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From Bug Juice to Bird Poop
Index to How-to Articles by Pat Thomas
Nutshell News (what is now Dollhouse Miniatures)
First Series |
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| 09/81 | Dry rot & peeling paint |
| 11/81 | Mold and Mildew |
| 01/82 | Aging brick & plaster |
| 03/82 | Slope, slant & sag |
| 05/82 | Glass cutting & etching |
| 08/82 | Floors & Attics |
Creative Notebook |
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| 10/88 | Aging exterior wood, tin |
| 12/88 | Style, tools & knotholes |
| 02/89 | Aging with paint |
| 04/89 | Shingled roofs |
| 07/89 | More on roofing |
| 08/89 | Landscaping & bricks |
| 10/89 | Custom doors |
| 12/89 | Odds & Ends |
| 01/90 02/90 03/90 |
The Greene & Greene house |
| 05/90 | Beaded wood interiors |
| 07/90 | Bathrooms, appliances |
| 09/90 | Inspiration, furnaces, pie coolers, closets, wallpaper |
| 11/90 | Period kitchens |
| 01/91 | Stoves |
| 05/91 | Garden Shed exterior, weathering, glass cutting, windows, sagging roofs |
| 07/91 | Summer House exterior, screen doors, aging shingles |
| 09/91 | Maine Idyll, junk collecting for shower stall |
| 10/91 | Frosty Malt Shop, appliances and interiors |
| 11/91 | Maine Idyll, design details, brick fireplace, window shades, spatter painted floor |
| 01/92 | Summer House interior, floors, pickled walls, doors |
| 04/92 | Pippen Hill, rock wall, terrain, wattle & daub, research, brick detailing, aging washes on plaster |
| 05/92 | Pippen Hill, old glass, bow window, cobblestones, streetside details |
| 07/92 | Airplane Cafe exterior, sign painting, canvas roof, airplane details |
| 09/92 | Airplane Cafe interior, walls, wainscot, linoleum |
| 11/92 | Review: unpainted weathered exteriors, materials, shingles, chevrons, graying, wood washes, moss, reflected light |
| 01/93 | European Toy Shop: display base & basement, dirt & terrain, stucco, aging |
| 08/93 | European Toy Shop: stone chimney, ext. walls, bay windows, leaded glass |
| 12/93 | The Oysterville Victorian house, repairs, drop siding, decorative shingles, wallpaper, wainscot |
| 07/94 | Beach Cottage rehab: kit re-modeling |
| 11/94 | Stained glass techniques |
| 03/95 | European Toy Shop (Faces of the Moon) wave-coursed roof |
| 07/95 | Toymaker?s shop interior: aged wood, plank flooring, graining, rustic furniture |
| 10/95 | Faces of the Moon exterior: painting scenes on stucco, eclectic details, influence/inspiration |
| 01/96 | A Taste of Greene & Greene: small bungalow class project, color washes, cement, landscaping, composition roof, scarf joints, staining int. woodwork, wallpaper friez |
| 04/96 | Miscellany: dirty water washes, Bug Juice, Aged wallpaper, Fimo bricks |
| 07/96 | Noel's miniature watercolors |
| 10/96 | Italian Ruin, ext. brick, cement & plaster, sidewalk, ancient door, rubble |
| 01/97 | The Breeze~Tin Roof: made from metal sheeting, aged with acrylic washes |
| 04/97 | The Breeze~Fabric Awnings from window shades, wooden frame, aging |
| 08/97 | Shingles~How to apply and age |
| 10/97 | The Breeze~Deep fat fryer |
| 01/98 | The Breeze ~Utility sink (Final article) |
Miniature Collector |
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| 04/98 | Floors |
| 08/99 | Doors Part I |
| 10/99 | Doors Part II |