Hui Ring -Wheeling -based small and medium -sized businesses are running a unique miniature miniature of the president’s house for four months for the exhibition, and then tours the White House without stepping inside. You can. “People’s houses: White House experience.”
The 47 replica items created by the unique miniature owner Wendy Barbow, General Manager Amanda Donaldson, and the HOH share ink are exhibited in Washington as part of the exhibition of the White House History Association. 。 The miniatures created by Barbow and Donaldson are usually small enough to appear in the doll house, but the efforts to create various miniature fireplaces, frame, and frame mirrors for exhibitions were not small.
The custom order, which sent two research paths and sent a mold and sucked resin, began with a zoom meeting with women in the DC area in the spring of 2024.
When a woman informs Barbow and Donaldson to make a replica item to the client, it was the White House History Association, and Barbo said that they were. “Lost words.”
The replica is especially used in a large white house model that reproduces 19 rooms with facades and furniture and accessories in the building. The unique miniature reproduces the fireplace, frame, and frame mirror in various rooms.
After the zoom call, the two started brainstorming and planning the project. The first step was to conduct detailed research on various works duplicated by Donaldson.
The Road Bump of the research process tracks clear photos of various furniture necessary to replace because the place where the picture frame and mirror are suspended in the white house may change from management to management. I was.
“One administrator’s room is used as a bedroom, and then the same room is used as a later administrator office.” Donaldson said. “These switches mean that artwork and picture frame move around. I think,” Oh, you can easily find this frame. Just look for this picture. ” When I entered, those paintings and frames were switched. “
Although the painting with a unusual frame was suspended, Barbo pointed out that the furniture they had to reproduce had not changed. She added that this would be useful “Transcendence of the times” The aspect of the White House decoration has gained a profit to the design process for miniature making.
The unique miniature sells various architectural replica items, from Baroque to Rococo. This was convenient for Barbow and Donaldson when designing a replica from the White House. They can use miniature elements that have already been made in the same style room of White Ito House. This includes the federal style used in the green room and the Victorian dynasty style used in the treaty room.
Donaldson has also visited local antique and recycling shops frequently to find furniture similar to works used in the White House to help create replicas.
“I found many of the frames that were dismantled at antique and recycling stores because many modern furniture is common and normal.” Donaldson said. “We had to think about the outside of the box and go to a place with a hole in the wall. It was magical when we found something that we had to make from the White House. “
This business can strongly reproduce the various architectural styles used in the White House, but the scale required for the exhibition model was not familiar.
Unique miniatures are sold on a variety of miniature scale, and Barbeau pays attention that most miniature is modeled on 1 to 12 scale. 1 inches in a scale model or miniature is equal to 12 inches for the original object. The scale required for people’s homes was one -on -five scale.
“Because the item of the Barbie doll is a one -on -6 scale, the one -on -5 scale we had to do for the exhibition is a strange scale between the Barbie doll or the one -on -12. It was like a doll house scale. Barbo said. “I didn’t usually know how to plan the necessary materials because the type was not so large.”
The unique miniature has three steps to create a miniature. This process begins with the creation of the master, a miniature model. The silicon mixture is poured into the master and enhanced to create a mold. You can pour the resin into a silicon type, create a miniature body in the final step, and paint to paint as needed.
Barbeau and Donaldson have created a project master in cooperation with Hoh Share and its Mother Jones Center for Resident Community. In cooperation with Kate Marshall, the executive director of the HOH share, they have created a specific sculpture element of replica, including figurines connected to the front of the fireplace in the chain. Other artists who participated in the project include Ashley Howard, Heather Ugu, and Ryan Ying.
The members of the Hoh Share team taught how to cut out the woodworks for the master using a woodworking tool for Barbeau and Donaldson to create details of miniature wood.
“We learned a lot of skills that we did not have in woodworking before this project.” Barbo said. “There are very gorgeous and detailed things that must be made from wood on a small specific scale.”
Other materials used to create the master contained a manual 3D -printed figurine, a clay sculpture material, a string, and a small metal star. Creating a master by combining various materials has become known among people working on projects. “Frankenstein-“
Each of the 47 replica items took 10 hours to create, and the team often worked on multiple pieces at the same time. The team has created a miniature version of 15 white houses, 23 pictures frames, and nine frame mirrors.
These replicas contained gorgeous mirrors hanging in Lincoln’s bedroom. A blessing room with a blessing of the blessings engraved by President John Adams and a blessing of a frame with paintings from George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.
The two most proud works are the picture frame reproduced for the portrait of the First Lady Edislez Belt, which is hanging in a green room.
“The work shows the culmination of the whole summer of teamwork, what we learned from (Mother Jones), what we learned about work on resin, and the confidence we developed to create a master. “ Barbo said. “That’s for me making this work special.”
The unique miniature provided the last replica of the project in early September. The museum exhibited on September 23, and the unique miniature is published in sections, including miniature replicas in 19 white house rooms.
Barbow visited the exhibition in early December, and she “I was surprised” By the technology used to create a site on the 3rd floor on the Washington DC Pennsylvania Avenue
“The purpose of creating a museum is to see the White House more detail than many people because the number of visitors who can tour the White House every year.” Barbo said. “White House’s Historical Association has created this exhibition that is free to be released to enable anyone to use the White House.”
When she saw her work on the museum, Barbow reminded me of the learning process to create each work.
“We did some really impressive and wonderful things.” Barbo was reflected. “Looking at one of the frames of the picture, I remember saying,” I made it. ” By the end of the project, we are really confident in the skills to build things. “
In addition to acquiring new skills as a miniature maker, this project was able to tour the room without stepping into the white house layout. Through project research, Donaldson even reminds you of a portrait that occupies a specific frame of the White House among various presidents.
The two will not be able to use the knowledge of the encyclopedia of the White House furniture in the near future, but we plan to use a partnership with the skills learned from the project and for future projects.
“There was no way to achieve this alone.” Barbo said. “This project has helped to provide a place to work not only for people with employment barriers but also for young new artists.”