Testing the patience of both sculptor and painters, Harbour Lights has once again produced series of 'thumbnails' for the 2001 Reunion.

And even those who couldn't attend have a chance to obtain a thumbnail of Hereford Inlet as a gift when you purchased the Collectors Society Exclusive of Hooper Strait MD.

Here's an overall image of the five thumbnails of 2001:




But you have to get in closer to really appreciate the skills of the sculptor and painter. You have to use a magnifying glass or a lupe to see the detail.






That 'stick' sticking out of the snowbank is a single paintbrush hair.


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I have mixed feelings about the thumbnails. They are definitely a challenge to create and their is no question about their value.

The problem with thumbnails is what makes them so unique, their size. I don't display mine because you can't truly see them without the assistance of a magnifying glass. From a distance (great Bette Midler tune) they look like something might have fallen off a full-size LE.

Yes, they are very rare and very unique, and most of all they are free. I just feel bad that the thumbnails I own are destined to remain in their blue pouches and not displayed.

Bob

Bob,just replace some of that curio glass with a magnified pane.


terry

Here's a nice tool to show off those Thumbnails in your curio - only $27.

www.stanleylondon.com/magstand.htm

I have a Ships Wheel Magnifying Glass (scroll down the page), only $22.95, sitting next to my miniature lighthouse cabinet in which I display my Thumbnails and some of the Spyglass Lighthouses…


SaintWackoPaul'
Keep the Flame


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I don't think I have a Thumbnail of Hereford Inlet. Were they given out at the Reunion?

Thanks,

Sean

Hereford was a 'gift' when you bought the Society version of Hooper Strait.

I ordered one of those magnifiers and will let you know how it works.

No Sean, they we not given at the Reunion. They come with the Non Attendee version of Hooper Strait.

Hey Paul, where did you get the small curio from?


terry

Thumbnail variation -- Hereford Inlet
Mine has "no stick"

John, knowing Harbour Lights attention to detail are you sure that isn't a snow shovel left in the snow pile??

On Friday I ordered one of those magnifiers from Stanley London and it arrived today.


Here's a shot of it in action:




The magnifying glass is about 2" in diameter; the base about 2.75" and the height overall is 8.5"



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neat photo!

I recieved my thumbnail of Hereford Inlet along with the Hooper Strait. Is it safe for me to assume that everyone got the same thumbnail? I am asking because I note on the HL site that the 2001 Introductions catalog page lists the edition # of ~850. How can this be the case seeing as how my Hooper Strait piece is numbered

Oops. The Hereford Thumbnail quantity should match the Hooper Strait Society version quantity - somewhere above 5,000 and below 6,000 I think. Mo is counting them up still.

If you have 3-4 thumbnails, you could string them in a row and by moving your view point from left to right, be able to see the magnified version of each one without having to reposition the magnifier.


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Create an animated GIF in photoshop of that John!