Wednesday, June 6, 2012

The Purging Project ~ Miniature Clutter, OH NO!!

" Bottom line is, is you don't need it, it's clutter and it needs to go" ~ Charisse Ward

Yes, it is time to purge my hoard of miniature bits and pieces that I have overly collected.  I have been doing this for some time now and still have quite the stockpile. At some point in my miniature creating career I started doing 'assemblages' of things.  That required me to acquire a s**t bunch of stuff in case I might need it the next time one of these projects called me.  So every odd and cheap little thing went into the pile.  I could use this for that and that for this.  Well, you see.  The table below came out of the stash of stuff.
Witch's Kitchen Spell Table ~ Made from the Hoard ~ 1:12 scale


And the creepy stuff underneath !!


I'm not calling myself a hoarder, but... 
This kind of thing can get out of hand.  Its hard to stop, like chips.  In the end I just have too much and I need to weed it out.  It distracts.  It beckons. It keeps me from the hundred other projects in my head.  Lately I have been pulling it out piece by piece and turning it into something else.  My problem is that when I come across a pile of stuff that I am willing to part with I start fiddling with it until it becomes something else.



Stack of hand made books with mouse !
Stack of books with frog and action figure candle
An inexpensive metal tea set that came out of a lot of miniatures that I won on eBay became this spooky, ghostly tea set magically pouring itself.  I have done many of these in the past in different variations and every witch needs a set like this.  This reminds me of the enchanted muggle things in the Harry Potter books. 

Witchy Tea Set

This commercial and not very pretty chair became this one of a kind piece for a 'haunted' place.  It was awesomely fun to do because I sculpted a ghastly face onto the wood of the chair and then painted the spooky tree on pale gray silk for the upholstery.  And I found out that I LOVE painting on fabric. So another thing on my list...
Spooky Miniature Chair



Not every thing turns into a spooky thing - but mostly - because that seems to be a favorite of mine as well as collectors.  I still have a long way to go.

SO...what does your hoard look like?  Tell me.

8 comments:

  1. My hoard definitely does NOT look like yours! Lillian.

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  2. LOL. It does not start out like this. If you saw my hoard you would feel much better about yourself.
    Promise.

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  3. I am also a mini hoarder for those "someday" projects....but nothing like yours. Amazing what you have done.

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  4. Thank you. I would say, have another look at that stuff. See what comes up...

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  5. I love what you are doing with the clutter part of your stash. Now I have a zillion new ideas.

    Sheila in Key West
    www.raggedykingdom.blogspot.com

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  6. Thanks! :) This kind of thing is I think, my favorite kind of creating.

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  7. j'adore cette ambiance de magie, je suis une fan de Harry Potter !
    Beau travail (théière, livres ...)
    Minima

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