Saturday, July 29, 2017

2017 Show Previews

Preview photos of artisans and dealers attending the 2017 Good Sam Show.


Acquisto Silver. Pete Acquisto has been making beautiful miniature silver and gold works of art since 1979. An IGMA Fellow, he is well known for high quality, historically accurate, and functioning silver reproductions in 1:12 scale.

Acme Anything! Carol Carr offers unique vintage and refinished furniture and accessories that are eclectic and fun. Many of her pieces are hand-painted and aged for a nostalgic look. She also makes fantasy dressed skeletons and pumpkin people.

Natalia's Fine Needlework. Natalia Frank specializes in exquisite dollhouse needlework. She makes fine rugs, little pillows, Christmas stockings, and shoes, upholsters furniture with petit point, and offers patterns and kits. She also uses a scroll saw to cut miniature figurines, shelves and baskets.

D. Sierck Ltd.  Debbie Heard offers an exceptional array of miniatures from private collections and estates. Many of the fine artisan pieces and items she carries are no longer being produced. Everything on her table is of the highest quality.

Kummerows.  Lew & Barbara Kummerow specialize in toys, Tiffany lamps and screens, 1/144th scale houses and furniture, and holiday items. They offer 1-inch, quarter-scale, 1:144 scale, and micro-mini scale.

Williamson Walton Marble.  Nicole Walton Marble offers eye-catching furniture and furnishings range from 18th century French to modern day. The designs are exciting, innovative and always a bit outside the box.

Miyuki Miniature Porcelain, Japan.  Miyuki Nagashima, an IGMA Artisan, all of Miyuki's techniques, compositions and colorings are based on European antique porcelain from the mid-18th century to the first half of the 19th century.

Marie's Mini Shoppe.  Marie Petrik offers a wide variety of 1:12 scale flowers and plants. She uses paper and silks with some natural materials to give the plants their lifelike appearance.  Marie also makes foods, fruits, vegetables, and more.

A&R Miniatures.  Alvin & Rose Schultz specialize in LED lighting accents. The line includes Halloween pumpkins, Holiday pillar candle sets, Christmas trees, flickering log sets (with or without sound) and mantels. A&R also does custom LED lighting designs. Most products are 1:12 scale.

Young at Heart.  Debbie Young offers quarter-scale house kits. Most are reproductions of actual houses. Over the years, she and her husband Jeff have created more than 100 different house kits. They also make quarter-scale individual room and whole house furniture kits.