Ingliskeelne kokkuvõte.

Research Paper

Introduction

The aim of this research was to make a practical work which is presented in Kanepi Gymnasium. The practical research was carried out in form 8 from January to April 2016.

The present summary consists of the following parts: Introduction, History, Procedure, Result, Conclusion. It describes all the research and practical work done.

I decided to make a dollhouse. I got the material from our school and decided which dollhouse I would make from the internet.

History

Miniature homes, furnished with domestic articles and resident inhabitants, both people and animals, have been made for thousands of years. The earliest known examples were found in the Egyptian tombs of the Old Kingdom, created nearly five thousand years ago. These wooden models of servants, furnishings, boats, livestock and pets placed in the Pyramids almost certainly were made for religious purposes.

The earliest known European dollhouses were the baby houses from the 16th century, which consisted of cabinet display cases made up of individual rooms. Dollhouses of this period showed idealized interiors complete with detailed furnishings and accessories. They were off-limits to children, not because of safety concerns for the child but for the dollhouse. Such cabinet houses were trophy collections owned by the few matrons living in the cities of Holland, England and Germany who were wealthy enough to afford them, and, fully furnished, were worth the price of a modest full-size house's construction.

Smaller doll houses such as the Tate house, with more realistic exteriors, appeared in Europe in the 18th century.

After World War II, dollhouses were mass-produced in factories on a much larger scale with less detailed craftsmanship than before. By the 1950s, the typical dollhouse sold commercially was made of painted sheet metal filled with plastic furniture. Such houses cost little enough that the great majority of girls from the developed western countries that were not struggling with rebuilding after World War II could own one.

Procedure

First I searched the internet for a dollhouse design I would like to make. Then I printed a picture of it and marked the lengths and the widths. For the material Urmas bought us plywood. Then after I got the material I marked the parts on the wood and then cut them out. When all the parts were cut I started to grind the parts. When the parts were retouched I put them all together. Then I started with the filling. When that was finished I started to paint the dollhouse. I placed 2 layers of paint on the dollhouse. I painted the outside red and the inside green. I painted the roof blue.

That's how far I have done my dollhouse. The dollhouse itself is finished, but I still need to make the furniture for it. I will make a bed, a sofa, some chairs and a table.

Result

I think it is not so bad for my first dollhouse, but I can definitely agree that it is not the best either.

Conclusion

I am quite pleased with my work. I made the dollhouse and I am going to make the furniture. Now I just need to protect the creative work and that is all.

References

Wikipedia. (31.08.2014) Nukumaja https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukumaja 
Wikipedia. (2.03.2016) Dollhouse. History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollhouse#History