Miniature furniture made from copy paper

This post is more about the technique than the project.

I take regular copy paper and paint it with watercolor cakes to resemble the color of tree bark. I dry the paper with an iron then I TIGHTLY roll the paper into long rolls. I roll the paper over a toothpick.The GF will cut the different lengths I need.

I distress the ends with the point of a Exacto blade. I will tear off very tiny pieces of the colored copy paper rolls and adhere those tiny pieces to the longer rolls to resemble knots.

Finally I add dried flowers, Woodland Scenics lichen to the furniture and paint and distress the ends again. I refer to pics of tree bark through the entire process.

This miniature collection is called Forest Furniture. Assembly, painting and distressing takes about 6-7 hours for the set.

Pricing and I am NOT joking. I have 3 different prices when selling this set.

If a client lives in a home valued between $100,000-$150,000 the price is $30.

Over $150,000- $200,000 the cost is $75

Over $200,000 cost is $150

I will anonymously donate any miniature furniture for an auction to benefit the lives of doggies, kitties and children with physical disabilities.

If you shoot a firearm better than me —-you get the furniture for FREE!!!
If I shoot better than you— the cost is double.

I have yet to give away my beloved furniture to another recreational shooter.

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Well, that is excessively cool! I thought those were real twigs! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Seriously, even after reading your description it’s hard to see those as anything other than real twigs!

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How do you get the bends and knots in each twig/branch?

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That is amazing!!! Hmmmm I need to learn how to do this!

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:astonished: :astonished: :astonished:

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Gobsmacked I am.

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Quite amazing to get not only the wood look but the wood look at shrunken scale :heart_eyes: We used dried lichen that you can buy from model railroad hobby shops for green leaves in models. Did you use something similar?

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@PocoBoho @designvh619 Before I paint the paper—- I crumple up the paper. After I dry the paper I crumple the paper again. After it is cut with the GF —- I LIGHTLY mist the paper rolls with a diluted liquid starch. Now I am able to shape the paper with a toothpick. I made up this technique 30 years ago—- I just updated the cutting process with the GF.

@rbtdanforth This is same lichen that is used for model railroading.

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Just, wow! Such a painstaking process but the results are worth it. I would never think those weren’t real twigs.

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That is truly amazing!! WOW!!

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Wow! Interesting! This has video written all over it including the shoot out. When you say

If you shoot a firearm better than me

Is this some sort of duel or are there targets involved? I will assume for forum rules sake it is the latter. :smiley:

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There are targets in duels. Heh heh

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Perhaps using these?

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Those look amazing! Just like tree branches!

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What a neat technique!

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Love these!! Love the addition of the green.

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Those are fabulous!

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