Hi, guys.
I don't really know what got me interested in building miniatures but have always found the strange and unusual captivating and yet somewhat familiar and even kin. I was that strange kid in town who hung around the carpentry and blacksmith's shops where they allowed me to emulate the masters as I created tiny horseshoes, furniture, etc. And, of course, creating tiny tools became a trade mark that has remained with me and became my major interest after retirement from a conventional career. I haven't created anything lately because I've been distracted by real scale life remodeling my wife's house. I live here too, but thought that the house was good enough as it was, and now I've got things torn down and some back up and some I just can't figure. Damn I hate the full scale world.
Well Scott, some might be professional scale builders who do it for a living, and I can appreciate and maybe even envy that, but I am an amateur in the truest sense of the word. I do it just for the Love of doing it. In fact, the few times that I have built commissioned pieces, I have had no fun and did not enjoy the pressures of life as an artist for hire. What makes it even less likely that I'll earn any money at this is that I am a serious collector too and have difficulty parting with my creations except those which were built as a gift with a special person in mind. I suppose that enough $$ might change my attitude, but then I would have only $$.
Ralph
