Each year, the Show brings together more than 100 U.S. and international artisans and dealers, including a number of I.G.M.A. Artisans and Fellows. They offer collectors unique, well-crafted 1-inch, 1/2-inch, and 1/4-inch scale miniatures from around the world.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Layne Halliday Fine Furniture: Friday Workshop & More

Layne Halliday is a long-time dealer at Good Sam.  Her line of fine 1:12 scale miniatures includes tables, chairs, chests, desks, room boxes, and more. Passionate about the beauty of wood, Layne's parquetry and marquetry miniatures with exotic woods from around the world are sure to delight. She is offering a Friday workshop. layne@laynesfineminiatures.comhttp://laynesfineminiatures.com/

Friday Workshop: "Veneered Table" in 1:12 scale. Students will learn how to make a delightful table with a veneer top. All skill levels are welcome. For registration information, go >HERE<
Walnut Sideboard, 1:12 scale.
Folding Pump Organ, 1:12 scale.
Layne Halliday's table at 2012 Good Sam Show.
Handcrafted furniture by Layne Halliday (2012 Good Sam Show).

To see more of Layne's fine handcrafted furniture, go here.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Dealer Layne Halliday: Fine Furniture & Friday Workshop

The ever-so-talented Layne Halliday makes fine 1:12 scale furniture. Her line is diverse and includes a wide range of tables, chairs, desks, chests, and more. Many of her pieces feature unique parquetry and marquetry inlay. Layne is offering a Friday workshop. Email: layne@laynesfineminiatures.com Web: http://laynesfineminiatures.com 

Contemporary Pear Dining Table with Chairs.
Kaleidoscope Card Table.
Oval Star Tilt-Top Dining Table.
French Elm Burl Desk.
Burl Coffee Table.
Modern Glass Coffee Table.
Lapiz Marquetry Chest.
Ladies Black Vanity.

Friday, Oct. 9, "Parquetry Tray and Folding Stand" Workshop. For registration information and to see all offerings, visit our website: http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net

To see more of Layne Halliday's furniture, go >here<.


Saturday, September 13, 2014

Dealer Layne Halliday: Fine Furniture & Friday Workshop

Long-time dealer Layne Halliday makes fine 1:12 scale furniture. Her line includes tables, chairs, chests, desks, room boxes, and more. Layne uses exotic woods from around the world for her unique parquetry and marquetry inlay. She is offering a Friday Workshop. Email: layne@laynesfineminiatures.com.  Web: http://www.laynesfineminiatures.com

Checkers Game Table with drawer at each end.
Two-drawer burl dresser.
Lovely little side chair with handcrafted petit point seat cover.
Unique lace-inlay table.
Folding Pump Organ.
Folding Pump Organ.
Friday Workshop (Oct. 10) to craft a 1:12 scale Burl Wood Tray. Registration deadline: Oct. 6, 2014. For more info and Registration Form, go to http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net

To see more of Layne's fine handcrafted furniture, go >here<.

Friday, July 27, 2018

2018 Show Preview

Ruth Stewart, Stewart Dollhouse Creations

In addition to offering a wide variety of kits and desserts for all the major Holidays, Ruth Stewart makes molds, doilies, rugs, and lots more. She works in both one-inch and quarter-scale. At the 2018 show, Ruth will be offering a Friday Workshop to make a 6-Layer Macaroon Cake.
Web: http://stewartdollhousecreations.com

Friday Workshop to make a 6-Layer Macaroon Cake
To register for Friday Workshops, go here:
http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net/FridayWorkshops-2018.html


Dealer Vicki Sanfield, Uncle Ciggie Miniatures

Vicki Sanfield created Proud Peacock for submission into the Barbara Marshall Award, which was at the Miniature Masterworks show. Created from the bottom up, it goes together like a puzzle, with a canopy for shade. Note: The "Barbara Marshall Award for Artistic Achievement" honors miniature artists who exceed the current standards of fine-scale miniature making.

Proud Peacock



Dealer Patrizia Santi, Italy

Patrizia Santi creates a wide range of modern ladies shoes, boots, and handsome handbags. She also makes modern day wooden furniture pieces--such as sideboards, cupboards, table and chairs, and wood desks.  Web: patriziasantiminiatures.com



Dealer Volker Arnold, Germany

Volker Arnold  designs beautiful and intricate wood art. Assisted by his daughter, he offers assembled nativity and other Holiday scenes and kits. Volker works in 1:12 scale, and the smaller 1:144 scale to 1:2000 scale. He specializes in paintable wooden shops, dioramas, and accessories. His designs, though quite simple to make, impress all those who see his projects. His patterns are sold as downloadable PDF files or on CDs. Web: www.vaholzkunst.de

This paintable Christmas diorama in 1:144" scale has more than sixty toys and two Christmas trees.
Lighted Alpine Christmas Village scene.
Girl's room and Christmas arch.


Dealer Teri Dine, Teri's Mini Workshop

Teri Dine carries a huge variety of unique handcrafted and reasonably priced 1:12 scale miniatures to outfit shops, room boxes, and dollhouses. There are products for the kitchen, bath, garden, pets, beauty parlor, soda fountain, hunting, fishing, sports and more.



Dealer Ellen Braby Books

Ellen Braby carries a marvelous selection of books to aid miniaturists in their creations. Subject matter includes architecture, decorating, room settings, and making miniatures. Also books covering periods of time and eras--such as Victorian, Tudor, Tiffany and Art Deco.



Dealer Layne Halliday, Layne's Fine Miniatures

Long-time dealer Layne Halliday handcrafts fine 1:12 scale furniture. Her extensive line includes tables, chairs, chests, desks, room boxes, and more. Layne uses exotic woods from around the world for her unique parquetry and marquetry. Her folding organ is sure to delight.
Web: http://www.laynesfineminiatures.com


Folding Organ


Dealer Silvia Leiner, Cinderella, Great Britain, formerly Germany

Silvia Leiner has been a dealer at Good Sam since 2005. Selling as Cinderella, she paints and dresses 1:12 scale porcelain dolls, and makes fashion accessories and boxed clothing. Silvia also specializes in German hand-painted Christmas decorations, toys in boxes, and carries German kitchen utensils and tools.  Web: wwww.cinderellaminiaturen.com



Dealer Sylvia Rountree, The Dolls Cobbler

Sylvia Rountree designs a fine selection of leather shoes and boots for women, men and children. She also creates colorful ballet slippers, Halloween and Christmas themed footwear, children's rain gear, leather luggage, carpetbags and more. There are always new items to surprise and entertain.
Web: http://www.dollscobbler.com

Little girl's pink raincoat, rain hat, and boots.
Hat box and Victorian boots.
Tapestry hand bags and shoes.
Handcrafted leather luggage on cart.


Exhibit: "Dewey, Cheetum, and Howe, Attorneys At Law." Created by Barbara Jones, the room box was built in 1978, refurbished and furnished for the 2017 show. The room box showcases Ferd Sobol’s Metamorphic Desk.




Saturday, August 8, 2015

2015 Good Sam Furniture Dealers

Several ever-so-talented furniture artisans attending this year's show were featured in the August 2015 issue of American Miniaturist magazine. The Furniture Gallery gives a taste of the exciting variety of 1:12 scale furniture styles available at this year's show. Inspiration abounds for new and existing projects. 

Reminder: Click on any photo and it will enlarge. Use the search feature (at upper left) to enter an artisan's name and find earlier posts featuring his/her work.

Scene with hand-painted and upholstered sleigh bed and bench by IGMA Artisan Bluette Meloney. Cover of American Miniaturist magazine (August 2015, Issue #148).
 Pair of Gilt parlor chairs with hand-painted fabric. Faux black bamboo lacquer/gold gilt coffee table and side table with hand-painted antique cameos by Bluette. Email: jack.meloney@gmail.com. Web: http://bluettemeloney.com
Hand-painted Trompe L'Oeil style screen by Natasha Beshenkovsky, Natasha Fine Miniatures. Email: NatMin@aol.com. Web: http://www.NatashaMiniatures.com
Custom table and stools for a piano fix-it shop by Ken Byers, Shaker Works West.
Silk Tuffet, child's mannequin and dolly bed and photo by Valerie Ann Casson, France.
Colorful dolly beds in quarter-scale by Valerie Ann Casson. Email: valcasson@gmail.com. Web: http://www.valeriecasson.com
Marquetry occasional table by Layne Halliday Fine Furniture.

Small folding pump organ by Layne Halliday Fine Furniture. Email: layne@laynesfineminiatures.com. Web: http://www.laynesfineminiatures.com
Stickley walnut dining set by Lars Mikkelsen, Built in Wood. Inspired by the work of Gustav Stickley.  Email: buildinwood@gmail.com. Web: https://www.etsy.com/shop/builtinwood
French daybed in silk taffeta and raspberry toile, with antique petit point pillows by Maritza Moran, Maritza's Miniatures. Email: maritzaminis@gmail.com. Web: http://www.maritzaminiatures.com
Russian (18/19th century) large painted and carved sleigh with scenes and classical figures by IGMA Artisan Cristina Noriega, Spain.
Bench made out of burl wood. Replica of one Cristina saw in a contemporary gallery of art in Paris. Email: noriegacris005@gmail.com. Web: http://www.cristinanoriega.com
Empire sofa upholstered in woven silk by Wilson Santiago, Dollhouse Linens & More.
Hand-painted Victorian bed with silk duvet, embroidered floral pillows, and lace bed skirt.
Demilune Table with Hepplewhite Chair by IGMA Fellow Ferd Sobol. Email: ferd@soboleditions.com. Web: http://www.soboleditions.com
Two round slipper chairs with a round table by IGMA Fellow Nancy Summers, Summerville Miniature Workshop. Email: nssummers@myninestar.net. Web: http://www.summervilleminiatureworkshop.com
Tall book cased curio cabinet filled with Curiosities and Oddities. Always innovative, this year, the Teppers are doing a line of "Curiosities and Oddities."
Grouping from the new Western Collection of the Teppers. Email: info@rainbowhandandkathy.com. Web: http://www.rainbowhandandkathy.com
Original Deco furniture and Light Sculpture with LED light source by Peter Tucker, Roomboxes Etc., Canada. Bronze sculpture by Neil Carter, England.
Classic Gerrit Rietveld 1917 Red Blue Chair. Email: peter@roomboxes.com. Web: http://www.roomboxes.com

To order a copy of the August 2015 issue of American Miniaturist magazine, phone Toll Free: 1-866-606-6587 or email: info@americanminiaturist.com

For more information on the 2015 Good Sam Show, Friday Workshops, and Monday Academy Classes go to http://goodsamshowcase.miniature.net/