36 Hour Classes
INSTRUCTOR: Nell Corkin, Fellow
COURSE: Building, Landscaping, and Mixed media
PROJECT: 1:144 Scale Victorian Cottage
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This charming cottage, with its board and batten walls and ornamented barge boards on the gable ends, is an example of the picturesque “Carpenter Gothic” style popular for modest American homes in the mid to late 19th Century. The cottage offers students the opportunity to learn a wide variety of techniques for working in 1:144 scale. Special emphasis will be placed on methods developed by the instructor to achieve a high level of detail as well as a realistic look in this small scale.
Students will construct the cottage from 1/32" plywood, and learn how to modify a variety of purchased “N” scale castings to create the door and windows, as well as how to construct architectural details from strip materials and etched brass. They will finish both the interior and exterior. They will shingle the roof, and add weathering effects to the cottage and roof using colored pencils. Finally, the cottage interior will be fitted with furniture and accessories. Techniques for both will include finishing and/or modifying some precast pieces and scratch building others from a variety of materials, including wood, paper, metal castings, and etched brass. The landscape, including a small trellis and bird bath, will be created using both natural and artificial materials, with emphasis on creating a natural appearance as well as composing the design of the landscape to enhance the structure.
Students completing the cottage will have gained knowledge of materials and methods for working on their own 1:144 scale projects; and many of the same techniques can be used for working in other small scales.
TIME: 36 hours. Completion during class time is likely,
but students who may not finish will have all the
materials and information they need to complete
the project at home.
POWER TOOLS: None
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate. No special skills are necessary for this project, but some experience with accurate measuring and cutting is required.
MATERIALS FEE: $50 to be collected at school