Harry Potter Vignette

I was challenged to create a scene in a book, as was shown in the first issue of American Miniaturist magazine. The 'rules' of the challenge were simple: create any scene in an old book. Or make a book, or use a cigar box.

This project was timely, since I wanted to give my mom something unusual for Christmas. Since there are no new J K Rowling books, I could not buy her another Harry Potter book for her collection. (All the females in my family are witches and we enjoy Harry Potter.) So, creating my own Harry Potter book for Mom's collection was the next best thing.

I did not want to destroy a perfectly good Harry Potter book, I chose to make the book cover myself. I made it the same height and depth as a Harry Potter hardback, although it is about a quarter inch thicker than The Goblet of Fire.

I made the cover out of posterboard covered with bookcloth. The cover is plain, since I could not figure out how to neatly emboss text onto the cloth. I pasted a Hogwarts Crest on the spine. The 'box' part of the book is made of foamcore, which I covered with marbled paper. (The American Miniaturist instructions suggested using corderoy paper, but I could not find any. Heck, marbled paper is easier to dust!)


	Inside the cover is harlequin paper which I sponge painted. I chose blue for the decor of this project, because Mom is a Ravenclaw, and the Ravenclaw house color is blue. (Mom likes green, but she is definately not a Slytherin!)
The stone wall is made from Creative Paperclay, a medium I had not tried before. I painted it with washes of acrylic paint. The window overlooks a Quidditch field. I made everything in this vignette, except for the candle sconces.			Click image for a close-up
Click image for a close-up		The back of the chair has the Ravenclaw house crest.

On the desk are some books with titles taken from the Harry Potter books. Parchment, quills, and a bottle of ink are ready to be used for homework. The crystal ball serves as a good paperweight, when one is not studying Divination.

In the corner stands a Quidditch broom. It is a Cleansweep model, since the Nimbus series brooms are too expensive for the occasional game of Quiddtich. On the floor by the desk is a Honeydukes bag from a recent visit to Hogsmeade.