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"Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 1:25 pm
by Howard
Greetings to all…
This is a “custom made little glitter house“…the business owner is an accomplished artist and longtime e-friend of mine…he and I made an “exchange of skills barter agreement“…he did a very generous personal favor for me…and i made this for him...
It measures 5” tall x 4” wide x 3” deep…sits on a “city sidewalk base” that extends ½” on the sides and back and 1 ½” in front…it’s illuminated with LED lights and powered by a coin size 3-volt battery…I did take liberties on the side window placement and leave off details on the sides that I could not see in the Google maps street view image I worked from…
My very best regards…
Howard…
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 1:56 pm
by les
Great job Howard!! Love it!!
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:18 am
by maria
This is fabulous!
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 6:09 pm
by JCass
What a nice treasure that you created Howard. Thx for sharing this
John
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 7:50 pm
by Lucy
Wow!! What a delightful gift for someone. Great details. And I love the pictures inside the windows. That is so cool.
But finally, the city sidewalk base! Really? How did you do that? It looks like a real sidewalk.
Thank you so much for sharing this treasure just like John said.
Lucy
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 8:09 pm
by Howard
Lucy...
the "city sidewalk" is a double layer of very thick cardboard* about 1/4" thick, painted with gray craft paint and then the joint lines were drawn with a black gel ballpoint pen...
*the very thick cardboard is what you find under the vinyl layers of fronts and backs of three-ring binders...sometimes the inside cardboard layer is solid and sometimes it is a lamination of two layers of cardboard with a layer of thin corrugated sandwiched in the middle...it's an easy task to fill the ends of the flutes with spackling compound or a mix of white craft paint and baby powder to make a thick paste, let dry and then sand smooth...
howard...
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 9:01 am
by maria
Love the baby powder info!
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:32 am
by debquilts
Love this artist studio. Just perfect as always... Now tell me... How do you cut those notebook covers?
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 11:18 am
by Howard
debquilts wrote:Love this artist studio. Just perfect as always... Now tell me... How do you cut those notebook covers?
Hello...nice to hear from you...
I cut the double thick cardboard with a steel straight edge guide and a mat knife...it tales multiple passes with a sharp blade...don’t try to cut it with one or two passes...it might take a dozen or more passes to get thru the layers...but eventually it will give up and become a nice base...try not to move the steel edge guide between passes...
Hope this helps....
Howard...
Re: "Custom made little glitter house" of artist's studio
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:48 am
by BrianB
Looks great Howard!! Love all the detail on the windows and overhang!