Ollie's Library Diorama

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I am a dog walker and I’ve been walking my clients’ dog, Ollie, for the last eight years. Ollie’s parents and I have become good friends and I adore them. Unfortunately they moved about thirty minutes away into a retirement community but I couldn’t just give them up!! So I go over there once a week. Ollie’s dad got really sick recently and I wanted to make him something. At first I tried to make a model of his red MG 52’ but that was really difficult. :sob: I had no idea what I was doing. I had a recollection that he loves Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and some other mystery writers so I made a mystery library with Ollie sitting in a comfy old armchair. I was actually really surprised how well I sculpted Ollie.

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I used a 5-sided glass box from Michael’s for this and just covered up the other glass so that I could have a dust cover for the diorama.

Here’s a picture of Ollie for reference:

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Thanks for looking!

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Oh wow! This is the cutest thing! And extremely well made. I bet he loves it.

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That’s crazy awesome. That gold frame too. Love it!

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The details are fantastic! I am impressed by the feet on the table!

You did a great job with Ollie! I did a close-up and just know all those curls took a long time!

What a lovely story as well!

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What a sweet, thoughtful, and beautifully made gift!

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That’s an awesome gift!

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Amazing! It looks soooo good! I bet it is in pride of place in its new home,

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What a thoughtful gift, you did a GREAT job!

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This is utterly delightful! You’ve made it wonderfully detailed, but not at all crowded - no stuff for stuff’s sake. Ollie looks so good! I would probably cry if I were Ollie’s parents and was presented with this super thoughtful gift.

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Thank you! There are a few flaws I can see that are driving me nuts but I’m sure nobody else notices. :joy:

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Thank you!

@AIMR thanks! The table legs are beads and a dowel that I painted good. The curls are little balls of clay that I pressed on and made divots in. It took some time but not too much!

@Rlynn @madebyBeaG @AntBee @MissingWillow Thanks so much!!!

@TheMistressT thank you! That’s good to hear! I was worried I didn’t have enough stuff in there. I wanted to make a globe but it wasn’t as fast to make as a wanted and I felt like I needed to just finish it. It was faster to just make a few more books. All the pages and stuff are made from actual pages of an old paperback Sherlock Holmes collection.

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Aw, how sweet! This is the kind of gift that makes people cry (in a good way).

Good likeness of the doggie. I love that you used an actual Sherlock Holmes paperback to make the books.

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This is insanely amazing! I love everything about it! I have a thing for animals reading, so this hits my heart. Ollie looks amazing! You are the sweetest to make this as a gift.

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Thanks so much! It doubles as a night light! The light in there is pretty bright. I just wish I could have gotten it to him when he was in the hospital so he could have a comfy little room to look at.

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Thank you! I dunno why I just need to see animals doing human things. I was watching the Busy World of Richard Scarry the other day… :joy: So comforting.

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This is awesome!! Ollie is perfect!

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Thank you!

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Beautiful!

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What a wonderful, thoughtful gift and so beautifully executed!

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Wow! What is NOT to love about this?? Ollie is adorable and I bet his dad was so touched that you thought of him in this way!

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