Artist Studio in Miniature

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I have a miniature art studio project for Alpha Stamps to share with you today, one that features a new corner room box and some fun newly arrived furniture and decorative pieces.

This little scene uses the 7 x 9 Corner Room Box with Window. Before starting any room box I dry fit it together to determine which side of each wall is interior vs exterior and mark them as such. I was going for a slightly industrial loft look for this studio so started by bricking the interior wall with the window in it. I covered the assembly tabs with painters tape then, working in sections, I used the same tape to hold a Small Brick Wall Stencil in place. The raised bricks were made using modeling paste, which I spread through the stencil openings with a palette knife. The stencil was carefully lifted off and rinsed with water and the wall was set aside for the paste to dry. After a few hours I moved the stencil to a new section to repeat this process.

Once the bricks were completely dry I painted the grout using a light gray acrylic paint.

From there, I chose a combination of acrylic brick colors and just randomly painted and layered color on each brick until I was satisfied with the result. The small brick pattern you see in the background is a sheet of scrapbook paper I used for inspiration.

The Double Layer Window – Plain comes in two pieces. To fit with the industrial look both sections were painted black before gluing in place.

Love how the bricks came out! I wanted the rear wall of the room to have the appearance of shiplap so covered it with a light wood grain paper. The floor got an antique reclaimed wide plank look. Both are Wood Textures papers from Craft Consortium. The little bird painting is one I did for this project, along with the red bird and the lemon. The birch paintings come from a watercolor greeting card I painted years ago that was just cut down to size and framed with a couple frames from the Mini Frames Set.

Rather than stenciling the exterior walls I decided to use a one of the brick texture papers from Craft Consortium. Before assembling the room using tacky glue, I used the window wall as a template to cut the exterior building paper.

The furnishings for the art studio are some new pieces as well. Alpha Stamps carries a series of cubbies that can be stacked into a huge variety of configurations. I chose to use a Single Cubby (set of 2) plus a 4 Cubbies Square Block and a 6 Cubbies Rectangular Block for the display case. They were painted in a dark brown before being stacked and glued to each other. The rear wall and ‘floor’ of each cubby got a muted neutral paper to help show off the contents inside each cube. Since the single cubby comes in a set of two, I decided to reverse one of them and give it a faux drawer front using the new Cubby Faux Fronts Collage Sheet. There were SO many great options to choose from I had a hard time deciding!

The feet for the display case are made from Wooden Pushpin Box Feet – Set of 4 that were painted brown and glued onto antique brass jump rings I had in my stash.

The little open back shelf I painted white reminds me of an Ikea shelving unit. It was made from a 6 Cubbies Rectangular Block – Open Back. The Shallow Work Table is another new piece and I gave it an architect/drawing table look by painting the top white and the legs black.

The pretty oriental looking rug came from the Aubusson Dollhouse Rugs Collage Sheet. I printed it on velour paper to give it a bit of a fuzzy feel. I also added a plain cotton drop cloth stained with a bit of acrylic paint. The stool comes from a Set of Stools – 1 inch scale. The legs were painted a dark blue and the top papered with a Honey Bee Home Essentials paper.

I of course used the Tiny Craft Room Labels Collage Sheet for a few practical accessories for the art studio. I had some miniature turned wooden bottles in my stash that I painted white and added gesso and acrylic paint labels to.

I glued stamp pad labels onto black and white foam sheets then cut them out. They fit perfectly into the tray from the Square Wooden Boxes with Lids in Tray. One of those cute boxes found it’s way into the cubby display case.

The Tiny Craft Room Labels Collage Sheet also has rubber stamp labels. Those got glued onto slices of flat wooden dowel that I stained with a wash of watercolor paint.

The finished rubber stamps were tucked into one of the Small Plastic Tubs – 19x15x5mm. a Taller Plastic Tub – 19x16x10mm was used to store the 4 Piece Mini Ruler & Triangles Set. The smallest Tiny Plastic Tubs – 15x11x5mm was fashioned into a little bunny shrine using with the addition of a Tiny Blue Fairy Window and a Tiny Resin Bunny Rabbit.

The stamps and inks sit on top of the open shelf along with a Mini Black Rotary Phone.

Inside the open shelves sit the mini bunny shrine as well as some pottery I made a few years back and some fun things from my stash.

Now for a closer look at the cubby display. I used a Chunky Glass Bottle with Lid to house some colored pencils. Just below that is one of the Square Wooden Boxes that came with the tray and a Mini Potted Fern. There’s one of the Mini Succulents – Set of 3 just below it. The next level holds a Square White Canister with Lid and a Tiny Round Serving Plate. The cigar box was made from a Mini Cigar Box Set and the Mini Cigar Boxes Half Sheet. Below that are a 1 Inch Wide Mini Vintage Suitcase which I imagine holds art supplies for plein air painting outdoors, as well as a Yellow Baby Duck. The 28mm Brown Fruit Bowl next door is full of Red Apples – 1:12 Scale.

Below the duck is a snow globe I made from a hollow glass globe that holds Iridescent Water Bubble Microbead Mix mounted on one of the bead caps from the Mini Cake Stand Kit. You’ll also see one of the gorgeous Mini Colbalt Blue Vases and some Mini Books with Blank Covers that were covered with images from the Tiny Little Books Collage Sheet. Those are joined by a Small Green Frog. To the right of this display case sits a Two Inch Tall Wicker Basket filled with two Razor Grass Plants.

Sitting on top of the Shallow Work Table are the 4 Piece Mini Ruler & Triangles Set along with Miniature Crayons in Box and the Tiny Set of Pencils sitting inside a Metal Paint Can with Lid.

Those paint brushes sitting inside an Even Tinier Bottle were made from toothpicks, burlap fibers and a teensy bit of tin foil tape.

I painted the bottom of a Tall Wooden Ladder and added a cardinal brad for inspiration. The red bird painting on the Miniature Easel with Blank Canvases is a work in progress. There’s a Miniature Paint Set in Box sitting on the stool and the 15mm Tall Glass Jar on the drop cloth has some tinted resin in it to represent a paint brush rinse cup.

The Miniature Easel comes with two blank wooden boards. Those got tucked into a Wooden Storage Crate with Metal Screen Sides along with another Mini Frame and a scrap of mat board.