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Tag Archives: Dolls
The naming of things.
The naming of things is both difficult, important and occasionally accidental. I just delivered a wedding card to an old friend, universally known as Pog. This is not the name he was christened at all, it’s the name his sister … Continue reading
Moulds, cards and dolls.
You may have noticed a slight silence from me. I have been mould making for the new dolls for Miniatura, which is just a few weeks away. I’m probably a bit late starting. After the last show I had a … Continue reading
Posted in About artists., Miniatura
Tagged Anna Griffin, card making, craft on TV, Dolls, Miniatura
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On the floor.
What do you find if you look on the floor? If you’re a miniaturist I bet isn’t just ‘a carpet.’ As you progress in the hobby you inevitably go down scale just to see if you can do it. The … Continue reading
Posted in About artists., Dolls, Miniatura
Tagged doll's dolls, Dolls, dolls for dollshouses
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Art, and that.
I wish I could tell you that I am sculpting up a storm but I’m not because I’m still poorly with this intestinal thing I’m now fairly sure is the European E coli effort. I’ve lost half a stone in … Continue reading
Sculpting. 48th scale 7
One of the interesting things about going down scale is that less material is the only thing you can save on. To get the detail, tiny and working, you need expensive things such as laser cutters or even more expensive … Continue reading
Hello Dolly!
It has been a pleasure for the last eighteen years to see photographs of dolls made by me in their new homes living their new lives. The pleasure, quite unexpected, proves what I always thought, that doll collectors are very … Continue reading
For ever dolls.
Whilst the sale is in full swing in Bargain Corner (simply click on View the Shop to the right and then click the Bargain Corner button to see the pages of reductions – there are porcelain dolls to dress at … Continue reading
Posted in Dolls
Tagged collector dolls, Dolls, dolls house dolls, leather bodied dolls
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Shopping?
I have now put all the new products in the shop. I’ll write about them more fully later. Two, the breeches man and a 24th scale girl: have their still pictures absent, though the zoomable pictures are there and working. … Continue reading
Posted in Site information.
Tagged Dolls, miniature art, oil paintings, porcelain dolls, presents
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Before I begin.
I’m just about to start on the enormously long slog of processing all the pictures to add new items to the shop. I spent all of yesterday photographing them and all of this morning editing the photos. When I say … Continue reading
Posted in Site information.
Tagged Dolls, miniature paintings, photo shop, photographs, porcelain dolls
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More dolls in the shop.
There are more dolls in the shop, returned from their holiday in Birmingham. There are also some paintings. Twenty fourth scale will reappear in the shop tomorrow and then I’ll start photographing the new dolls and paintings and some items … Continue reading
Posted in Site information.
Tagged Dolls, landscapes, miniature oil paintings, porcelain dolls
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