New Product: Book of Bluette Meloney's Miniature Designs

A nationally acclaimed IGMA Artisan in Faux Finishes, Bluette Meloney is a dealer at Good Sam. Last year, she taught one of the first Good Sam Academy Classes. Her new book "The Miniature Renderings of Bluette Meloney" was initially published in the fall of 2013, right before last year's Show. Authored by Rhona T. Lee, it is a 102 page photographic full-color portfolio of the majority of the structures and settings designed by Bluette. Below is a sampling of the book. Click on photos to enlarge.

To obtain a hardback copy, go to Bluette Meloney's website for details or contact jack.meloney@gmail.com. Web: http://bluettemeloney.com.  She will also have the book available for purchase at this year's Show.

2014 Good Sam Academy

Nine Academy classes will be held Oct. 13-17 at our facility in Morgan Hill, CA immediately after the 2014 Good Sam Show. Classes will range from two to five days in length. For information and to register, go to http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net/goodsamacademy.htm.  If you have questions, contact Connie Sauve, GSAM Director. Phone 209-474-2870 or email connie@thechinadoll.com. 

Here are photos from Bluette Meloney's "Le Bon Marche" class offered at the 2013 Academy. An IGMA Artisan, she teaches a number of incredibly simple and unique faux finishes and trompe l'oeil painting techniques in her workshops. Bluette will be a dealer at this year's show. Be sure to stop by her table.

"The Academy classroom for my workshop is the best I've had in thirty years of instructing," says Bluette Meloney.

"The workshop space was divine--airy, big and light," says instructor Bluette Meloney. Pictured left-to-right with students Karen Connel, Judith Myers and Yuliya Klem. 

Instructor Rik Pierce chats with students Cheryl Shintaku (left) and Susie Chusid (right) during one of his visits to Bluette Meloney's classroom.

GSAM Instructor Bluette Meloney

An IGMA Artisan in Faux Finishes, Bluette Meloney teaches students in her workshops a wide range of faux finishes and trompe-l'oeil effects. Class participants learn how to stucco, create patinas, sponge, wood-grain (faux bois), antique, gold-leaf, age copper (faux verdigris), and more. Bluette says "I work hard to be sure when we finish a workshop that students leave with something they love."

Bluette's "Perfumery" is the original prototype for "Le Bon Marché," her upcoming workshop at the Good Sam Academy. Photos by Connie Sauve, Exhibit Chairman and GSAM Director. Bluette has made minor modifications and improvements. Look for photos on the Academy website about the end of March.

The exterior of Bluette's Art Deco Egyptian Theater is almost identical to the Brill Building (New York City, 1931). Students learned how to achieve the exterior look of polished granite by using "Eglomise" (reverse painting).

The interior is inspired by the lobby of the historical Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California. Built in 1931, it has an elaborate and ornate Ancient Egyptian theme. Students put in faux marble floors, Egyptian columns, Egyptian mosaics, and floor-to-ceiling Egyptian murals from the time of the pharaohs.

Enchanté is a New Orleans street shop with hidden courtyard. A very popular workshop, it was designed as a narrow shelf-setter or to be wall-hung. 

Some photos of Bluette's table from the 2012 Good Sam Show. Courtesy of Connie Sauve, Exhibit Chairman and GSAM Director.

To see more of Bluette's designs go here
Email: Bluette Meloney: miniatures@bluettemeloney.com  Website: http://bluettemeloney.com/

Dealer Bluette Meloney: Structures & Furniture with Faux Finishes

IGMA Artisan Bluette Meloney makes distinctive 1:12 scale structures and hand-painted collectible furniture. She uses realistic decorative faux finishes and Trompe L'Oeil (fool the eye) painting techniques in all of her designs. The Kaleidoscope, shown below, will be available for purchase at the Show. Visit Bluette's new website to see fine examples of her work. Email: jack.meloney@gmail.com. Web: http://bluettemeloney.com

The Pelt Merchant's Bedroom. American Miniaturist magazine cover, August 2015, issue #148.

Edwardian sofa with Art Nouveau flair. Floral print in handcrafted frame.

Hand-painted round dolphin table and secretary with floral design.

Gilt parlor chairs with hand-painted fabric. Faux black bamboo lacquer and gold gilt coffee table and side table with hand-painted antique cameos.

Louis XV armoire with hand-painted floral design. 

The Kaleidoscope, inspired by MacKenzie-Childs furnishings. Available for purchase.

The Kaleidoscope, inspired by MacKenzie-Childs furnishings:

Le Bon Marché ladies boutique.

The Adirondack lodge.

Children's Nursery, beautifully hand-painted by Bluette.

To see more of Bluette Meloney's work, go >here<.

Bluette Meloney

It is with great sadness we have learned Bluette Meloney passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2017.  She was a long time dealer and teacher at the Good Sam Show.  Bluette was a nationally acclaimed IGMA Artisan in Faux Finishes.

Bluette Meloney

The Nursery

Gentleman's Apartment

Le Bon Marché, Bluette's workshop at the first Good Sam Academy.

Travels with Charlie

Furniture create by Bluette

Furniture hand painted by Bluette

The Pelt Seller on the August 2015 cover of American Miniaturist.

Dealer Bluette Meloney: Structures & Furniture with Faux Finishes

Bluette Meloney is best known for her distinctive 1:12 scale structures and hand-painted collectible furniture. An IGMA Artisan, she uses realistic decorative faux finishes and Trompe L'Oeil (fool the eye) painting techniques. Shown here are a few pieces with a Halloween theme. Email: jack.meloney@gmail.com. Web: http://www.bluettemeloney.com

To see more of Bluette Meloney's work, go >here<.

Dealer Bluette Meloney - Structures & Hand-painted Furniture

A nationally acclaimed IGMA Artisan in Faux Finishes, Bluette's 1:12 scale structures feature a wide range of faux finishes and trompe-l'oeil effects. She also offers unique hand-painted furniture. Shown here are some of the structures and furnishings that will be on her table. Her new book "The Miniature Renderings of Bluette Meloney" will be available at the Show. Email: miniatures@bluettemeloney.com. Web: http://bluettemeloney.com/

New hand-painted furniture created especially for the Good Sam Show.

The Pelt Merchant's Bedroom.

The prototype for Le Bon Marche. (Offered last year as a workshop at the Good Sam Academy.)

The Madinat al-Zahra de Cordoba, as finished by Bluette in a Ron Hubble workshop. 

To see more of Bluette Meloney's work, go >here<.