Category Archives: Miniatura

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

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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

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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

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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

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Little folks.

The fact that I love all the dolls’ house scales is a fairly good indicator of my complete lack of financial acumen. Dolls are very labour intensive, that is if you want to make a proper porcelain doll that you … Continue reading

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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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