Artisans in Miniature: May 2010

Thursday, 27 May 2010

New 1/48th Room Box Kit from Petite Properties

NEW 1:48th Room Box Kit!
Petite Properties are delighted to announce the launch of their first quarter scale room box kit.
This highly versatile 'precision cut' MDF room display is easy to put together and can be finished according to your own decorative requirements.
Priced at a ‘recession busting' £9.99 (Plus P&P) it is not to be missed; they also make the perfect gift too!
The new room box kits are available by mail order, via the Petite Properties' new online shop (which can be found on our website) www.petite-properties.com or they can be purchased from the Petite Properties' exhibition stand at any of the dolls house shows we attend throughout the year.
So why not let your imagination run wild and create your own unique 1:48th scale room setting today!

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Pastmastery Blog Competition

There is a competition on the Pastmastery Blog and the prize is featured on the blog

http://pastmastery.wordpress.com
open to everyone.

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Hand Carved 1:144 Scale Animals

by Linda Master - Miracle Chicken Urns

A warthog, Thompson's gazelle, serval and a Savanna baboon all hand carved and hand painted in 1:144 scale.

For more information please visit Linda's website

www.miraclechickenurns.com

1:12 Scale TV Aerials

from The Town and Country Planner.

please visit their website for more information

www.townandcountryplanner.co.uk

and click on TV aerials from 'The Salvage Yard' drop down menu.

Two New Pastmastery Commissions

The 17th century Lacemaker after Netscher made for a Dutch Hugenot dolls house

and the 19th century Lydiard girl with small dog for Sandra (Diminutive and Towerhouse Dolls) for a 19th century nursery room-box.

Both oils on wood.

To find out more about these dummy boards and Sue's work please visit her blog

http://pastmastery.wordpress.com

and website

http://www.pastmastery.com/miniatures/index.htm

Kensington Dollshouse Festival, London UK

The eagerly awaited Kensington Dolls house Festival will be held on 14th 15th and 16th of May.

The following AIM members will be exhibiting there:

ANN HIGH

ANRO MINIATURES

ARTFORGE

BELLABELLE DOLLS

CAROL COOK

CEYNIX

COLIN BIRD

CRUMPLED & RUMPLED

DATEMAN BOOKS

DEB JACKSON DESIGNS

DOLLS BY GEORGINA RITSON

DOLLS HOUSE MALL

ELF MINIATURES

ELLIE DE LACY MINIATURES

FIONA'S MINIATURE WORKSHOP

GALE BANTOCK

The GIDDY KIPPER

JILL BENNETT

JO ARTS

JOSEPHINE PARNELL

K DESIGNS

LE COFFIE D'EMILIE

LESLEY'S GARDEN

LISA JOHNSON-RICHARDS

LITTLE HATTER

MINST.COM

PETITE PROPERTIES Ltd

PLATTS MINI PACKAGES

ROOMBOXES ETC

SHEPHERD MINIATURES

STOKESAY WARE

TEMPLEWOOD MINIATURES

WILLOW MODELS

WITCH & WIZARD MINIATURES

Monday, 10 May 2010

The Elves and the Shoe by IGMA Artisan Julie Campbell ~ Kensington Preview

The Elves and the Shoe

This one of a kind vignette by IGMA artisan Julie Campbell featuring 3 poseable elves and an antique Edwardian ladies boot surrounded by vintage sewing items on a wooden base. This will be for sale at Kensington Dolls house Festival , 14th 15th and 16th May.

Visit Julie's table, Bellabelle Dolls, on the lower ground floor for this and many others.

Friday, 7 May 2010

LECTURE AT THE KENTUCKY GATEWAY MUSEUM CENTER 8th MAY, 2pm

Robert Off will be conducting a lecture "All About Miniatures - Not your Grandmother' s Doll House" at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center in Maysvile KY.

The cost if free with your modest admission to the museum.

For anyone who is in driving distance of the museum and who has not seen it, this is your chance. This little gem of a museum rivals the Thorne Rooms. It is well worth the trip.

Miniature Rooms Company
www.miniaturerooms. com

http://miniaturerooms.com/Miniaturerooms/News/Entries/2010/5/8_Entry_1.html