Our Theme for September is "Inside the 20th Century Home" and our Challenge is to show ANYTHING from the 20th century. This can include anything from Art Deco from the early 1900s to entertainment centers and open floor plans of the late 1900s and everything in between.
To participate, please send in your picture(s) and a brief description to Debbie Colombo at irvfink@gmail.com and we will post it HERE. Don’t forget to include your mailing address. After the end of the monthly challenge, you will receive a small thank you gift for participating.
Our first Challenge Sample comes from Janet Smith:
This is my art deco box made in a class from Brooke Tucker. I love the box. I was working at the time and could not find any fabrics for the walls or floor that I loved in time for the class, so made do. Maybe someday, I’ll refurbish! But in the meantime, it houses some of my favorite things, including a cat from Karl Blendheim that was commissioned by my partner, Jeff, and modelled after our Kitty Cassidy (who we lost several years ago). Also favorites are the amazing dolls by Nancy Wantiez. The sofa, chair and tables in the foreground are from a class by Kari Bloom, and the chair in the background was made by Kari.
Our second Challenge Sample comes from Carolyn Eiche:
This is a roombox that my Mom made trying to replicate the kitchen in her first apartment after she was married in 1955. It was the closest she could get using the furniture available at the time she made it. Mom made the doll, an older version of herself in the kitchen. And yes, she assured me at time, that the railroad flat Mom and Dad lived in had a water heater and two stoves in the kitchen. The older one was used for heating and the newer one for cooking.
Our next Challenge Sample comes from Cat Wingler:
I call it Afternoon in Southport because I made it for my husband.
Our last Challenge Sample comes from Terry Unnold:
This is the School Bus I made for Bob’s 65th birthday in memory of the school bus he converted to a camper. We had a lot of fun in this thing, complete with purple shag carpet, a TV Bob watched in the windshield while driving, and a motorcycle parked next to the bed! That’s him driving and me cooking.
