Mercado de Natal do Campo Pequeno!

Algumas fotografias da minha mesa no Mercado de natal com as minhas mobílas Alentejanas , com peças (tapetes e alcofas/sacos em crochet, jarras, chinelinhos...) da minha amiga Cilocas. Falta a sala de jantar que tenho de tirar em casa....ficou escondida pelos outros ambientes, uma grande falha minha!

Mobilia Alentejana e o mercado de Natal do Campo Pequeno

Tanta coisa para fazer e já falta menos de um mês!!!! Agora tenho companhia (LOL), é de madeira e fica muito caladinha a ver-me pintar, é à escala 1/12 e assim vejo se as minhas peças estão mesmo perfeitas. Decidi chamá-la Maria Madeira em inglês será Mrs Woods!

So many thing to do and less than one month to the fair!!!! I have now companion in my working room, her name is Mrs Woods and she is very quiet, she loves to stay there watching me painting! As you see she is in 12th scale, so she also helps me to see if my furniture is well done in terms of scale.....

Mobília Alentejana para o Mercado de Natal do Campo Pequeno

Trabalho dos últimos dias, ou melhor noites....para o Mercado de Natal do Campo Pequeno ( de 1 a 5 de Dezembro), cadeiras Alentejanas em 4 cores que vão fazer conjunto com as camas, mesinhas de cabeceiras e espelho!
My own Alentejo painted furniture for the next fair! I am made them in four typical colours I hope you like them, I also made them to sell in my Etsy shop!

my own furniture! a minha mobilia! original design!

Peça que fiz já há algum tempo e que foi vendida na minha loja Etsy, faço por encomenda. Toda feita e pintada por mim, nada é de compra! Faço por ncomenda a gosto do cliente, ou seja, as cores e o motivo pintado pode variar conforme o gosto do cliente. Ambos os lados são pintados! A colcha e as almofadas podem também se feitas com tecidos do meu blog de tecidos http://foreverfabrics.blogspot.com
This piece is made by myself my owwn design, all made by myself from scratch, nothing is bought! The painted decor can vary according the choice of the customer! you can choose the color and the flowers! this bed is an original design!
I can also made a set with a bedcover a matching pillows with the beautiful fabrics I have in my fabric shop, more then 550 different  patterns!
http://foreverfabrics.blogspot.com

finished! done! Cadeiras de braços Alentejanas acabadas!

the arm chairs, almost done! as cadeiras de braços Alentejanas, quase prontas

As you can see chairs are almost finished!!!!!!!! One in the back, is waiting for the arms...
Como podem ver as cadeiras de braços Alentejanas estão quase prontas, a de trás só falta colocar os braços, mas terá de esperar pelo seu par!

Another new piece of furniture! uma nova peça de mobiliário Alentejano

This is the arm chair I am doing in miniature, but not just glue top to top, I am doing all the necessary "holes" to fit the parts of the chair properly, as it is made in a real chair...so I need to make 20 tiny holes of about 2x3 mm for each chair in peices of 5mm square.
Wait for the next posts......to see the finished arm chairs!

Esta é a cadeira Alentejana que estou a fazer à escala 1/12, toda feita como as verdadeiras, com os devidos encaixes, só que aqui cada um tem cerca de 2 X 3 mm e cerca de 1,5 mm de  profundidade. Tenho de fazer 20 por cadeira, para encaixar todas as travessas! Vamo ver como saí pois só tenho esta fotografia para trabalhar.....
Aguardem os próximos posts pare verem o andamento do trabalho!

Work, lots of work!!!!

Lots of pieces for my next fair in December!!!! I am working during all the weekends but still so much work to do.This is the first time I am going to a  Christmas Market, one of the biggest in Lisbon, which is not of Miniatures, is about hand-crafted and  gourmet food, last year was a great success with more then 50000 visits! Cross your fingers for me!

AIM imag issue 43, September 2013

The last issue of the free imag published by Artisans in Miniature is now on-line! I am on it with an article!
Just go to www.artisansinminiature.com and click in the image of the mag. You can read it on-line or download a pdf version. In the site you also have access to the previous imags....lots of projects  for free! Download all the collection! Enjoy it!

New designed pieces!!!!

The chairs and the table are my own design inspired in furniture made in Alentejo by simple carpenters to be use in the  kitchen or by those that couldn´t afford expensive furniture....sometimes these pieces were made by the owner, himself, if he had the talent and the tools.
I love the small table, so I decided to design one, a little bit more elaborated, with a hand-carved piece, quite difficult to see in the photo. All these pieces were made with real joinery, I am pleased with the final result.
I made a research on old typical Alentejo furniture and I found these designs, aren´t they beautiful?