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Merry Christmas
with love, money, health and... miniatures!!!Thanks to CRAZY.FRANKENSTEIN.COM for the lovely image
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Out of date but always in time
As I've told before I'm a teacher in a regular school in Algarve (south of Portugal). I teach all kinds of visual arts and artistic technologies. My pupils are children from 10 to 14 years old,...
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A classical Portuguese carpet - Arraiolos style
Another team work!This time, Gisela Silvestre and I, we adapted the design from a traditional Portuguese carpet. It's from Arraiolos a small and very beautiful village in the center-south of Portugal,...
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Villa JOANA
A Dolls House for my grand daughter Joana. She is now 7 years old and we live far from each other - about 300km between us. I think she is in a good age to get the "virus" of miniatures.Two years ago I...
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I'm back!
After so many months without posting I found all different!!! The interface is not the same and I had to check everything before I was sure that it works. But here are the news.Once my granddaughter's...
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Spanish Colonial Armchairs
It’s impossible!!! My professional life doesn’t allow me time for Blogs! Everyday I must choose between making miniatures or actualise this Blog! Miniatures win always, of course!Last...
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Arts & Crafts - New pieces
Well, "new" is a funny way to call them!!! They were new last November!!! Those pieces were made to present at Tom Bishop Show in Madrid.This time I decide to choose Arts & Crafts style. The...
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Tom Bishop Show - Madrid, November 2010
This is the only photo I have of the show. I shared a table with my friend Ana Maria Morgado. Take a look at her Blog. http://www.am-ambientes-em-miniatura.blogs.sapo.pt/ She has an exceptional work!
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MINIATURAS - Construcción & Coleccionismo July/August 2010
Another article published by this revue last Summer -issue nr. 151 Click on the photo or increase the zoom to read. I'm sorry, it's written in Spanish and I suppose the automatic translator...
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Tutorial for a "Chinese" birdcage
Published by MINIATURAS - Construcción & Coleccionismo, nr 151 (July/August 2010) you can follow the building procedure of this birdcage called by the editor " La Jaula de la Felicidad" what means...
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To a special friend
As you have noticed my last posts are months out of date. But this one I couldn't miss.It's not the first time I refer my friend Ana Maria Morgado. She is an amazing miniaturist as well as very good...
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Mission-style lamp
Finally I decide to try a very simple electric work. When I build “Villa Joana” (my grand daughter’s dollhouse), I had the first contact with electrical materials. In the beginning I was a little...
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Easter Greetings
These are not miniatures but I had to share this amazing work with you! Click the link below. It will open a Word file with lots of photos from a Russian, an American and some other unknown...
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Only for fun and pleasure!
The idea is not original but I wanted to do it my way. From the structure to the tinniest detail I enjoyed the pleasure of hand making all of them, engaging myself in a kind of game. At same time I...
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INTERNATIONAL GUILD OF MINIATURE ARTISANS
The Artisan Selection Committee met on April 30, 2011 to evaluate Artisans submissions and I proudly inform all my readers that my membership in the Guild has been elevated to that of Artisan member in...
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IGMA submission
Now, in holidays from school I got a little time to take a few photos of the pieces I submit last April to the IGMA Committee.They took a long time to be back at home. After being presented to the jury...
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GUILD ARTISAN MEMBERS 2011 - IGMA
If you follow the link below you can find the selected IGMA Artisans 2011. http://www.igma.org/recognition/artisan.html
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Trying again...
It's not so easy to paint this scale but here is my last work. It's a pastel with 4,5cmx5,5cm After cutting the glass and building the frame I was pleased with the result. May be it's destiny is...
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Happy Easter and a vase full of tulips
I keep on trying pastel work! Slowly!!! I don't have the time I need to develope tecnics and adapt my skills as a full scale painter to a miniature work.This weekend I had a few hours. I decided to try...
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