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Some famous women.
I am at the start of the preparation for the 100th Miniatura. It isn’t until the autumn of 2024 but I need to get a head start. I have decided that there should be a free porcelain gift for the … Continue reading
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Tagged preparation for the 100th Miniatura
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Keeping in touch.
I read on the front of the newspaper today that previous estimates of how many people will become demented were wrong. Currently there are 900,000 people classed as having any of the various forms of dementia and these numbers are … Continue reading
A trip to the show 3.
If you were reading the blog last Christmas, you may recall the dolls I made for a wonderful 24th scale Dickensian house. This autumn I was delighted to meet the maker at Miniatura. He is John Dowsett, brother of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative dolls houses, Georgian dolls houses
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A trip to the Min.
I was delighted to have time to spend with an exhibitor who was there purely to exhibit his room boxes. You might think of a room box as something very neat, depicting a perfect little room from sometime in history … Continue reading
A trip to the show 1.
You wouldn’t think there are any drawbacks attached to exhibiting at Miniatura, which selects all the artists that are there. Every stand holder has been invited; you can’t just pay money and turn up. So, in a way, if you … Continue reading
The march of history.
You may not have heard as much as you would wish from me since the Min. There are several reasons: one, I was knackered, two, I was tired and three, I was doing a stand redesign. I do have some … Continue reading
Away with the fairies.
I have spent the morning fotografing fairies, or perhaps, photographing pharies. Anyhow, here they are: Each fairy has it’s own dome to live in but I have removed the domes for fotografy. These fairies are about four and a half … Continue reading
One week to the Min.
This time next week we’ll be at Autumn Miniatura 2023, I hope this is as much your happy place as it is mine. I have been working, except for yesterday when I took time off to have my flu jab … Continue reading
Two weeks to the Min.
Once upon a time, with Miniatura looming I just got up and sat down and worked. I can’t do that anymore. If I don’t move around I seize up. So I have been doing a bit of gardening. This year … Continue reading
Things for the Min.
I was going to think of a snappier title than ‘Things for the Min’ but as the subject matter is things for the Min, that might be the right title. If you have found me via the link from Miniatura, … Continue reading