November 5th MEE meeting

We were exceptionally fortunate to have two guest speakers at our November 5 meeting.

Eugene (Rollie) Boisselle is a retired denturist who showed us some of his incredible work making miniatures in silver and gold with the lost wax process.

One of the nativity scenes he made for his late wife and the other significant other women in his life. Each scene has 27 figures and Mary and the baby Jesus are done in gold and the others are made in silver.

These pieces are done in gold.

Cutlery and covered serving dish.

The Chrysnbon dresser set done in gold.

Pots and pans.

The Chrysnbon sewing machine done in silver and gold.

The only actual pieces that he brought eres the sewing machine and one Nativity scene as all the others have been gifted to family members but he did supply us with the pictures beforehand and he did bring two photo albums of the pieces.

All those are in 1" scale.

Our second guest works in an entirely different scale! Thomas Jacob was born in India and although he trained as an engineer, from an early age he made incredibly small carvings from chalk.
You can read more about him here.

Using only an Excel blade and no magnification, he carves these incredible pieces from pencil leads, chalk and crayons.

the ballet dancer

Marilyn Monroe's famous scene

Thomas brought us several examples of his work but they were under glass and it's hard to take good pictures. So if you want to get the full OMG impression, please go to his website and see for yourself.

Our evening got even better! (If you can believe it!).

Tina showed us the quarter scale Suffragette's bedroom that she will be teaching both here on March 7 and 8 AND at the http://miniaturegathering.ca/Ontario Gathering  on April 24, 25, and 26, 2020.

The two dolls in the scene are not included in the scene but one will be a gift at the Gathering. They are made by our own Marg Wolfe and are absolutely incredible!

 Our next club workshop on November 19. Cheryl S. will be leading members through making a choice of these nightgowns:

and the housecoat.