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Author Archives: smallhousepress
Inner Workings: Faces of the Moon, Pt. V
A reader recently asked how Noel and I divvied up the jobs on a project. It’s a good question because I’ve spent a lot of time writing about what I did, and sort of waving to Noel who was slogging along on … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures
Tagged aging miniatures, dollhouse miniatures, storybook architecture, work style
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Wave Coursing: Faces of the Moon Pt. IV
At 4:03 a.m. on Jan. 7, 1994 the Northridge earthquake shook southern California awake, including the future owners of the Faces of the Moon project. Paula Jones was about to slap President Clinton with a lawsuit, and movies–for us Forrest … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures
Tagged aging miniatures, architecture, dollhouse miniatures, wave course roofing
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The Stair People and Other Nomads: Faces of the Moon, Pt. IV
With the question of what to do with the space between the chimney and the entry still hovering, we continued our work on the toymaker’s workshop. While Noel was devising all kinds of fun exterior details, and figuring out the interior, the last of … Continue reading
Rocking Gepetto’s Chimney: Faces of the Moon Pt. III
In more ways than one, this posting is about splitting rock—1) the literal task of splitting rock for a miniature chimney, and 2) the more cerebral task of bashing my mid-20th Century brain against the rock of Millennial technology to … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures
Tagged dollhouse miniatures, mini rock chimney, toymaker's house
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Tower House for sale, Nutshell back issues
The messages below came through the blog site recently, so I thought I’d post them separately so you wouldn’t miss them. 1. I have a Tower House looking for a new home. Please seehttp://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=35895#entry579104 inquire at info@hertzfelt.com 2. golfer44302@mypacks.net has back issues of … Continue reading
Posted in Miniatures
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The Midnight Factor: Faces of the Moon Part II
It was early 1992, or thereabouts, when we began to cut wood for Faces of the Moon. For background entertainment we had the end of the Bush-Quayle era (marked by a widely-televised diplomatic dinner where Bush vomited and passed out … Continue reading
A Roof, Gepetto, and the Moon: Faces of the Moon, Pt. I
In 1984, a new client (whom some readers will know as Melanie Wilson) called to say she was smitten. She had just seen the newly-completed Pippen Hill–our semi-fantasy Old European toymaker’s workshop inspired by the paintings of Anton Pieck–and asked … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures, People
Tagged Carmel, dollhouses, Faces of the Moon, fantasy architecture, Gepetto, miniatures
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String Too Short to Be Saved: Building the Maine Idyll Bathroom from Salvage
What Noel began in 1974 as an odds and ends drawer in the studio overflowed to engulf an entire wall of shelves, and most of the surrounding drawer, floor and wall space. Found bits like Ronson lighter springs, trout fishing … Continue reading
Maine Idyll, # 48, 1991: The Outers and Unders
To unwind from the 1990 Guild School workshop in Castine, ME, we took the slow, winding route down the Maine coast. Just north of Freeport, where Route 1 prepares to enter the Maine Turnpike, … Continue reading
Posted in Miniatures, Teaching
Tagged architecture, dollhouses, miniature bricks, miniatures
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Frosty II: Putting It All Together
The customer for Frosty was an avid fan we could never say no to. She liked our work so much she built a room over her swimming pool (the same pool we and our dog swam in on previous deliveries) … Continue reading