General Course Feb 2012
08/01/12 14:38
Well here we are in 2012. The first course of the year - a general course and I think we were all happy to be back together. It was a busy 3 days and unusually, the room was quite quiet on occasions although we did have periods of (contained!) hilarity. Please go to the Gallery to see more photographs of the course.
Elaine and Chris
arrived with their first la
rge Georgian house. They worked o
n the house for several courses and later went on to doing other projects but they have now decided to complete this house prior to doing any more projects. It is a gorgeous house and Elaine and Chris have worked on it together. This time Chris set about decorating several rooms with lovely wallpapers. The hall and landings were painted and then Chris made panels of a beautiful paper with a delicate wooden surround. It looked stunning. Elaine worked on the basement with the scullery and utility room. She had done a lot of work on these rooms previously so this time spent 2 days filling the rooms and putting a light in the pantry and also making a chicken coop which was apparently kept in the kitchen in Georgian times. You will see the thought and care which Elaine put into the house from th photographs in the Gallery. Elaine finished her contribution to the house on the Thursday and needed to start another one. I had a shop front for sale and so Elaine bought that and it is going to be a cake shop. She already has some lovely cakes which she has collected over the years so they will not have a home in Sugar & Share.
Jool
s decided to make a book depicting ‘The Passion’ by Jeanette Winterson. Jools used one of the heavy card books in 1/12th scale and did a brilliant job of depicting the whole of the book in one scene. To those who have read the book, each little ‘cameo’ is obvious but maybe others will need to read the book to understand it. From the pictures you will see a photograph of Napoleon, while the frontispiece is a large picture of Venice where most of the action takes place. A snowy mountain in Russia is on the right hand side and on the left will be a man looking out from his window in jail. If you have read the book this will all make sense and I urge those of you who are curious to understand Julie’s book, to read it - then all will be expained.
My niece, Linda,
enjoys coming on courses and joins us a couple of times a year. She started building a Sid Cooke kit some years ago and has worked on it, changing from time to time to do other projects but always bringing it back for the next stage. Like Elaine and Chris, she brought the house this time, which has been made as a wine bar called Laurant’s which is a combination of the names of her two children - Laura and Anthony. The actual building was already complete so Linda worked on filling it with all the furniture and fittings which she has made herself. The fitted kitchen is her own make as is the Aga. It was a joy to see these in place together with the bar and bench seating. The only thing left to do is the wicker furniture which will go in the bar - should we break a bottle of champagne over it when it’s finished - miniature, of course - there are several in the bar?
Hilary and Pauline are sisters
and this tim
e they did similar projects which, of course, turned out very different when they were finished. Both used the heavy card books in 1/12th size but joined 3 books together to make a witches and wizard’s room. With the 3 boxes together, the rooms led from 1 to another and gave the impression of a wizard’s cave and a witches shop with separate rooms. Hilary and Pauline had prepared a lot of ‘bits’ before coming on the course and when the actual construction was complete, they put in all the ‘magic’ potions,and ‘designer brooms’ etc. The overall picture in both was most impressive with lots to look at and things to make people laugh. Such fun - magic in more ways than one!
Norma came on this course with a cottage she had started some time ago.
On the last course, she had made a new front for it, cutting out the windows and doors which this time she finished off. Unfortunately, since Norma had moved house, the body of the cottage had become misaligned. She worked for some time on the roof, later repositioning the body on the base and set about fitting the ceiling in her barn and putting her chickens up there on their beds of straw.
On the previous course,
Margaret brought the main part of a house and this time it was the turn of the servant’s quarters. Like a complete house, the servants in this house are very fortunate. Their rooms are large and will be very comfortable. Margaret’s stairs have been a problem but she has worked at it and got them sorted and ready to install. The electrics and already done so next time we will probably get the house almost complete. This will make Margaret very happy as the house was bought for her by her late husband and she longs to see it competed and on show in her house.
Elaine and Chris
arrived with their first la
Jool
My niece, Linda,
Hilary and Pauline are sisters
Norma came on this course with a cottage she had started some time ago.
On the previous course,