A little more insight into how I make the tiny Tudor lions for the Fat HenryVIII mice shoulder armour. #jeffdebeor #mouseart #mice #mousearmour #henryviii
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Today has been finish the prototype Fat Henry VIII mouse shoulder armour and then start making the edition of 12. Step one, chase 24 tiny Tudor lions. #jeffdeboer #mouseart #mouse #mousearmour #henryviii
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Finished the prototype Fat Henry VIII mouse armour today! Now comes five months of work to build the edition of 12+ the prototype. There is still one available if you’re interested I am asking $6.000.00 in Canadian funds for one. #jeffdeboer #mouseart #mousearmour #mouse🐭 #miniatureart
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The prototype Henry VIII “Fat Henry” mouse armour is coming along. #jeffdeboer #mouseart #miniaturesculpture #mousearmour #henryviii
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Making and Fitting the brass trim on the visor for the Fat Henry mouse armour project. #jeffdeboer #mouseartist #mousearmour #mouseart #henryviii
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Monday is Mouse Henry VIII shoulder armour day!….Yea…. #jeffdeboer #mouseart #miniatureart #mousearmour #henryviii
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Working out all the body parts for the HVIII Fat Henry mouse armour as a copper test build. #jeffdeboer #mouse #mouseart #mousearmour #mice
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Spent the entire week working to perfect the visor for the Henry VIII mouse, 5.0 is the charm. #jeffdeboer #mouse #mouseart #mousearmour #metalartsculpture
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Today is just a quick demo on how I line up the front at and back of a mouse armour ear assembly before silver soldering. #jeffdeboer #mouse #mouseart #mousearmour #metalarts
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The first complete prototype part, the visor for the Henry VII mouse “Fat Henry” armour project. #jeffdeboer #mouse #mouseart #mousearmour #metalartist
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To creat the perfect patterns and tooling my first prototype/test build is done in copper. This one is destined to be destroyed as part of the process. #jeffdeboer #mouse #mousearmour #mouseart #mousearmy
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Every 16th Century mouse I make has custom hand chased artwork in the ears. It’s a very small canvas indeed. #jeffdeboer #mouseartist #mousearmour #catandmouse #chasingandrepousse
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Monday is make a new stake day for the Henry VIII mouse or “Fat Henry” project as will be the title. #jeffdeboer #henryviii #jewellerytools #metalshaping #mousearmour
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Step one when building a suit of armour for Henry VIII mouse, make sure you can make the trim because you’re going to need a lot of it, especially around the waist! #jeffdeboer #henryviii #mouse #mouseart #mousearmour
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Another day another 16th Century mouse. I know this is not an in-depth demo of riveting I’m just sharing my day. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #rivetedjewelry #miniatureartist #metalarts
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It’s become a thing for me to setup and take a shot of my process on every project. There might be a book or a calendar one day. #jeffdeboer #metalarts #jewellery #catandmouse #mousearmour
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A quick thing on taking photos of my mice. I forgot to mention that black velvet turns the background’s jet black. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #catandmouse #tabletopphotography #gothicsteampunk
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One might think my work as being a miniaturist when in fact it’s actually life size. #jeffdeboer #mice #mouseears #mousearmour #chasingandrepousse
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There is an order to things and you have to first do the things you need to do before you can do the thing you want to do. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #catandmouse #smallsculpture #miniature
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16th Century mouse helmet visor 101. #jeffdeboer #smallsculpture #mousearmour #helmetvisor #metalarts
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Here is a different kind of V board for sawing parts that have been already shaped. #jeffdeboer #metalarts #sawingmetal #mousearmour #miniatureart
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I use pancake dies and my hydraulic press to cut out all the parts I need for my mouse armour. Here’s a quick demo. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #jewellerytechniques #pancakedies #metalarts
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Playing with the settings on my phone camera as I document my progress on my mice armour. Everything one does can create new artifacts. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #mousearmy #mouseart #mouseartist
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Making the shoulder armour assemblies for the 16th Century mice this week. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #metalarts #smallsculpture #gothicstyle
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Last day of work for 2025! I have so much to be grateful for! #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #catarmour #catartist #mouseart
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The final assembly of these tiny decorative brass and copper buckles is so instant gratification satisfying! #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #jewllerymaking #metalarts #miniaturesculpture
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Making a very small brass buckle and copper strap for the shoulder armour for one of my 16th Century mice today. #jeffdeboer #mousearmour #gothicstyle #miniatureartwork #smallsculpture
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My 16th Century mouse went on display at the Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg in Germany today! It’s so amazing to see my work so well displayed. This has been a dream to see my work in a museum context like this! #jeffdeboer #kunstsammlungendervestecoburg #mousearmour #smallsculpture #armourer
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Making decorative rivets for my 16th Century mouse armour project. #jeffdboer #mousearmour #gothicstyle #riveting #miniatureart
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