New Designs & Workshops from the Teppers

With the new year, Brian (Rainbow Hand) and Kathy Tepper are introducing 1:12 scale designs and workshops which are sure to delight. Here is their new "Black & White" line, recent Victorian Steampunk creations, and two 2015 Workshops. See website for Show Schedule, Workshop Schedule, and Gallery of available work. Email: briantep@verizon.net.  Web: http://www.rainbowhandandkathy.com

New designs with a "Black & White" color palette. Brian created a new line of Rorschach and Ink Spot paintings to compliment their "Black & White" interior designs.

New Steampunk creations. See available Steampunk pieces in the Gallery on website.

Urban Elementz Bedroom Class. See website for dates and locations.

New Urban Elementz Gallery Class. This room box offers many opportunities to create a unique look and design. All the white walls are movable and re-moveable. For more info, contact the Teppers. Email: briantep@verizon.net

Rainbow Hand and Kathy Tepper are now on Facebook. Follow their page so you don't miss a thing. facebook.com/rainbowhandandkathy

The Guys from Texas, 2014 Academy Instructors

In the past 3 months we have introduced each of our instructors at the second annual
Good Sam Academy of Miniatures. However, we did not have full pictures from The Guys from Texas then. We want to share them with you now. Jon Fish and Larry Osborn are among the finest designers and builders of miniature structures in the country. They can build in any scale and any period. The Guys may be reached at theguysworkshops@satx.rr.com

A Frank Conversation is a 1:12 scale room box in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright. It will be a 3 day class and you will learn so much. Further information on this year’s Academy will be on the show web site in just a few weeks and will be announced here at that time.

Sit back and enjoy the pictures of A Frank Conversation. Click on pictures to enlarge them.




Front view of A Frank Conversation

Left side emphasizing fireplace, bench and stairs

Right side with picture window and scene



Close view of fireplace, bench and skylight

A closer front view of entire room

Detail on side of room box

Closeup of side detail

New Dealer: Wildwood Dollhouses

It has been many years since April and Ron Gill of Wildwood Dollhouses have visited our show. We are happy they will be dealers here in 2014. They have been doing miniatures for 35 years and do one of a kind structures, which can be found in many museums and private collections.

Three Ravens is a shop for witches with windows and doors of real leaded glass. There is a cave for making potions, and they are sold upstairs. Most of the bones are real bones.

The exterior of the Craftsman Kitchen is oak and the interior is cherry.

Wildwood Dollhouses can be reached at wwdhms@aol.com

Three Ravens Exterior

Three Ravens Kitchen

Craftsman Kitchen

Craftsman Kitchen

Exhibits

The Santa Cruz Miniature Guild shared a delightful exhibit at the Good Sam Show in 2013. They met one afternoon a month specifically working on their Antique Shoppe, each member contributing things they had or made for the Shoppe. It is as crowded as a real Shoppe would be. The members of the Guild are Duane Adams, Marian Allen, Dot and David Blank, Lois Bruce, Sharon Fassio, Gloria Green, Carol Johnson, Constance Lombardo, Colleen O’Gara, and Jo Pollock.

Click on the photos to enlarge them. Thanks to Connie Sauve for the photos.

Exhibits

Cynthia Howe displayed “The Chocolatier” in 2013. It would be such fun to shop in that store. The Chocolatier was an online class and kit by Cynthia Howe Miniatures. The doll was sculpted by Nancy Cronin, and costumed by Cynthia Howe, known for her doll costuming.

Click on Connie Sauve’s pictures to enlarge them.

The Chocolatier

Have one of our bon bons

Have you tried our peanut brittle?

Oh, do have a truffle

Exhibits

Michael Puff, our outstanding show photographer, is also a fine miniaturist with a good eye for drama. His exhibit, Vermeer "Girl with a Pearl Earring”, is his version of what Vermeer’s model might have looked like. Box was built in a workshop taught by IGMA Artisan Bluette Meloney, painting by IGMA Artisan Dan Worsham, Doll by Cindi Cannon, carved table & stools by IGMA Fellow Ann High, and porcelain by IGMA Fellow Henny Staring-Egbert.

Entire Box with Model Posing

Close Up Showing More Interior Detail
Notice the Leaded Glass Window

Exhibits

Connie Sauve, an IGMA Fellow and our show Exhibit Chairman, usually brings several exhibits of her own to the show. This one, made in 1991, “Daddy’s Little Workshop”, really caught our eye. Connie’s father, a carpenter, and she built her own dollhouse in 1986 together. This carpentry shop still reminds him of the fun times they had when she was young. The rocking horse is by Karen Lowe, and the tools are by Sir Thomas Thumb. Click on pictures to enlarge them.

"Daddy's Little Workshop"

House Patterned after a Greenleaf Garfield with Alterations

The Stove Will Keep Daddy Warm

Hobby Horse, Another Project

Exhibits

Ruth Alves has been exhibiting at the Good Sam Show for as long as I can remember. This half scale (1:24) room, titled “Apartment Living”, is a lovely, comfortable place to live and to entertain friends. Photo by Connie Sauve.

"Apartment Living" by Ruth Alves

“The Winery Tasting Room” is presented by Judy Pick in one inch (1:12) scale for our enjoyment. The Tasting Room was built in the monthly Saturday classes held in Morgan Hill by The Mini-Cals and Through the Looking Glass. Judy says she learned a lot in those classes. Judy is also chairman of the free “Tools and Techniques” program at each Good Sam Show on Sunday, starting at 9:30 a.m. Photo by Connie Sauve.

"The Winery Tasting Room" by Judy Pick

Susie Overtoom

We just had to share this elegant roombox by Susan Overtoom of Susie O’s Dollhouses. The wallpaper is from Spain and was used in the White House Reception Room for Jackie Kennedy. Susie has been a dealer at the Good Sam Show for 3 years now, and may be reached at
sover81872@verizon.net
Click on picture to enlarge.

I could live in this lovely room!

Barbara Greene and Luci Hanson

This lovely quarter-scale bathroom and bedroom were found on the table of Barbara Greene of Silver Fox Creations, one of our Canadian Dealers. The furniture is Bespaq. Barbara is the exclusive distributor of Bespaq quarter-scale furniture with its hand-painted the flowers on the white furniture. Barbara used a hardwood display case with two inserts by Luci & Dick Hanson, Cascade Miniatures. Cascade Miniatures is also a dealer at the Good Sam Show. Web sites for both dealers are at http://www.silverfoxcreations.com and http://www.cascademiniatures.com

Click on pictures to enlarge them.

First view of Barbara Greene roombox

Second view of Barbara Greene roombox

Janet Smith of Desert Minis, Inc.

We are taking a break this week to work on the 2014 Good Sam Show for you. However, you might enjoy the two views below, they are full of detail.

Janet Smith of Desert Minis, Inc. offers 1:48 (quarter scale) kits for “Roombooks” like this one that she designed for a NAME online event. She has seven Roombook kits on her web site now for your purchase. Janet is taking a year off from our show due to a family wedding, but you can buy from her right on her web site. We expect her to return in 2015. Janet’s web site is http://www.desert-minis.com



Inside the Peddler Cart Roombook



Cover of the Peddler Cart Roombook

Christmas Kitchen Exhibit

"Christmas Kitchen" in 1:12 scale by Barbara Adams, San Jose, CA, member of Through the Looking Glass Miniature Club. "I repurposed the hutch from a NAME Day project and made the kitchen around it. I am fond of all things gingerbread and have been gathering for a long time. Creating this scene gave me the perfect place to use my collection."

From Canada: Modern Furniture & Lighting by Peter Tucker

Peter Tucker, Roomboxes Etc., Canada, designs furniture and working lights with an emphasis on modern from the late 19th century to the present. He also creates Art Deco and Arts & Crafts furniture as well as modern room boxes primarily of his own design. Peter works mainly in 1:12 scale and builds to order in scales ranging from quarter-inch to 2-inch. peter@roomboxes.com, http://www.roomboxes.com, http://roomboxes.blogspot.com

Acrylic table lamp with stone base.

Acrylic table light with rosewood base.

Acrylic topped "S" side or lamp table.

Acrylic topped "S" side or lamp table with lamp.

Inlay/marquetry occasional table.

Rosewood base light on low "C" table.

Siesta table made with dogwood and Jatoba woods, about 1.5 inches long.

To see more of Peter Tucker's work, go here and here.