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Faffing around.
Je faff. Faffez vous? Faffing around goes hand in hand with any artistic endeavour like rain goes with football, or snacks go with TV. I have had every intention of settling down to the next show since the last show, … Continue reading
Chuck it.
Being a creative type who constantly makes new things appear in the world has its disadvantages. One is the amount of stuff required to make the other stuff appear. Some of it is inescapable. If you are going to make … Continue reading
Rainy days.
I am usually a very cheerful person. Not today. I shuffled round the supermarket like the third wet weekend in a row, which, to be fair, we have had. I didn’t look up at the sky wondering how much more … Continue reading
Cramming.
I’m having a few days off from miniatures and the next Miniatura, which will be the 100th. At the end of the five years of caring for my mother, after I had had the cancer surgery, I promised myself that, … Continue reading
For the 100th.
Preparations are underway for the 100th Miniatura. If you have not already done so, take yourself to www.miniatura.co.uk go to the next show, how to get there and scroll down until you find a place to enter your email address, … Continue reading
The 99th Miniatura.
I have been exhibiting at Miniatura for over thirty years and, as I started writing for magazines very soon after I began exhibiting, I’ve been reporting Miniatura for nearly thirty years. I have interviewed artisans, I have reported on what … Continue reading
Nearly…
It is normal, no matter how soon I start working for a show, for some people to get left on the table. This time it’s going to be the dolls’ dolls. I want to make dolls’ dolls through the ages, … Continue reading
How to be the most important person in a hall.
Three days to go to the 99th Miniatura. It is quite something for a dolls’ house show to be run by the same family for 99 shows. What usually happens with a show as successful as Miniatura is that it … Continue reading
Breeches.
Deep in the middle of doll dressing, I ponder, not just for the first time, how very difficult breeches are to make for a small doll. All my clothing patterns are my own, worked out from numerous trips to costume … Continue reading
Realistic.
I have been working some very late night shifts, dressing the ladies of Versailles. They are the ladies of the court prior to the French Revolution, when all was grace and elegance and nobody knew what was going to happen … Continue reading