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musings on modern miniatures skip to main skip to sidebar musings on modern miniatures random notes on my working with miniatures activities designs and design influences techniques and brain storms friday may 3 2013 catching up after the chicago international show after a relatively smooth trip to chicago just a 2 hour hold in seattle airport because of storms in chicago area we had a very smooth time at the show a number of old friends stopped by to say hello and even better many purchased something once back in vancouver i had to start working on the orders i had received i had two orders for one of my acrylic chandeliers and as usual i made changes to the design for each one here are two photos of one of them i love the pattern it throws on the floor i ll try and get a photo of it suspended above a table the result should be good posted by peter tucker at 10 14 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 10 2012 new light designs the base on this one is all wood as the winter gets grayer and darker out here in vancouver in the rain forest belt temperate kind i decided making some new lights would help brighten my days one of the new lights uses stone for the base which acts as a great counter weight for cantilevered shades i m using leds in the lights as usual one light is another sculpture using some acrylic tubing that phyllis tucker no relation generously gave me glow in the dark bull rushes stone base the arc goes up about 7 inches i just like the contrast of rectilinear and curved posted by peter tucker at 10 02 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday november 14 2012 modern minis at costco i was at my local costco today and was pleasantly shocked to discover they are carrying a modern dollhouse for christmas i believe it is made by kidkraft i have to go back and check at the time i was on a grocery mission and didn t pay enough attention i ve attached a photo i took with my very poor phone camera i shall try and get some more photos and information such as price posted by peter tucker at 6 49 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday november 4 2012 fire fire i ve started assembling a new type of flicker unit for my fireplaces this one will work with batteries as well coin type so don t take up much space the effect is one of glowing embers although i do have another type that is more like an active fire this video is of a unit using batteries what do you think posted by peter tucker at 1 39 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 22 2012 my how time flies when one does not focus there were a few distractions like illnesses and the like but mainly inertia that stopped me from keeping the blog up to date let s see if i can do better the good samaritan showcase of miniatures is a beautifully run show all by volunteers in the san jose california area we my wife jeremie and i had a good time and enjoyed a couple days visiting friends in san francisco after the show now it s back to work i ve added a couple of new art deco moderne pieces that are variations on some earlier pieces of mine the front is red heart yes they are drawers top in brazilian cherry base is padauk posted by peter tucker at 10 16 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday april 30 2012 back from the chicago international this year almost everything went as planned for the show nothing got lost nothing much got broken and had enough sales to make the venture worthwhile it would have been a practically perfect trip if it weren t for the little issue of getting to the airport at 7 30 am for what turned out to be an 8 45 pm departure for a mere 150 that little glitch was fixed imagine lots of bad language here a couple of people asked me to teach a workshop building a mid century modern roombox if i can get enough confirmed interest i ll do that my workshop on advanced leds was full and i think everyone got something out of it i changed my approach in midstream when i saw that i was going to lose some people always good for an adrenalin rush making up a class as you give it posted by peter tucker at 9 33 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday february 24 2012 homework assignment download this book i recently went to an show at the bellevue arts museum in funnily enough bellevue washington on george nelson one of the giants of 20th century design it was quite small but i saw a number of examples of his work that i was not familiar with unlike his bench which i admire and make the king county library system you won t be surprised to learn that bellevue is in king county had a handout available at the show which lists of books by george nelson including this free download of tomorrow s house a complete guide for the home builder i m only part way into it but it s a fascinating read on the how and why of modernism especially in the usa of the mid century and the ideas can certainly be transferred to the mini domain i d love to hear other modern enthusiasts opinions posted by peter tucker at 9 39 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday february 11 2012 in de stijl so to speak i know puns are the lowest form of humour but i can t miss a chance like this stephanie commented she thought there was some feel of mondrian in the golden section display cases he and gerrit rietveld belonged to the dutch design group de stijl the style i understand that it was mondrian who suggested the red blue colour scheme to reitveld the original chair was plain wood in any event here s my photo of the pieces together red blue chairs and display unit posted by peter tucker at 9 37 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday february 10 2012 a couple of golden section display units i mentioned previously i had a couple of other display units based to some extent on the golden section these particular units are about 6 15cm tall but scale down quite nicely the golden section is a ratio of side lengths not a fixed number posted by peter tucker at 4 30 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday february 7 2012 golden sections and rectangles i ve recently completed a couple of books on the use of the golden section in design yes i know i have to get a life and made a couple of pieces trying to use the value as much as possible this display unit is one result it works both as a vertical and horizontal piece about 6 15 cm tall here s a shot with one of neil carter s nice deco pieces on display i have a couple of other units that i will take photos of and add here there are some other examples shown in my modern furniture pages i ve also made some clip on led lights so the individual compartments can be lit up putting a back on the piece is a good idea as it hides the wires also means it s easy to make battery powered same unit horizontal orientation posted by peter tucker at 9 57 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom subscribe to this blog posts atom posts all comments atom all comments subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments followers blog archive 2013 1 may 1 catching up after the chicago international show 2012 11 december 1 november 2 october 1 april 1 february 4 january 2 2011 17 november 1 september 2 august 1 july 1 june 2 may 1 april 3 march 2 february 1 january 3 2010 19 november 1 september 1 july 3 june 2 may 7 april 2 march 3 about me peter tucker vancouver british columbia canada i ve working with miniatures professional since 1998 focusing on original modern work especially lights and furniture i also do film book themes federal georgian and other period rooms or just about anything else a client dreams up before i started miniatures full time i ran a small consulting company database and system design and before that i was a policy analyst for the provincial government and yes before that a psychologist and before that a teacher i started my post secondary education in engineering changed to psychology and ended up doing graduate working first in psychology and later in administration all of which ties in directly to miniatures i think view my complete profile