Tag Archives: Miniatura

Something underhand afoot.

Posted on 6th March 2026 by admin

It’s going to get quieter round here for a while as the show draws nearer and there is only a week to go.  I have spent the last few days making shoes. My new fourteen part lady dolls have bare … Continue reading →

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New dolls.

Posted on 26th February 2026 by admin

It is two weeks to Miniatura at Stoneleigh. I am glad of that because I’ve been ill again with intestinal trouble but I’ve got enough time to get better and all I want to do is sit quietly and assemble … Continue reading →

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Oh boo…

Posted on 22nd February 2026 by admin

The power of two I have told you before; what I tell you is true.When I said it had all gone horribly wrongThat was not the end, I should know,Of the song. First some idiot (yes it was me)Used the wrong … Continue reading →

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Failure and after.

Posted on 19th February 2026 by admin

This morning I got a chance to have a good look at the failures that came out of the kiln which was pretty much everything. It was not the Chinese wire.  That was in just a few dolls and it … Continue reading →

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Rainless, and, possibly, having kittens.

Posted on 17th February 2026 by admin

Today is the first day for about a month when it hasn’t rained. Naturally this prompts two thoughts.  The first is that it will be approximately four months before the first notification of a hosepipe ban.  It might be an … Continue reading →

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Hordle Castle.

Posted on 27th September 2025 by admin

As you walked into the recent Autumn Miniatura at Stoneleigh this is what you would have seen: Isn’t this absolutely fantastic? This is Hordle Castle, a work in progress, possibly for a lifetime, by Jon Trenchard.  Autumn Miniatura was the … Continue reading →

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The naming of things.

Posted on 17th August 2025 by admin

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 →

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Moulds, cards and dolls.

Posted on 4th August 2025 by admin

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 →

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Miniatura

Posted on 21st March 2025 by admin

I think I might be beginning to recover, mainly from lack of sleep. I never sleep the night before Miniatura and I believe few other exhibitors do either.  The organisation required to build what is basically an entire shop on … Continue reading →

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Ay nuther notiss.

Posted on 17th February 2025 by admin

Sayve thy fingers.  For sayle. Flemische devys  that coyles both woll and flakks withowt twiddlerin of thy fingers bye mean of a weel.  Notte ay cartweel butt a speshul weel notte offf a carte atte all.  Itt hath a seet … Continue reading →

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