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Show Wednesday, jgiy i3, 1988 Vernal Express 13 JL? ' - ' ' ' f ; f I 1 i I ! .1 A .lyj r;" JK .r'" .'- " ;-;;.V. ." fit & '' '' . 'TiTr--'' - --'-' ' IM1H1WI""'"""" 11111 I' "" " " IP -. L,ffHIWWWIIBIll ' " . . . . . . : . " v 1 I V ttW- I . r s. , w r -4 :r . r t i Tf I -1 ft - l, , INTRICATE DETAILS offer a sense of authenticity to the music boxes created from photos and measurements of the old Walker cabin. ' -'-Vx' ;4J KNOWN AS the old Walker Cabin, this old building on South Vernal Avenue served as a model for one of the beautiful replicas created by Renae Anderson of Vernal. RENAE ANDERSON shows a few of the many tiny homes she has created. The unusual and delicate boxes are duplicates of homes of various people in the area; her attention to detail is profound and exacting as she details various features. Unusual hobby transforms homes into sweet music By Nancy Bostlck Eipxfti FMlutt Ed!0 Renac Anderson of Vernal is known lo many as the business manager and co-owner of Open Hearth Donuts. To others, she is familiar fa-miliar in various roles as a mother, volunteer and church member. Dul a new world opened up for Renac in 19S3 when her mother asked her to create a one-of-a-kind riumc box for her sister's birthday. That was the beginning of an unusual hobby thai has brought the gift of music into homes throughout live area. Renac has created a new craft she builds music boxes that arc scaled down miniatures of people's peo-ple's homes. The beautiful replicas arc built on a scale of 1$ inch M one f,Kii and require painstaking at-teiuion at-teiuion to detail. Before &l.c begins building a new miniatuc, Renae mui first tike pkuirrs aJ mca surcmcnts of the aeiu.il home. If she has Ken contracted to build the fnu mc bo fur a client, she will at this tune try to calculate a rough cu-mate cu-mate of the co-w. She explained that vmclnr.es the ikhwl Cf W va?y up or !.in due to her de-uc to tli' -cly dn; lica'.c the nuieiwls w-cd in the tlKtitf home, Rcnae's vokC Mis wuh cr.;h'.vm as ihc ex plains Uiis aspect of her work: "if the home is made of aluminum, I use aluminum for the siding...I try to use as close to the real materials as possible." After she has taken measurements and reviewed die pictures, she must then reduce the house to a scale drawing. By drawing the floor plan on graph ra;vr, Renae can then begin be-gin the actual building. The ba-.c of the structure must be sturdy; she has to draw the structure as closely to the center of the bav; as possible to insure thai the delicate music box, when completed, will turn evenly.' The inner walls and structure tf the music hues are the wne-l.V by 1H" pieces of wtJ are layejfd carefully, one cm b-p i t utc otner until v'-.e has tomplcicJ the Kv.ie sinnture. When this step it fm-iJ.fd, fm-iJ.fd, the Window i are placed in and she is ready to tvgin building thCM'f. "Clo-. ti half tilht lime I t'x-fl-J bmld.r.j? t'ie bmr-C rr.w.t tifi pcr. vt the ' 4.!. ih? c ; .1 quirf. I), "The f f Kerns I.? t U-e bard-c bard-c t p.rL 1 try scry hJ to fn ie the t l b k tr.,k Me is; ftal te , as v-.-..!!e. If if H tt il t a-;-.iU ti ir-flr ; f.'; -'.---i I try to make tlicm kxk as realistic . as I can." Cach successive home been built by Renac offers more detail and refinement re-finement as she finds new approaches ap-proaches to materials or perfects a technique in building. Working with tweecrs and jewelers screw-drivers, screw-drivers, Rcnac's fingers hold the delicate pieces with confidence. She explained that after finishing her fir st music Nix, sdic simpty had to sec if she could da realistic rcphcas and the many she has already completed com-pleted shows that she Can. E.h one seems a bit kttcr than the previous one and she works bard to make sure she improves. Recently, she hit upon the idea of building a miniature t-f the old Jarvie batneacad in Brown'i Fati. She mentioned the idea lo her friend Alia Winward and said she thought she may do a collectors scries to commemorate ihc Outlaw Trail Festivities. She chuckled, "Alta kept reminding me to get ihcm done and so, here I am." She has appreciated appreci-ated the encouragement from her friend, however and explains thai ca.h special edition will be num-bcad num-bcad w i;h a plaque to ccrufy its authentic au-thentic iiy. One of the cabins is presently on display at Adams Jewelry in Vernal; those interested in seeing the Jarv ie Cabin of other miniatures call al J rcah Renae ai home. She explains that tf people want to order fhc unusual muc boxes, they vhould try la plan ai least six months ahead; ii may tike her t .Js i'f, " -. ' - - - iwmm zr : f -' , , Ik. 4 .. ; - I - ' ' tfMI -I. j ' . - . ' - -l , X , . , , . . - - PLACING A door in one of her Jarvie Cabin collector pieces gives the viewer an idea of how small the music boxes really are in comparison to the actual house. months of woik to complete the project. She feels a deep satisfaction thai her creativity has brought joy to so many jvople, "People love Ihcir home," she suited quietly, "when vine of them sec their home in mimaiure, they cry." The musical home become an he irtitom something some-thing to be irca-nred and pasvd down through generations. One man commissioned six of the music boxes, one for cach of his children; he didn't want them to Tight over the lovely creations when he passed away. Those wishing to kam more about the beautiful music hues should call Renae at 7snMI. Wha knows? 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