Attic

May 28, 2010
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The attic was a lot of fun. I've seen other miniaturists' attics with newspaper wallpaper, and I wanted to do something similar. I took images from newspapers online, resized and printed sheets on two shades of parchment paper. Then came the task of cutting out each individual page of newsprint so I could apply the paper piece by piece. I glued beams along the walls and ceiling, leaving 1 1/2" between them. I then coated the wood beams with a black and brown wash. I used the individual newspaper pieces to cover the sections between the beams, mashing the paper, gluing wrinkles in place and turning some corners down. I added some water spots with a brown paint wash.

I had these books from a lot of furniture and accessories I bought from craigslist and covered them with covers I found on printmini.com, printed on parchment paper. I placed one book in the room below and rest into a purchased crate that I aged with paint washes. The hurricane lamp is by Clare Bell Brass aged with brown paint. Its cord is hidden under the crate. This is a tiny room, but leaving it dark meant you couldn't see the details I added.