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Dollhouse Miniatures – Hooked Rugs, Carpets & Wall Hangings by Don Thomas Designs

Dollhouse Miniatures – Hooked Rugs, Collectible Rugs, Carpets, & Wall Hangings by Don Thomas Designs, I’ve been designing and handcrafting museum quality doll house miniature rugs and wall hangings professionally now for over three years, but my passion and love for miniatures and rugs started long before that. I design my miniature rugs and wall hangings for that special setting or to be framed as life size wall art. I create rug designs that are original as well as adapted from earlier styles, ranging from the primitive to the contemporary look. Individually they are all hand crafted and sewn to replicate the look and feel of either knotted, hooked or woven rugs, each, one of a kind. My rugs contain thousands upon thousands of stitches. I use natural and some man made fibers. Keeping my rugs within an exceptionally fine miniature scale, they’re designed with the discriminating collector in mind. My miniature rugs are not stiff or bulky but instead will drape and are precisely scaled for the true realist. I’ve created special processes, which I use in hand crafting these detailed pieces to reflect my passion and love for miniatures and rugs as art forms. Thus, these fine miniature rugs are especially suited to be framed individually and hung as life size wall art. I will gladly accept commissions as well as custom work. Please check out my website: www.donthomasdesigns.com. You may contact be by e-mail: donthomasdesigns@yahoo.com. I may also be reached at 818-292-7956 …

New York Storefronts in Miniature

Visual artist Randy Hage has spent the last 25 years making sets, models and props for the TV/film and small scale hobby industries. Former instructor at FIDM in Los Angeles, teaching set and prop fabrication. Owner of Doll House Lady Miniatures, a retail hobby store that has served small scale enthusiasts since 1986. Currently working on a personal fine arts project that has been on hold since 2001…Documenting and replicating NYC storefronts that are disappearing due to gentrification and urban renewal. See recent blog interviews with me at the following links… dnainfo.com vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com ny.curbed.com You can also view photos of my work at www.flickr.com Handmade, scratch built, 1/12th scale miniature models. Realistic depictions of New York storefront architecture. Documenting the disappearing structures in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens. Miniature sculptures that replicate the original structures down to the smallest detail. Storefronts in this video include Donuts Coffee Shop, which was located at Union and 5th in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, Sandwich Shop which was located at the corner of Hope and Marcy in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ny, Vesuvio Bakery (now Birdbath bakery) located in Soho on Prince st, NY, and Nick’s luncheonette located on 196 Broadway, Williamsburg, NY. Currently working on Ideal Hosiery storefront, Manhattan, NY Randy Hage is a contemporary visual artist and model maker who is fabricating realistic miniature models of NYC …

Wood Carving Exhibition Sculpture Art Lanna Style Thailand Burmese Teak HiDef Video Stereo Sound

Woodcarving exposition of Thai sculpture and artworks in conventional Lanna style created by carver artisans in authentic Burmese teakwood. ???????? ?????? ??????? sasinan sunisa kleebrang SCULPTURE: The first known sculptures are from the Indus Valley civilization (3300–1700 BC), found in sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. These are among the earliest known instances of sculpture in the world. Later, as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism developed further, India produced bronzes and stone carvings of great intricacy, such as the famous temple carvings which adorn various Hindu, Jain and Buddhist shrines. Some of these, such as the cave temples of Ellora and Ajanta, are examples of Indian rock-cut architecture, perhaps the largest and most ambitious sculptural schemes in the world. WOODCARVING is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand (this may be a power tool), resulting in a wooden figure or figurine (this may be abstract in nature) or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. TEAKWOOD: Genuine Burmese Teak its Latin name is “Tectona Grandis Linn”. Teak or Golden Teak is the king of hardwoods and it’s one of the world’s most valuable timbers, recognized for its durability and stability. Teak is more durable than any other hardwood and has unparalleled rich beauty. Teak can withstand all types of weather. Ancient Burmese and Thai royalty considered teak to be a royal tree. It has been the pillar of the …