In October/November 2022 I took a class at the Smithsonian called Build a Tiny Interior, taught by Marcie Wolf-Hubbard. Yes, it's an offshoot of a class I have taken a couple of times before taught by the same artist - Build a Tiny House!, and you have seen examples of my Tiny House work here on the blog.
As I have mentioned before, I have always loved dollhouses and as a child spent a lot of time building my own mini homes in various materials. Now so many years later, I am rediscovering this path with great pleasure.
In a short series of posts I will tell you about my Tiny Interior project.
Now it was time to make the room itself. I used a cardboard box. I stood the flaps up and taped them into place with the paper hinging tape to get some height to the room. I also did some preliminary trimming (see the right hand side, it's a little hard to see at this angle but later photos will make it clear) because I knew I didn't want the room to be too narrow. It needed more of an open feeling, so that it would be easy to see inside.
Next, I gessoed the whole thing black and cut the window out (using an exacto knife).
I started to think about how I would shape the box. It's still too enclosed. I drew some more trim lines but did not cut them until later on, when I had started to make furniture and could see how much room the pieces were going to take up. You can see one of the lines at the front. I've also put in window framing.
I interrupted the room construction process at this point to make the furniture. So that is what I will show you next time! Here you get a bit of a preview.
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