Still wetting the brushes

 

Not much to report on work from the workshop, am experimenting with a few things, my time is heavily occupied right now with my paintings, the one above is 'Tuscan View' and measures 2-3/4" wide, a bit different to the cottage scenes I have been doing lately and really enjoyed doing this one.

 

The one below is my last spookeeeeee painting of the year, 'The Cemetary Gatehouse' but now is the time to move on to other subjects, a few castles and stateley homes are on the drawing board.

 

I am also dabbling with some full size paintings, something I have negelected for several years now, if things work out well I will post a photo here.

 

Back with the painting

 

Been absent from the miniature world for a few weeks, needed a break by the sea.

 

Painting above is of Windsor castle and is approx 3" wide.

 

Painting below is of Beatrix Potter's house and this is a tiny one, actual painting is approx 3/4" wide, both frames are made by myself, I have a few more tiny ones planned, keeps the eye muscles active!

 

 

Am about to embark on a lot of miniature turnings and also have a few new ideas I want to try in miniature, photos to follow if the ideas work out.

Stop Press; my old website has now gone, currently building a much smaller one which is
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Mythical Mode

In my mythical mode at the moment, a Unicorn horn in miniature, said to hold magical powers, there's only one way to find out, this would look great in a castle or a witch's house.

Few more miniatures of a difference going on in my workshop at the moment and will be posting new photos as and when they are ready.

I was going to show my latest painting, but can't find it, that's one of the problems of painting in miniature!

Nessie

My latest miniature creation, the head of the Loch Ness Monster, found on the shore of Loch Ness by Hamish McDonald circa 1830.

 

Not been up to a great deal in the workshop lately but hope to back in there firing on all cylinders very soon and will post a few photos when I get chance.

Back into action

Been a bit quiet lately, had a small break from miniatures, but back to it again now.

Have just finished the church font which is pictured above, lots more projects now on the go, which includes a few very unusual ones.

 

My website harvington.com has now gone and is slowly being replaced by harvingtonminis.co.uk, with a saving of over £200 a year it had to be done.

 

I am no longer attending Miniature Fairs and this will be the case for the forseeable future.

All my miniature work is now on sale in America, am only selling in the UK via commissions.

 

Two of my paintings are featured in the current edition of DH&MS magazine and I am busy painting a few more ready to send to America.

 

Hopefully I will now post here a bit more often.

This is a tobacco jar which I have turned in amboyna burl and I have turned the table from impregnated exotic wood.

 

Now in the USA.

Been a while since my last post, been busy with lots of other things, we exhibited at the Wolverhampton Fair last week, we did okay, but have done better, wasn't many collectors through the doors though, never mind, these things do happen.

This Sunday the 14th April, the Harvington Miniatures roadshow will be at the Knights Hill Hotel in King's Lynn. A popular venue, one of our favourites and is run very professionally by Dolly's Daydreams.

The following weekend we will be at another Dolly's fair in Kettering.

Due to various reasons we we will not be exhibiting at as many fairs as we had first planned, check our website for further details.

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A new product is now available, a lighthouse ornament which stands at just over an inch tall, looks like I need to get some practice at painting this sort of miniature, it's a bit different to painting on a canvas.

I have also got some new church/tudor plaques, plaques with quite a difference, but to see these you will have to visit our stand, the plaques are rather unique.

And finally due to the Post Office putting their prices up by ridiculous amounts yet again, for the time being I no longer sell on ebay. As most of my online sales go to America I now have someone selling my work over in the USA, her user name on ebay is prenupt she has an excellent reputation in the world of miniatures, so if you live over there and want to buy my work then you will now find the shipping costs are a lot lot less.

Jardinire tables

Been a short while since my last blog post, have been concentrating on my mainstream minis for the upcoming fairs and only three weeks now till Wolverhampton and then quite a few on the trot.

More or less got the stock made that I wanted to and can now concentrate on one off miniatures, such as the ones above, a jardinire table in 1/12th, one in the middle is 1/24th scale (just over an inch tall) and a cake stand/table.

Been slowed down as well due to finding out the hard way that table saws and fingers do not go together!!

The throbbing now eased off and slowly getting back in the workshop again, but going to be a few more weeks before I am back to full strength.

More new items on the way soon, head still full of new ideas and the sketch book is overflowing.