Category Archives: Miniatura

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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15!

It is 15 years since you were first able to read this column.  If you are a reader who has stayed with me for 15 years, thank you! JaneLaverick.com was begun to help artists exhibiting at Miniatura.  At the time … Continue reading

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The Min.

Unreasonable joy.  ’Tis a month to the Min. If you go the the Miniatura website, you will discover quite a lot about the show, but you will have to wait until next week to see the floor plan.  We love … Continue reading

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Miniatura artisans.

Did I mention that a friend I hadn’t seen for twenty years came to stay to go to the show?  It was an amazement that thirty years ago I regularly had people to stay who were visiting the show and … Continue reading

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Miniatura–the show.

Miniatura is the place where I meet the people I care about.  This weekend I met these people. I met a mother and daughter who share the hobby and bring each other to the show and enjoy every minute of … Continue reading

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Almost here.

My latest twelfth scale glass eyed, removable clothes, brushable hair young ladies are extremely ready for Miniatura, in fact they are packed in their boxes sitting in the hall waiting to be loaded into the car to go go go! … Continue reading

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