Hello Woodsy, my Missus has been getting up to all sorts of hijinks...
As Cliff Richard sang "I met a girl and she told me she loved me
I said you love me then love means you must like what I like"
Well, that's come home to roost with her latest 1/12 scale room box.
It features a friend of ours in his studio (for the BlueMountainsPortrait Prize)
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There are lots of lovely details like the broom made out of a toothbrush and the mandatory hidden mouse, but the crown jewel is a hand made miniature of George Pal's Time Machine, reimagined as a pull toy!
The disc at the rear and the cushions on the chair are made of Sculpey poly clay. The base is balsawood and aluminium wire. The carved timber details on the chair are cut out of plastic sheet and the flourishes built up with modelling paste and PVA glue (how does she do it?)
The whole thing is hand painted with chrome metallic paints for the details. I'd just bought a new box set of Green Stuff World metallics and it looks like it's left me already and gone to live in her paint drawer!
Hmmm, those wheels on the pull toy look awfully familiar... Ring any bells, Moonbasers?
Looey
Oz Base
Totally awesome miniature work from your Missus Looey! An incredible talent!
ReplyDeleteGood lord, man, that diorama is awesome, and that scratch-built Time Machine Toy is too adorable for words! That woman is a friggin' genius! SFZ
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ReplyDeleteRemoved my previous comment - trying to multi-task here at the house and screwed everything up! hahahaha Anywho - your wife does awesome work Looey! I'm gonna have to break out my German dollhouse furniture and start blogging :-)
ReplyDeleteHave the wheels been purloined from that SPV which is sneaked into one of the shots? Beautiful modelling, the figure looks like he might get up and walk off! Im especially impressed with those tiny tubes of paint! Bill
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful model, and I too love the Time Machine pull toy. Will there be a full size version, as implied in the caption ? Obviously, your paints are being put to very good use.
ReplyDeleteWow !
ReplyDeleteSo much love put into this Looey.
Remarkable !
When is the portrait prize Looey?
ReplyDeleteIt opens on February 14 and is actually on exhibition for almost two months. The Prize is actually awarded by popular choice, so Marilyn and I have pooled our chances by producing a double display. Originally we were going to make two wall hung pieces, but the gallery asked if we could display on a pedestal, so I built a lazy Susan style rotating stand that holds both works.
DeleteThe curators have said they've never seen anything like it before, so we're quietly confident it might be different enough to cut through the mass of traditionally painted works...
Fantastic job Looey. Sounds like a winner!
DeleteWhat a pity I can not vote, because it would certainly get mine. A great display. Good luck.
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