Bag end

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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole and that meant comfort." I have always been a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world. 'The Hobbit' inspired me to create this scene. I learned a lot from this one. Modeled using 3ds Max/ Maya, rendered in Vray for Maya.

Maddie Chambers spent a year recreating a miniature version of Bilbo Baggins's hobbit hole Bag End. Take a journey into the world of JRR Tolkien with her exquisite handmade work

Bag End, the home of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, is where The Lord of the Rings Saga begins and ends. It’s there the dwarves come to meet about

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long post with Bag End stills from the Behind The Scenes video from AUJ; cool things I noticed: the round bookcase, the April calendar with Frodo’s wrong birthday, the sunflowers on the entrance hall,...

Bilbo's Hobbit hole

Hobbit fireplace

When I decided to come to New Zealand, I treated it like coming to Middle Earth. And you can't come to Middle Earth without a visit to the Shire.

Making mainly jewellery, when thinking of something to make a male friend, it is quite a poser. Few men wear any jewellery and if they do, then its mainly a small cross or a ring or a small earring etc. But if they aren't really into jewellery, then what I do is largely useless. Anyway, this year I had a friend who was going to attain one of those '0' birthdays. We thought and thought about what we could get him and searched the shops, but to no avail. Men, I find, are notoriously difficult…