It seems I am not the only one who thinks old fans could lend to a lot of miniature projects. I thought I'd post a photo of the other fans I have in my craft supply. I was lucky enough to buy these as a cheap bulk lot - probably someone getting rid of an old collection. Some are wooden and some are plastic or some other old plastic like material. All except the three little picture ones have some form of carving.
They are readily available on ebay and other on-line auction sites and you can often run them down in op shops. I think you can sometimes get new imitations in cheap shops/emporiums. It pays to bide your time with the auctions to wait for cheap ones. Some go for much higher prices and are sold as collectables.
I found two smallish ones at Pier 1 quite awhile ago. They were $1 each and not the best quality. But, a little sanding and fine-tuning with an X-Acto blade made them workable, especially for the price. You can see my clocks here: http://www.otterine.com/blog/blog1.php/vintage-wall-clocks The left and lower right have the fan parts. :]
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link Brae. I love the clock on the left and only a small part of one piece of fan was used. A fan could go a long way towards miniature items.
DeleteRan into another... http://todominis.com/tutorial-sofa-romantico/ :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Brae for the link. What a grand sofa. I don't know if I would have come up with something so grand myself - great tutorial. I had thought bits of fan could look nice as 'carving' on the back of a sideboard.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comments! I am very pleased!
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