Author: hellesminiatures

I´ve been busy producing lots of birds for exhibitions and  lots of orders, but now it is time to show my new miniatures. You will find new birds if you look a the menu; birds.

I  ´ve also created some new characters.

It´s a while since I published pictures, but now I´m back with new items. Some new birds are born and there will soon be pictures of some birds of prey. Look for Birds in the menu.

Miniature making is like a Cornu Copia. When one idea is completed, a new idea will come

Today I will show the steps from raw stone to sculpture. Sometimes the stone itself determines the outcome of the final product.  At first I wanted to make a vase but the first shape was a bit too big. I looked at the piece and imagined a body. Why not make a torso. This stone was rather soft so it was easy to cut.

Raw stone

sawing for a suitable size

filing a shape

draw and carve the lines

using different files and sandpapers

polishing with beeswax

The difficulty with a soft stone is that it will easily fragment when carving so you                have to be very careful.

The Torso is about 3,5cm

A lightbox with a mirror makes a feeling of depth. The pictures are taken from an angle that gives the box a different shape. It´s in fact a rectangle.

A new soapstone bench with table, 1:12 scale. The stone has  a variety of colours. When you are working with the stone you can´t see the actual colours. They appear when you polish the item with beeswax polish. It´s really amazing.

As i love birds I had to make an outdoor scene with mallards and swans. The pond is in 1:24 scale. Ithink I will put light to the scene to get a feeling of evening  to it. I used resin as water.

I´m very happy to have recieved a space at the Kensington Christmas Show. Maybe I´ll see you there.

Making faires, trolls and witches is one of my favourite activities. Combining soapstone, light and a fairy in a garden scene is an attempt to create a sense of mysticisim.

Some work among many others is the painting below. The troll couple was a present for my daughters wedding.