I walked into the Seattle Dollhouse show the other weekend and bless my lucky charms there was one of my favorite dollhouse builders Glenda Cunningham Barnhart. She was selling furniture pieces by an Irishman she discovered while taking people on tours of miniatures in the UK. John Walker is his name and Glenda says he works with the real antique furniture pieces he makes in miniature. John is not a power tool kind of guy he does most of his production work with small hand tools. This hand crafting makes his miniature Irish country pieces feel as authentic as the hand crafted originals they are modeled from.
The Irish cottage was made by Glenda, she is an IGMA Fellow and does fantastic thatched roof cottages in several scales.
Below are other photos of the pieces Glenda has for sale. I adore the blue bed but alas I don't have the budget for it this year otherwise it would have come home with me.
John Walker, the furniture maker, is also rather shy so that might be why is he rather elusive and of course exclusive. I am not aware of any other dealers who are currently selling his pieces.
If you would like to purchase pieces in the photos contact Glenda Cunningham Barnhart at countrysidetours @ hotmail.com You will need to remove the spaces on each side of the @ symbol if you cut and paste the address. I don't post clickable email links in order to prevent excess spam in my friends mailboxes.
I hope you enjoyed your St. Patrick's day miniature treat and I leave you with an Irish blessing
May you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire.
With the recent events in Japan this blessing seems very profound indeed as so many are wishing for these very simple things they had only a few days ago.
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10 comments:
So lovely dollhouse furnitures :)
- jaana-
What lovely furniture, I love it. The bed is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your find.
Victoria ❤
Oh my goodness, what a delight these pieces are, they're oozing charm and professional workmanship, I can see why you are smitten with them.
That Irish blessing is really nice, thanks for sharing it.
I LOVE your corner cabinet! it is perfect for the style houses you build. The bed is great too. I would love to see more of John Walker's furniture.
Great items that Glenda has! I love her cottage! Thanks for sharing all of the information about her and John. Great to know about!!
Fantastic! I love the cottage and the furniture both. Thank you for sharing.
I did not mention that Glenda lives in an Ivory Tower in one of my favorite Northwest towns in the winter and a small, ancient home in a charming village in Southern France in the summer. She is living my dream life!
Wow! Thank you for sharing her work, Karin! It is GORGEOUS! I love your cabinet.... and I agree with you about the bed.....just stunning! And the Irish blessing is lovely too! Thank you for sharing!
Dear Karin,
Thank you for your lovely write-up on my Irish dollhouse and John Walker's furniture. I have since looked at the movie "The Secret of Roan Inish" and am in the process of creating that atmosphere in this cottage, to give it some character. There is no end of wonderful creative possibilities in the miniature world, and I appreciate Karin's encouragement to me after a few years of my absence from miniatures.
I think I am 'hooked' again....
Glenda Cunningham (aka 'anonymous' because I don't know what a URL is --technology is foreign to me--just give me a cottage to build withoutnthe technology!)
How lovely to see my dear friend Glenda featured on your blog ... I'm laughing at her 'URL' quip ... I feel the same, but am bound and determined to get my 'widgets and whatnots' up to spec and running smoothly ... even if it kills me in the process. Yea Glenda ... you are ever in my thoughts, and you Karin have a most wonderful blog, so I'll be back again and again for more inspiration!
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