Miniatures: How to Make The, Use Them, Sell Them

Phyllis Meras

ISBN 10: 0395243440 / ISBN 13: 9780395243442

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Miniatures: How to Make The, Use Them, Sell Them by Phyllis Meras. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, MA, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Glassine Protected DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Discarded Library Book. 149 Pgs. ISBN 0395243440. LCCN 76-16493. Plans from leading Miniaturists for: Furniture, food, table settings, accessories, fireplaces, and needlework projects from rugs to mini-knitting. Complete settings and furnishings for: a Country Store; a Colonial Keeping Room, and a Christmas Room. Black and white photographs, measured drawings & full-size patterns, complete how-to instructions. Includes detailed instructions on how to make money from your miniatures. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30600.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Miniatures: How to Make The, Use Them, Sell Them
• ISBN 10: 0395243440
• ISBN 13: 9780395243442
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Editorial Review - Kirkus Reviews Amid today's upheavals, notes author Meras, ""a miniature world is a manageable one""; and whatever the reason, miniatures are enjoying a boom. Here, for the collector turned craftsman, is an all-inclusive guide to making miniatures that appropriately combines care, taste, and charm. The investment is small (another plus), the challenge is evident, the examples are alluring--and the instructions, plans, and photos bring success within reach. Start small, Meras suggests, with accessories (a chandelier based on cuphooks, vases and ashtrays from other findings); if fine needlepoint is your forte, try a cross-stitch sampler; dextrous? contrive an umbrella or other metal object. You can fashion an array of appetizing foods from molding materials; make furniture, of course; and graduate to a general store or old-fashioned Christmas parlor. And when, like every hobbyist, you have as many. . . as you need, you can turn your talent to money; Meras offers precise, realistic information on how. With models by experienced miniaturists and a final chapter on the masters, a thoroughly professional, not the least precious treatment.