Needlework Church (1955)

Ilford, Essex. L, S of a model of a church. This model was made by the late Mrs Alice Dudman of Ilford, Essex. Her daughterinlaw Doreen keeps the model spick and span with a miniature brush. She dusts the furniture. Various shots of the model and of Doreen doing her housework. Velvet, silk, satin and parchment have been used in the model. C, U of a miniature bible being dusted with the tiny brush. Ditto the miniature organ C, U of the pipes which have been made with gold silk. A miniature flag of the Women s Union branch to which Mrs Dudman belonged hands beside the altar. High angle shot of the church floor and pews, C, U of detail of the floor. C, Us of a shrine area, a painting and of the hymn board. The project was begun in 1929 and took 9 years of painstaking needlework to complete. Mrs Dudman was offered Â500 for the model before she died but turned it down. Ends with an impressive tilt shot which makes the model look like a real church. Note: except for the cardboard foundati