate and other important things.
I attended Camp last year and know
that although the picture of the project is my prototype
--- that it is not how it will end up. (Well, in the
first place --- It will have a door). We will all start
in the same place with the same pieces but we will each
end up with a personalized project, be it contemporary,
shabby chic, ancient, aged or a brand-new
ready-for-opening-day store.
One of the ideas when designing this
project was that when finished it would fit inside of a
"Banker's Box", so it will be easy to pack up to get it
home.
The store will be built of Gatorboard and Basswood.
It will be approximately 14 inches wide by 11 inches
tall (at the front) and 10 inches deep. There will be
an acrylic top inset in a wooden frame so that the
interior does not require lighting and will not get
dusty. The interior will be accessible via the top as
well as through the removable front. We will be
scratch building the window and the door. The front
façade will be built up of various applied mouldings and
trim.
You will need to supply your own flooring, and wallpaper
as well as something to cover the exterior. We will
have some wallpaper available and I
usually cover the outside of the box with either
wallpaper or fabric. We will also have a few ideas and
techniques for different types of flooring.
Please
contact me with any questions
[email protected] |