Miniatures
Checkmate
An ornamental chessboard table featuring a checkerboard made from alternating stained and raw coffee stirrer sticks. The cabriole legs are hand-carved from balsa wood, stained, and fitted with functional drawers. Each drawer is detailed with faux ceramic tile inlays and finished with hand-painted knobs.
Won third place at the Perfection in Miniature Awards – Junior edition at the Kensington Dollhouse Festival
The Table
An ornamental chessboard table featuring a chequerboard made from alternating stained and raw coffee stirrer sticks. The cabriole legs are hand-carved from balsa wood, stained, and fitted with functional drawers.
Details and Chessmen
Each drawer is detailed with faux ceramic tile inlays and finished with hand-painted knobs. The tiles were carefully made from a polymer clay cane. The chessmen were first turned on a makeshift lathe and then casted in a mould to complete the identical set.
Perfection in Miniature Awards
This piece was crafted for the PIMA – Junior Edition at the 2025 summer show of the esteemed Kensington Dollhouse Festival, London. It was honoured with third place.
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