Witch's couch

[steiconi (textile junkie)]

That was my intention, but I wound up making one from wire and lace.
Hot glue versions

Mini hot glue wrought iron chandelier

I’m working on a miniature scene set in the mission days of California – featuring Zorro. I’ve been looking for a not so fiddly way to make wrought iron. The other day, I was using the hot glue gun, and a lightbulb went off (grain of rice LED, of course). [IMG_20200312_122523_kindlephoto-424487134] It consists of six pieces drawn in hot glue on parchment paper, allowed to set, then assembled using…hot glue. I got better control with the glue gun set to low heat–less glue, sets faster equals …

Final version

Wrought iron mini chandelier...NOT hot glue

I thought the hot glue chandelier was too modern and too feminine. I made four others, with slightly differing designs, but wasn’t happy. So this one was born… [DSCN6280] 1:12 scale, about 4" high, it’s made of a mix of materials. There’s cotton lace, copper chain, bright aluminum wire, jewelry findings, glass beads, and paper clay for the candles. Pix along the way: the base; lace hand stitched with gross black thread and stiffened with glue, wires and beads and chain [DSCN6266] cand…

And a link to the undecorated bench that became this couch

Iron bench from hotglue

[IMG_20200416_111838_kindlephoto-162920079] Aha! Hot glue is better for cast iron than for wrought iron. It’s all a learning experience. This is another piece for my Spanish mission style mini box. Bench is 3.5" wide, 1 :12 scale, and has skewer reinforcement. And here’s my first try in the background I used leftover bits from rejected chandeliers from this project Mini hot glue wrought iron chandelier. I love it, but it’s too big for my space. 5.5" long, 1 :12 scale. [IMG_20200416_1…