Just A Side Table

Been working on a small project involving a side table and a weird painting.

Click on the image below to get a tour..

Thingies

On these pictures you can see a deliciously rusted, elongated 'thingie' with four holes, which I found on the street today, sitting on top of another 'thingie', a Meccano piece which I 'weathered' to make it look rusty. I'm sure I'll find a good use for both!

Night Flight

Real magic starts at night. When the good people sleep, and the shadows roam the land, supernatural beings venture outside for a ride. Ghostly and ethereal, they cross the skies in silence. Oh, how I love the night!

Diana

Meet 'Diana', a 'O Gauge' clockwork black beauty with red trimmings, manufactured by Hornby of Liverpool, England. 

She's seen here pulling a coal tender as she entered the Rust & Steel Train Maintenance workshop earlier today. Welcome, Diana!

Royal Scot 6100

I've managed to acquire this deliciously aged, and rare Hornby Royal Scot 6100 'O gauge' steam loc body!! It was quite a challenge, because there were several other people trying to get their hands on her as well, but in the end it was for me!

She will remain 'as is', because no mortal can compete with the work of the great  'Master Painter' named Time. Instead, I intend to use her in a scene depicting either a derelict loc, or one in 'deep maintenance'... 

Below is a pic of how this loc would have looked like when complete and alive...

Photo credit: oliverk1373, UK (photo's 1-6), Anderson & Garland Ltd, Auctioneers, UK (photo 7)

Scavenger

I'm a scavenger. When I walk outside, my eyes are drawn like a magnet to anything lying around that may look like scrap.  I'm sure many of you will recognize that habit. 

Little pieces of metal, a discarded air cartridge, a rock with a certain shape, a piece of weathered wood... everything draws my attention! Then I stop, pick it up, and carefully study it, while my mind tries to identify at lightning speed if it could have a potential use for my work with miniatures.

Today it was this metal 'thingie'. My best guess is that this is a clip from a picture frame; you know, one of those clips that hold the frame assembly together. But to me it could be anything, really, and definitely of use for miniatures! So I kept it, and here it is, in all its glory..!

Miniature painting

The ghostly figure in this semi-abstract painting looks as if he's wondering around in desolation.. His eyes are hollow, his gaping mouth is big and black. Is he holding a candle? Is it even a 'he', or, perhaps, a 'she'..? And what are those geometrical features in the background? A window, or a mere reflection of one? If up to you to decide what you see...

Ghastly figure with candle. 2018. Acryl on canvas, with wooden frame. 4x5cm (1,5x2inch)

Little station cat arrived!

The little station car finally arrived here, and has now been officially adopted! He will be of great company to the workmen of the Rust & Steel Train Maintenance Facility.

I think I'll call him Seamus, but I'm still open to suggestions, so if anyone has a great idea for a name, just forward it to me and who knows... I may change my mind! ;)

It's online...

Dear All, you're invited to enter the eerie crypt of my latest project: "The Premature Burial"!

Click on the image below to enter.

Don't be afraid. I'll guide you back into the light.... 

Gina

Today the Rust & Steel Train Maintenance Workshop saw the arrival of a beautifully aged, pre-war O gauge Hornby clockwork loc in the markings of the Great Western Railway (GWR). I gave her the name 'Gina'.

As reported on March 29, I acquired this lady in the UK, and now she's finally here. Welcome, Gina!!

 

Coming up...!

It was the nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe: being buried before time... My fifth shadow box titled "The Premature Burial" deals with the subject, and will soon be published here for all to see! So keep an eye on this space... and get ready for a healthy dose of goosebumps!

Station cat!

A new addition to my O gauge toy trains collection: a vintage Hornby station cat!! Isn't he cute??! He will be making the journey from the UK to me, so I wish him a safe trip and hopefully he will arrive soon! In the meantime I must think of a name for him... :)

Photo credit: Fenwater

Bones

One of the constituents of my ongoing project: real animal bones. They're very tiny, and I think they belong to different animals, most probably rodents and birds. I bought them from a collector and they're pretty old. I knew that I would find a purpose for them, and there you go..

I'm in!

Dear All,

The latest issue of DollsHouse & Miniature Scene magazine (UK) features a four-page article with my work! This is my debut as a 'miniaturist' in an international publication. It's also a great honor to share the issue with the largest and most famous dolls house in the world: Queen Mary's Dollshouse! Feel honored, humbled, and proud! Click on the image below to go to the publishers Facebook page.

First page of the article

It's here...

My forth shadow box is now online!

Please click on the below picture to get the full story...

Invisible

Here's more stuff which you won't see, once my current project is done. This is because it will be hidden behind walls, or are the inside of walls. Yet, it's there, I know it is... and now you know too...!

Wall surface facing the back of the shadow box, hence not visible.

Pile of all sorts of things, which will be inside a wall.

Wall surface facing a hollow cavity, will be only partially visible.

Black & White

I think it looks even better in black & white....

One More...

OK, just one more for the road, with the stairs now in place. Thumbs up if you like it!

 

Sneak Preview

Hi All,

Here's a rare, sneak preview of my latest project, a new 'shadow box'.

Normally I don't share 'work in progress', but considering that some of these features will disappear from view behind other structures as the project progresses, I thought I'd show them to you  before they disappear forever. So... enjoy!

Door too high? Don't worry: there will be stairs!

See? Stairs...