About Us
Hi, my name is Larry Marshall. I’m the chief cook and bottle-washer here at Wood’n Bits. I’ve been a modeler most of my life and I spent 3 years as editor-in-chief of a major hobby magazine. I’ve published over 100 articles on modeling and model building in half a dozen magazines and I stopped counting the number of models that I’ve built long ago.
I was the recipient of an International Guild of Miniature Artisans (IGMA) Guild School Scholarship for which I’ll be forever grateful. I also wrote a monthly column for Dollhouse Miniatures called Small Steps, where I discussed techniques and tools involved in the creation of miniature furniture.
While I’ve been involved in many different hobbies, from trains, planes, to automobiles, I can’t remember being involved in any hobby-like activity that didn’t involve building things. I enjoy building miniature furniture and turning bowls, vases, and glasses because I find a certain freedom that comes from modeling miniatures that can be used in the creation of scenes or simply enjoyed for their own beauty. I prefer working with wood but I’m pretty comfortable with plastics and soft metals and occasionally use both in my work.
I’ve always built scale models as, to me, there’s just something very special about a model where the thicknesses and other dimensions are ‘right.’ Over the 40 years or so that I’ve been building models I’ve come to realize that the eye is very good at identifying deviations from ‘right.’ While it’s debatable whether that’s good or bad, the discerning miniaturist keeps this in mind all the time. I have lots of measuring devices (grin).
I also enjoy doing full-size woodworking. I’m something of a ‘hybrid’ woodworker as I own most of the basic power tools but most of my work is done using handtools. In recent years my blog has reflected this work and will continue to do so.
Wood’n Bits is located in Québec City, the capital of the ‘Belle Province’ of Québec. It, of course, is part of Canada, that huge piece of real estate north of the U.S. Our coordinates are:
Wood’n Bits Québec City, QC Canadalarry@woodnbits.com
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