DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners
How to Create a Template
A course by Wei ✦ Honey Thistle , Artist
About the video: How to Create a Template
Overview
“To finish this unit, I will turn my attention toward the sideboard I want to make for the hanging niche and break it down into its component shapes. I will discuss how to create allowances for the thickness of the wood and wood finishes. ”
In this video lesson Wei ✦ Honey Thistle addresses the topic: How to Create a Template, which is part of the Domestika online course: DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners. Learn how to craft a charming interior space by building furniture and accessories from scratch using accessible materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“ How to Create a Template In this lesson, we're going to create templates for the sideboard that we scaled down in the last lesson. As you can see here, we've done the calculations in the last lesson for the sideboard, and first, look at the different shapes. This sideboard is largely rectangular, and you have the top piece, you have the front two doors, you have the side piece, you have the back, which we can't see right now, and of course, a bottom and some legs. If we were to break it all down, they're largely all rectangles. We'll start by drawing the top template for the top piece bec...”
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Course summary for: DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Toy Design
Wei ✦ Honey Thistle
A course by Wei ✦ Honey Thistle
Wei Xu, or Honey Thistle as she’s known online, is a miniature artist from Toronto, Canada. She has always enjoyed making things, and first started posting her creations on a creative forum during high school. She experimented with everything from crochet bags to buttons and brooches before going on to study at business school. After working in the corporate world for a few years and running an Etsy shop part-time, Wei left her job to pursue her passion for craft. She began selling jewelry and small decor while creating small sets for animation as a hobby. But, after posting her mini furniture, plants, and other interior details on Instagram, she quickly attracted a community of followers.
Since then, Wei has worked with clients including Madewell, Pottery Barn Kids, Walmart, and Hunker. She has also been featured by Chatelaine Magazine, CBC Arts, and Buzzfeed’s Nifty.
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