AIM Member Showcase ~ Christine Verstraete

Looking for a great book for your miniature projects? Then look no further than AIM Member Christine Verstraete who is offering her 'In Miniature Style II' book via eBook, Print, Kindle and other formats on her website http://www.cverstraete.com

With over 40 projects, including this Halloween Screen, you'll be sure to find something for your special project.

AIM Member Showcase ~ Suzane Herget

Suzane Herget has been interested in miniatures since a young age and has subsequently hand made miniature accessories for her daughters dolls house. In 1981, Suzanne was taught how to hand make Tatting and in 2007 she applied for and was awarded IGMA status. Around 2008, having moved to quarter scale, Suzane started to move into the area of doll making and made a series of dolls for an Anniversary Inn. Her Eliza Doolittle and friends seen above were some of her first creations and continue to be among her favorites.

Suzane sells her lovely work through her blog and enquiries can be made via email at petitentiny9@gmail.com

On Suzane's blog, you will find her beautifully made dresses and petite count embroidery. Suzane tells me she loves to create and is always happy to consider special orders. Throughout the month of November, Suzanne is offering a tiny, round doilie for sale. This doilie measures less than 1" across and is being offered for sale to worldwide customers.

Suzane's Blog can be found at petitentiny9 blogspot



AIM Member Showcase ~ K J Dolls Houses

Kevin Jackson has been making unique miniature Tudor dollhouses for over 2 years.  What started out as a hobby has turned into a full-time occupation since he recently retired from building real houses at exhibitions; something he had done for 20 years.

No two houses are ever the same, as Kevin doesn’t follow any plans and the design of each house evolves as he works.  Each 12^th scale house takes approximately 4-5 weeks to complete and costs anything from £750.00 to £3000.00 plus.  To see some of the houses he has made visit www.kjdollshouses.co.uk.

The attention to detail and use of good quality materials makes these collector’s houses much sought after.  All the wood for the beams, posts, floor boards, bargeboards and brackets is solid timber as the grain of real wood gives a more realistic, yet miniature, finish.  The wood is then wire brushed to bring the grain of the timber out, the edges are then carefully distressed to give an aged appearance, before receiving at least 3 coats of stain.

The leaded windows are handmade with a special finish on the ‘glass effect’ which gives it a textured relief when touched from the outside, just as Tudor glass would have looked.  The windows come complete with internal ironmongery which is also handmade.

To duplicate how Tudor timber frame houses were originally jointed together, the outside of the houses feature individually cut, drilled and fixed timber pegs, in the positions where the structural joints would occur.  On average this results in 100-130 separate pegs being fitted to every house.    

The internal floor boards are all handmade and then laid one at a time.  To add a realistic touch, each one has joints carefully cut into them, complete with nail holes on both sides of the joint.  All the ‘heavy oak effect’ doors are handmade and have a full set of handmade authentic looking dummy hinges and twisted metal pull ring handles. 

All houses come fully lit with handmade lights.  The roofs, paving and chimneys are plastered and sculpted by hand, all of which are then painted and treated with matt varnish to protect the finish.

Kevin is always happy to discuss customer’s specific requirements before taking the order, to ensure that they are getting the house of their dreams.

November imag

Due to the amount of Miniature Shows at this time of the year unfortunately the Editorial Team at AIM are unable to bring you the November issue of the Free AIM Magazine.

Many of our team are busy preparing for shows both here and abroad and obviously their businesses have to come first. 

Their time is given freely to produce the magazine and there are obviously times when something has to give way to real life commitments.

We hope you won't be too disappointed.

Don't forget that past issues of the imag are available to read online, just click here to go our library of previous AIM imag issues.

The Ed Team

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