torsdag 18 februari 2016
tisdag 16 februari 2016
A dormant blog
It is some time since I wrote anything on this blog. I have not abondon it. It just a question of time. I have changed apartment twice in six mounths so everthing is still unpacked. On top of that I am working on my thesis.
But I will be back!
But I will be back!
torsdag 22 januari 2015
Textile fabrics
A while ago I had problems finding the "right" textile fabrics to sew doll clothes or curtins to the older doll houses. After joining a Facebook group specilized on textiles from the 60s and 70s I could buy these very fine textile fabrics which origins from the 60s.
I am so happy that I now can sew both cloths for naked dolls and curtins for my houses from the 60s.
I am so happy that I now can sew both cloths for naked dolls and curtins for my houses from the 60s.
Will post the result later on.
tisdag 23 december 2014
tisdag 9 december 2014
Work in progress
I would like to invite you to my new project; Pensionat Storspoven. It is a little family hotel named after a bird, a curlew.
As a base for my hotel a have a dollhouse called "Norrland" which was manufactured by Lundby in 1990. I am going to decorate it with furniture manufactured by Lundby from about 1988 to 1992 with some exceptions. Some hotel related furniture I would probably have to made myself. Today we start with a little house tour to see how far the work has went.
A sitting area were the guests can relax, listen to music, enjoying a fireplace and so on. Yes, there are no fireplace now but hopefully soon there will be one.
One of the room, very unfinished as you can see.
The kitchen
The dining room.
On the backside of the house there are three more rooms which I am planing of doing to a bedroom, a gym and a bathroom. As you can see the hotel is lacking many items but as I said, it is a work in progress. I am also planing on writing a nice plate with the hotels name on. Coming back later on when I have any news.
lördag 15 november 2014
A new bathroom
Recently I bought these wonderful bathroom items. I don´t know the brand neither the age. The seller got it as a Christmas present in 1968 so they are at least 46 years old.
The blue and grey parts are a kind of plastic material while the black parts are of rather heavy metal material. I think the design are very nice and I guess they might be English. Someone out there who knows? The mirror and the plant are made by Lundby.
The blue and grey parts are a kind of plastic material while the black parts are of rather heavy metal material. I think the design are very nice and I guess they might be English. Someone out there who knows? The mirror and the plant are made by Lundby.
söndag 2 november 2014
"Mora" clocks
There are clocks and there are clocks. Today I am going to write about grandfather clocks or "Mora klocka" which it is called in swedish.
The "Mora" clock in full size (1:1) was a rather large clock which was placed on the floor. The clockworks were of pendulum clock type and often manufactured in the town of Mora in the province of Dalecarlia in Sweden. Sometimes the body of the clock was painted with flowers or the special pattern called "kurbits" from Dalecarlia. The first known Mora clock is from the fifteenth century and later on in the eighteenth century an important production of these clocks developed in Dalecarlia. This kind of clock became very popular to have at home in the latter part of the eighteenth century and it gave the owner a certain cachet. From the start the clock's shape was straight, but in the beginning of the nineteenth century the clocks were influenced by the Rococo period and got a more curving shape. [source: Wikipedia]
I start with the clock which I think is the oldest of the above pictured. I don't know its origin and it misses one of its pointers made out of a metal pin. It has the typical rococo shape and painted with some flowers.
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The "Mora" clock in full size (1:1) was a rather large clock which was placed on the floor. The clockworks were of pendulum clock type and often manufactured in the town of Mora in the province of Dalecarlia in Sweden. Sometimes the body of the clock was painted with flowers or the special pattern called "kurbits" from Dalecarlia. The first known Mora clock is from the fifteenth century and later on in the eighteenth century an important production of these clocks developed in Dalecarlia. This kind of clock became very popular to have at home in the latter part of the eighteenth century and it gave the owner a certain cachet. From the start the clock's shape was straight, but in the beginning of the nineteenth century the clocks were influenced by the Rococo period and got a more curving shape. [source: Wikipedia]
The above "Mora" clocks are from my miniature world and have different ages and shapes.
I start with the clock which I think is the oldest of the above pictured. I don't know its origin and it misses one of its pointers made out of a metal pin. It has the typical rococo shape and painted with some flowers.
This white clock has a blue clock face which is pasted on the clock. The rococo-painting is rather simple and is similar to the rococo paintings which are found on early manufactured Lundby furniture. So maybe this clock was manufactured by them. My guess on age is the 1940s to 1950s.
These two "Mora" clocks have the same shape on the body of the clock as the former one, but with different paintings which are probably not done by hand. The clock faces are green and red and are not showing the same time. These clocks can also have been manufactured by Lundby.
This "Mora" clock is more tricky to decide the origin of. It has similar hand-painted rococo patterns as the first white clock above, but the shape is similar to the ones which came later one (see the next one presented). A little bit of a mystery.
Here are the more younger clock compared to the above ones. This was manufactured by Lundby from the 1960s and onward. The clock face is now yellow. The clocks could sometimes show different times.
These two "Mora" clocks are completely similar except the time on the clock faces. But if the clock faces were twisted before gluing them to the clocks they would show the same time.
These two "Mora" clocks are also manufactured by Lundby but are of later dates.