Hi Everyone! I know I’ve been quiet lately, but this piece took a bit. Decided to do something Harry Potter themed, and thought what better way to display it than to view it through the Mirror of Erised. I tried to capture as many elements of the saga as I could figure out how to make. I did install lighting, I used a battery power string of 25 fairy lights (the kind on the bendy wire) and embedded them in the inner roof line and a few in an empty space behind the stained glass, with a piece of parchment behind to diffuse the light.
Allow me to take you on the Grand Tour! On the floor, we have a Hogwarts trunk, Gryffindor scarf, the Sorting Hat, Tom Riddle’s diary stabbed with the Basilisk fang, Gildoroy Lockhart’s book (with Platform 9/3 ticket as a bookmark), the Herbology handbook, the Monster Book of Monsters, a few issues of The Quibbler, The Maurauders Map, Harry’s Wand, the Philosopher’s Stone, a jar of Gillyweed, a brewing pot of Polyjuice potion and a mug, the Advanced Potions text book, and an empty jar of Devil’s Snare seeds. Oh, and a few of the trading cards from the chocolate frogs (Harry and Dumbledore, specifically, but can’t really see them too well with the angles, in front of the MBoB on the floor).
On the left wall, we have a flyer for Fred and George’s Skiving Snackboxes, alongside a broken and battered Proclomation No 9 (banning sweets from unauthorized suppliers), with the Golden Snitch perched playfully on it’s corner.
The right wall has a purposely and tragically empty cage ( 
), a Gryffindor banner, and a mantle with photos of James and Lilly Potter, and a bottle of Felix Felices. If I’d have planned that better, I would have put a fireplace there. Oh well, next time.
I used the GF to engrave and cut the mirror frame layers, side and back walls, the hook for the cage, the banner, the proclamation, braces for the shelf, and windows, from medium PG Draftboard and medium clear acrylic. The rest is chipboard, cardstock, clay, hot glue, toothpicks, printable stuff, etc. The battery pack is external with about 3 inches of cord so it’s accessible for changing batteries, it pressure fits in to a space cut in the back two layers. The lights themselves had this extra ‘Try Me’ button wired to it and I was going to cut it off, but I kind of like having it accessible for just a quick 10 second peek, but it is a separate button battery.
Thank you for stopping and taking a look, and until next creation, Happy Forging!
), the book’s teeth are toothpick tips and hot glue gums (I actually made a cardstock book first, then covered it in the clay), the other books and papers are card stock and images I found online and printed on my inkjet.