Boxing Day is the traditional time for trips to the theatre, for pantomimes and fairy tales and ballets. The day when dance companies dust off their productions of Nutcracker and Cinderella and the…
Juan Carlos Reyes, amic i un gran professional en l’art de la reproducció de teatres de paper i demés arts escèniques del món del «Toy Theatre». Avui li volem rendir un senzill homenatge most…
Lots of people find them creepy, but I do love a circus clown. I made this clown box from a cheap little two drawer jewelry box. With cartoon cats on it. Bleh. Whether you like clowns or not, I hope you'll agree that this was an improvement on the original: I mean, c'mon!
「green-eyed creationさんの、 立体ポストカードです🌝 お月様、海底、サーカス、 ...」1LDK・ayasmaのインテリア実例。
Ciao a tutti! Nuovo argomento per la sfida settimanale di Simon SaysStamp Monday Challenge Blog: ART JOURNALING! Come sempre l'nterpretazione è abbastanza libera.... io per esempio mi sono ispirata ai Travel journals per realizzare il mio progetto ma se andate sul nostro Blog potete vedere le altre splendide creazioni del Design team... pagine splendide! Oggi è l'ultimo giorno per Jo di Let's Art Journal come nostra Guest Designer per cui se non l'avete ancora fatto, andate sul suo blog a vedere i suoi bellissimi lavori! E' stato un piacere averla con noi durante Ottobre! Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Thank you for joining us for the Spooky Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too. This week we would like you to do a little: ART JOURNALING It is Jo’s last week with us in the Designer Spotlight and we would like to say a huge thank you for all of your creations over the past month. It has been a real pleasure to have you along with us! Dichiaro ufficialmente conclusa la produzione di Halloween e iniziata quella natalizia! Con tutta sincerità io non sono particolarmente capace nell'arte dell'Art Journaling e quindi ho deciso di interpretare la sfida ispirandomi a quei meravigliosi Journal Travel che si vedono in giro. Ho realizzato un contentitore di ricordi, foto, card con una struttura di Tim Holtz Folio Small, a dire il vero un pochino dimenticata da tutti, ma che dà enorme soddisfazione una volta realizzata! E' un progetto relativamente veloce: si tratta di ricoprire il folio con carte a tema, per me natalizio, e decorarne le copertine e piano piano anche gli interni aggiungendo tasche, tag ecc. Oggi vi mostro la copertina, l'interno è ancora da finire! I officially closed the Halloween season and begin with Christmas! With all sincerity, I am not particularly skilled in the art of Art Journaling and so I decided to interpret the challenge inspired by those wonderful Journal Travel that you see on Pinterest. I made a Journal that will be filled with photos, cards, memorabilia. I made it with a Tim Holtz's Folio Small, a structure a little forgotten which is not often seen, but that gives enormous satisfaction once it's finished! It's a relatively fast project: it's about covering the Folio with themed patterned papers, and decorating the covers and the interiors adding pockets, tags and so on. Today I show you the cover, the inside is still to be finished! La star di questo progetto è sicuramente il nuovo Babbo Natale di Tim Holtz. Appena l'ho visto ho dovuto avere questa fustella: è spettacolare. E' facilissimo da costruire, non sono riuscita a fare le foto perchè questa settimana ho lavorato a ore impossibili con la luce artificiale e le foto vengono malissimo, ma al prossimo Babbo Natale (che ho già in mente!) cercherò di mostrarvi come si assemblano i pezzi! Ho scelto divere carte di Tim Holtz, alcune di qualche tempo fa ma sapete che io sono una collezionista (sto per fare un colpaccio, una cosa che inseguo da tempo ma che oramai è introvabile!... vedrete su FB), vari abbellimenti dai packs Ephemera e il gioco è fatto! Vi lascio i dettagli! Per i pad di carta più vecchi potete consultare il Blog di Tim Holtz che nell'archivio ha tutti i link con gli sneak peek dei vari anni di Idea-ology. I links: per le righe rosse Merriment collection, background nero. E questa è davvero una rarità.... io non l'ho trovata nemmeno sul Blog di Tim.... è del 2010... ma io ce l'ho ancora... mi piacerebbe trovarne un'altra confezione! The star of this project is certainly the new Tim Holtz's Jolly St. Nicks. As soon as I saw it I fell in love: it's spectacular. It is very easy to build, I was not able to take pictures because this week I worked at impossible hours with artificial light and the photos are very bad, but for next Santa (which I already have in mind!) I will try to show you how to assemble the pieces! I chose Tim Holtz's various cards, some are from some time ago, but you know that I am a collector! I'm about to hit it big, something I've been looking for a long time but now it's impossible to find! you'll see on FB! I added various embellishments from Ephemera packs and you're done! I leave you the details! For the older paper pads you can consult Tim Holtz's Blog which has all the links to sneak peeks from the various years of Idea-ology in the archive These are the links: Red stripes Merriment Collection, Black background. And this is really a rarity .... I haven't even found it on Tim's Blog .... it's 2010 ... but I still have it ... I'd like to find another package! Da questo pad 30 x 30 ho ritagliato l'albero di Natale che ho messo nel retro del Folio! From this 30 x 30 pad I cut the Christmas tree I put in the back of the Folio! Sapete che non può mancare un tocco di Stampers Anonymous nei miei lavori... in questo ho usato il nuovo mini stencil con le stelle e un timbro con le note che adoro! You know that in my work can not miss a touch by Stampers Anonymous. In this project I used the new mini stencil with stars and a stamp with notes that I love so much! Ora tocca a voi! Come sempre partecipando alla nostra sfida potrete vincere un buono a estrazione da 50$ da spendere sul favoloso store di SIMON SAYS STAMP! Potete aggiungere fino a 5 progetti per settimana! The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your transportation makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP! Seguite SIMON SAYS STAMP su INSTAGRAM Follow SIMON SAYS STAMP on INSTAGRAM Se usate Instagram potete aggiungere #sssmchallenge così potremo vedere i vostri lavori! Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too! Ci sono favolosi Giveaways e ispirazioni ogni giorno dai nostri favolosi designer su Simon Says Stamp Blog, se non l'avete ancora fatto iscrivetevi via e-mail per essere sempre aggiornati. Avete tempo fino a Lunedi 08:00 ora Ohio. 13:00 UK tempo, 14:00 CET per postare i vostri lavori! Saranno scelti alcuni progetti come Designer Spotlight , essi riceveranno uno special badge da aggiungere al loro blog! Potete leggere tutte le regole per partecipare alla sfida sul nostro blog nella side-bar! There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog , if you haven’t subscribed by email you may want to so you don’t miss out You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in We will also be choosing 3 of our entries to put in the spotlight – a special honor where we talk about why we loved that entry in particular and award a special badge too! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog. Grazie per essere passati, ci vediamo qui presto! Thanks for stopping by, see you soon here! 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Known in Victorian times as Juvenile Drama, toy theatres were originally made as souvenirs of live theatre, creating an ideal home entertainment. The Pollock’s Toy Theatre has inspired generations and long been a part of Britain’s theatrical heritage. Today we commission contemporary artists to add to the traditional collection.
Hey All - I knows it's been a few months since my last post... but today I have another vintage toy theater post for you to enjoy. I've had this digital adaptation on the back burner for a while and finally put the finishing touches on it over the weekend. This time round it's a German Paper Theater by J.F. Schreiber of Esslingen I really like the fancy elements on theaters like this one. This Rococo/Late Baroque style Schreiber was listed as No. 400 a&b and is from around 1894. Enjoy! Digital Toy Theater Scene using elements from vintage German J.F. Shreiber Paper Theater Sheets This first image is a digital composition I did using various elements included in this post. The theater surround or "Proscenium" is my digital adaptation on an original unassembled sheet. A vintage J.F. Schreiber Toy Theater Paper Sheet - Rococo Proscenium "No.400 a&b" c1894 An original vintage sheet came as seen above and had to be cut and assembled to form the Theater's Proscenium - that's the fancy outer portion of the stage that frames the performance. Many of these toy theater Proscenuim sheets came in "to be assembled" format like shown here. I'm guessing this was to help reduce the cost of these sheets and made them easier to store since some of the original assembled sizes were of a fair size and printed assembled on one sheet would have made them rather large. This post is about the Schreiber Rococo No. 400a&b but I wanted to show that sometimes the numbering system these printers used could get a bit confusing when "hunting" or collecting. Schrieber produced another Proscenuim sheet with a similar number - see below J.F. Schreiber's Paper theater sheet No. 400c the photo is from an eBay auction I didn't win, but did try strongly for. Schreiber also made a Paper Theater Sheet No.400c, pictured above - not to be confused with the Rococo No.400 a&b. Even though both theater sheets carry a similar number and both are striking, they are nothing alike. I'd love to one day find out why they were numbered so similarly, so if anyone out there knows - please drop me a line or leave a comment - grins. A bit about J.F. Schreiber Jakob Friedrich Ferdinand Schreiber Jakob Schreiber (1809-1868) was the founder of the J.F. Schreiber publishing company. They were one of the top printers of Paper Theater sheets due to having detailed, quality products. There were a number of Paper theater sheet printers across Europe in the 1800's and very early 1900's of which the German sheets from J.F. Schreiber were among some of the best available. Schreiber produced a nice selection of proscenium, curtains, scenery sheets and over 80 different character sheets; many of which reference children stories. Most of these sheets can be identified by the JFS# printed on the sheets Vintage Schreiber sheets can be purchased on the Internet via a variety of international auction houses but many of then sell for big money; however it's still possible to pick up some of these rare treasures for reasonable prices if you keep hunting. If antique prints and prices are not your thing there are a few companies that have reprints available for the modern enthusiast. To view a nice selection or Schreiber reprints click HERE. Several vintage JFS sheets can be seen and downloaded from the Dutch website "Memory of the Netherlands". There is also a nice selection of "Papieren Theaters" on the site; however there is little information listed about each one. If you see JFS marked on a sheet then it's a Schreiber. ***** A vintage J.F. Schreiber Toy Theater Paper Sheet - Rococo Proscenium "No.400 a&b" c1894 The Schreiber No.400 a&b sheet I was working with had some issues; which I did my best to correct, so I had a good starting point while doing the digital assembly. An interesting item I discovered while working with this theater image is that the "2 upper bridge pieces" do not really line up well "color wise" when assembled. I even examined a number of vintage assembled theaters of the Schreiber Rococo online and noticed several of them do not line up seamlessly either. I was able to repair this color glitch on the assembled digital version I created and was quite please with the final result - I hope you agree. Please note: If you try and use the above sheet to assemble a theater the finished result is a bit "off" aesthetically. Here is an example of a vintage assembled Rococo Theater showing the issue described above. Vintage Assembled Schreiber Rococo Theater found at http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9093812 If you take a close look along the top bar where the cherubs are you will see a definite division where the two parts of the strip just don't join well and the pattern's flow is broken. I found that aspect of the original to be too distracting and made corrections to my "assembled" version to correct it. The next item I needed to consider while adapting my version, was what to do about a base. The original sheet does not have one so again a did a bit more research and found a variety of ways the original sheet was assembled in past years. Some had a base drawer as seen in the above photo. Others had a plain pedestal wood base and so forth. I even found an example of this theater at an auction site where the entire theater was made narrower (maybe to avoid the odd top strip or simply because the other images that person had required a narrower theater)??? Here is a selection of several slightly different assembled versions of this theater I've seen posted on a variety of web auction sites over the years. Several different looks from the same paper theater sheet - Schreiber 400 a&b The top two examples seem to include the entire theater sheet. The top left appears as a slightly wider theater since the sides were assembled farther apart from the upper sections. The theater on the top right was assembled as the instruction diagram in the sheet showed. The bottom two examples have been made into narrower theaters where the 2-part cherub strip was shortened so that all the side edges form a straight line; rather than the arched section being slightly shorter. The bottom left version shows a built up stage area or footer; and the one on the bottom right has a built up pedestal which is made up of a duplicate cherub strip. I liked the original size of the theater and the duplicated cherub strip on the bottom from the last theater so that is the configuration I chose to go with for my digital version. My digital version of the Schreiber 400a&b Rococo Proscenium The above image is the version I came up with and since I love curtains I added in a Schreiber curtain for some extra fun. I consider this an all in one adaptation that can still be modified later on should I want a different look. If you are working with a printout of this version you can cut it up as needed to slightly alter the look. The curtain can be cut out, the base can be removed; and if you remove the base, then the sides can be cut away and slid farther over to make a slightly wider theater. That's one of the great things about working with paper theaters that have "sections"; many times they allow you to be flexible in how you choose to assemble the theater. The curtain I used for this theater is a from another unassembled Schreiber sheet J.F. Schreiber Paper Theater Sheet with and unassembled theater curtain and some foliage The original version of this sheet I was working from was damaged and discolored. I've digitally restored it to reflect what an undamaged vintage sheet should look like. (I did not want an antique look to my finished theater, so for my end result the curtain has been digitally enhanced even more than shown here.) I also created a second version of the theater with a blue curtain, for some extra fun. My same digitally altered theater but with a blue curtain instead of red. Red theater curtains seem to be the most popular for theaters be they real or toy; but they came in other colors and I thought it would be fun to have a ready to go alternate color for mine as well. I like the way this periwinkle blue curtain worked with the proscenium so that's what I went with. I also decided to add in some scenery sheets so this would be a set and not just a theater surround. Depending on how you build the theater, you may need to size down the scenery and character sheets for you own project. Suez Canal 3 Part Scenery Sheets by J.F. Schreiber - digitally repaired and enhanced vintage sheets by EKDuncan 2013 There are a variety of paper theater sheet configurations. Usually a Scene consists of a Background and some accessory sheets like side wings, props, footers, headers, and characters. The above Suez Canal scene has 3 sheets that set the stage, giving nice dimension to the final setting. Exterior & Interior Scenery Sheets by J.F. Schreiber - digitally repaired and enhanced vintage sheets by EKDuncan 2013 Schreiber made a variety of scenery sheets, above are examples of exterior and interior sheets. I've included a photo of what the interior room looks like once its put together, you can see it a little further down in the post. It's nice to have the theater and scenery, but what's a play without its players. Two different JFS Character Sheets in two different sizes Sheet no.504 Characters for "Die Räuber" - The Robbers Sheet no.510 Characters for "Elsa Die Standhaft Madg" - Elsa the Steadfast Maid I'm not sure what characters should go with the scenery sheets I have on this post, but I thought these characters might work with them. It's also fun to use fashion plate images from the time period as characters as another option. The idea is just to have fun. For those who want to know what an assembled toy theater scene should look like... An example of how the interior room looks when it's set in place - image from Spielzeugmuseum Nürnberg Toy theaters and dioramas can be built in any dimension you choose. Generally a toy theater has quite a bit of depth to it so that when the background is placed to the far back and the individual side wing panels are staggered, as each sequential set is placed forward, you get a great illusion from these flat elements. You have to remember you are dressing a stage just like in live theater, just on a smaller scale. Example of a modified Schreiber 400 a&b with scenery panels - via from LiveAuctioneers.com - item 9093812 The above theater shows a narrower version of the theater along with a good number of Schreiber scenery pieces. There is even a scene set up within. While the J.F.S no400 a&b is just one of many beautiful paper theaters by the German publisher J.F. Schreiber; there were several other German Toy Theater Paper Sheets makers from the same period. As with printers in various countries who produced toy theater sheets, there were a variety of qualities available, to suite nearly any budget. The higher quality images were printed on heavier, high grade paper. Those images were sharp and beautifully detailed and the coloring was exceptional. The budget quality sheets were printed on thinner, low grade paper, very much like newsprint. Depending on the printer the images range from very detailed to less refined. Usually the coloring process was of a much lower standard than what was being produced by the high end publishers; however there were some lovely sheets available even from the budget conscious print companies. Here is a list of the German Paper Toy Theater printers I'm aware of and a examples from each: (Many of the images shown below are from http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum) J.C. Winckelmann -Berlin, Germany (high quality images) This and other Winckelmann Sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Adolf Engel (AEB) - Berlin, Germany (high quality images) This and other Adolf Engel aka AEB sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Gustav Kuhn - Neuruppin, Germany (budget quality) This and other Gustav Kühn sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Oehmigke & Riemschneider - Neuruppin, Germany (budget quality) This and other Oehmigke & Riemschneider sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Joseph Scholz - Mainz, Germany (high quality images) This and other Joseph Scholz sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum See my previous Joseph Scholz toy theater post - HERE (Part 1) & HERE (Part 2) J.F. Schreiber - Esslingen, Germany (quality images) This and other J.F. Schreiber sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Schmidt & Romer - Leipzig, Germany (quality images) Two Schmidt & Röhmer sheets can be found HERE at http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum Schmidt & Röhmer are best known for their "Thalia" Proscenium seen below Schmidt & Röhmer "Thalia" at Pickfords House in Derby, England - See more about it HERE I hope you have enjoyed seeing my version of a German J.F. Schreiber paper theater as well as the above sampling of other German made paper theater sheets. If you want to see more of my Toy Theater posts they can all be seen by clicking the "Toy Theater" label or simply clicking HERE I'm in the process of working on a beautiful Schmidt & Röhmer theater similar to the Thalia (seen above) but I still have a ways to go before I'll be ready to post it. If you want a general idea of what the theater looks like I've got a photo of one version of it pinned to my Toy Theater Pinterest board at http://pinterest.com/pin/86061042851828723/ Thanks for joining me on my Toy Theater Adventure and Till next time...
I'm not sure I can tell you how much fun I had making this new tiny paper theater I got from Alpha Stamps last week. I was obsessed! If there's one thing I love, it's working tiny. Plus, all the bright colors on the accompanying collage sheet just stole my circus-loving heart. I know it looks big in the photo, so here's a little better idea of its size. Without the addition of top finial, it's just 4 inches tall. The swag you see near my thumb is part of a curtain from another theater on the same collage sheet. The center medallion has a face on it, but because I wanted the clown on top to be the focus, I covered that face with a decorative brad. There's also a foam square in the center of that swag to give it some dimension. Wooden spindles and finials (colored with a gold Sharpie) add dimension. The top curtains and columns are raised as well. To achieve this, I used two copies of the same collage sheet, and layered some parts using foam glue dots. The foam glue dots showed between the stacked layers, so I cut thin strips of matching paper, put a little glue on the edges, and covered the gap. On the left you can see how the foam tape shows; on the right is the strip of paper covering that area. I used a cream colored strip to fix the base portion, so the wooden spindles had a nice place to sit. The curtains in the side windows are cut from other theater facades included in the collage sheet. Because the curtains show both inside and out, I used markers to draw the curtain on the reverse side of the paper. Putting the curtain image face down on a light table allowed me to see where the details went. The photo below shows the part of the collage sheet I used for these curtains. I am holding the back of one of the cutouts where I hand drew the pattern for the reverse side. Here's how they look once they're in place. The image from the collage sheet is on the left, and the hand drawn back of curtain shows on the right. Who's performing the first show? How nice this little group looks up on stage. Making the characters stand was easy. In the following photo, the five easy steps are outlined from left to right. 1. Using a 1/2" circle punch, punch out a circle from the paper with which you're making your stage floor. I used Wood Flooring scrapbook paper. 2. Outline your character with a black marker, and your circle with a marker that matches the color as closely as possible. 3. Using white glue, attach a mini pin stands to the circle. 4. Once the pin is secured to the base, glue the upright part of the pin to the back of your figure. 5. Note that, if the floor of your stage has a pattern, you should orient the grain of the pattern to match the floor. The little goat on the left blends right in with the floor, while the stand on the right is obvious. A very old theater near me has a night sky painted on their ceiling, which is just magical. I used a Night Sky scrapbook paper to mimic faux sky in my tiny theater. The back of the theater has a poster that not only was tacked up crookedly, but is starting to come down. Maybe it's time to put up a new poster? In the making of this theater, I constantly put it together and took it back apart to make sure that everything looked good. Oops, I can see below that the front of the stage needs that chipboard curtain part painted red. Also, the windows want some curtains and some trim (using Dazzles thin line stickers). Don't glue things together too soon, or you'll be sorry! One change I made to the chipboard base of the theater: with the facade I chose, the roof of the stage would show in the front once assembled. You can see the notches for the roof over the windows above. (In the finished theater, the curtains on the sides cover those notches.) I cut the opening in the front of the theater a little larger so the chipboard does not show. Once the theater was glued together, I covered a piece of cardboard with the striped paper to make a new, higher-up roof, and attached it to the top of the walls as shown below. Gold stickers cover the seam beautifully. Whew! That's a lot of photos and a lot of words. I hope you enjoyed my little theater. Here's one last picture, with the entire cast in attendance. For a complete list of supplies, click here!
