Saturday, February 24, 2018

Chateau Blue


 Hi Everyone, I just wanted to share my latest Cardboard House I just finished creating. I'm calling it " Chateau Blue"  I was inspired by the picture on the right that another wonderful miniature artist created.  I loved the shape of the house and had to try to re create it but add my own style and touch of creativity to it.  The inspiration house is probably about 3 times smaller than the one I created.  I started by trying to draw out the basic shape of the inspiration house onto poster board and using old windows I had been saving from an old doll house that I dismantled years ago. I spent about 10 days and around 50 hours of work to create this house.  So many hours cutting lots and lots of cardboard strips and found out the cardboard strips I use suck in paint even with built in primer and it took 4 coats of paint to get it painted which wore me out.  Lesson learned, that before I paint to spray it with a matte spray to stop the paint from soaking into the cardboard to make painting easier next time.  I became almost addicted to building this one and would try and stop and think oh... I can hurry and work on this or that, then I would try to go and rest and then be up late at night working on a new idea I had to try to create something on the house.  At the last minute I decided to add the window planter boxes to give the exterior more of a unique look.  I was not trying to copy the artist wonderful work, but to try and get the basic shape but with my own unique style of home.  I truly feel this is one of my newest favorite houses that I have created.  I hope everyone has a wonderful month.  Stan.





































9 comments:

  1. Wow! Beautiful work. Love your projects.

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  2. Reminds me of Daniel Merriam's illustrations!

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  3. It's beautiful...I love it so many details it's incroyable...Beautiful work...

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  4. J'aime beaucoup! Bravo pour cette très jolie maison!!

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  5. Your architectural details are Marvelous and the roofline looks Grand! The interiors are warm and inviting and I LOVE the size of the windows which lets in LOTS of natural light- BEAUTIFULLY DONE!

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  6. Hello Stan,
    I swear I would live in this house. It is exquisitely detailed and looks wonderful. I love the interior finishes as well as the exterior ones...definitely worth every hour you spent on it. I admire your talent: you really can recreate any style you wish...and you always do it to perfection.
    big hug
    Giac

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  7. I really like your technique on the roof. This house has so many nice architectural details.

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  8. I just love all of your houses! They are so unique! I have a question about using cardboard to build your houses. What type of cardboard do you use and how do you join the corners to keep it together and not collapse? Aren't the wall decorations too heavy for the cardboard walls?

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