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Category Archives: About artists.
Progress, the how and the why.
At Miniatura, I received a sad package. In a plastic bag were the remnants of one of my fairies, who had been through a washing machine, by mistake, in a pocket. Absolutely do not do this, at all. The fairy … Continue reading
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Thank you.
I caught a cold at the Min and yesterday had my Covid and Flu vaccine and feel as you might imagine. There will be proper posting when I recover. Meanwhile huge thanks to Dawn who saved my bacon at the … Continue reading
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The Min, as it happened.
Miniatura is over until Spring 2027, until when, although it is in the far future, will not be long enough to do all the things I plan to do. The show itself, the visitors, the ambience, all give me many … Continue reading
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Are we nearly there yet?
Sometimes I wish I had a co-worker to shout at when times are tense. As it’s just me, I get tight lipped. It does not help that the OH has a terrific cold and is sneezing everywhere in his usual … Continue reading
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Working up to the line.
I apologise for the radio silence, like every other exhibitor at the Min I am working up to the line. If you have never exhibited at a show, you might well wonder what takes the time? Surely between the shows … Continue reading
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a miniaturist in possession of a roof, would probably love a gargoyle.
Here they are. This is my new display for autumn Miniatura of my fabulous new porcelain gargoyles. They stand, helped by their bendy tails. They sit because they are fourteen pieces of articulated porcelain internally jointed, and…they fly! (Well, not … Continue reading
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Purrcelain.
Since the kiln went on the fritz, knackered by an incompetent kiln engineer, not the manufacturer’s engineer, and some dodgy wire, not the proper high temperature wire, doll production has been a cat-astrophy. Now everything has been put right by … Continue reading
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Tenterhooks.
I am on tenterhooks and have been for some time but specifically the last fifteen hours or so. Regular readers (hello) know that, after seven months of waiting, the manufacturer’s kiln engineers finally arrived and put the kiln right, with … Continue reading
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Up and mincing.
There is a possibility that I might just have new stuff for Miniatura. In fact the new stuff should have been the new stuff for the Spring but there was a problem. Houston, I have an idiot. (Me.) I did … Continue reading
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Anniversary.
Amazingly the OH and I will have been married for 50 years on the 27th of August. For anyone wondering how you do that, it’s like anything, you keep going and don’t give up. Our neighbour wanted to take us … Continue reading
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