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Category Archives: Buildings
Au Petit: aka Artisan’s Cottage/Golden Lane, or, how we managed to stay married all these years
Eons ago–in the early 1980’s–a miniatures columnist wrote that Noel and I looked “slim in our jeans,” a term which still makes us laugh. We, indeed, lived in jeans, in our studio, building mini houses as fast as we could … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Miniatures
Tagged architecture, Cafes, copper roofing, lifestyle, mimi tile flooring, mini paper slates, miniatures, Paris, travel
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Rooftop Studio, Part II–A little more parsley, please?
The rooftop studio was #59 of our miniature buildings and houses, completed in 2001-2 almost thirty years after #1. If we stick with the minis-as-meal-prep metaphor, all that time we wished we had a sous-chef—someone to build the basic structures to our … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Miniatures
Tagged brick walls, Greenwich Village buildings, miniature architecture, studio, utility pipes, wiring
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An Ode to the Odd: The Castine Gallery
On almost any day in June of 1994, at about 8:00 a.m., if you were to head to downtown Castine from the Maine Maritime Academy–home to the IGMA’s annual Guild School mini camp—you might cut across Deadman’s Alley, turn down … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Miniatures
Tagged architecture, Castine ME, dollhouse miniatures, dollhouses, IGMA Guild School, miniatures
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Wrap Party: Curtain Call for the Davis Theater
Most of the year 2000, while the world recovered from Y2K madness, we spent in the studio wrapping up the lagging miniature theater project. It became a matter of, finally, shelving everything else to finish in time for the client’s … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Miniatures
Tagged dollhouse miniatures, dollhouses, miniature theaters, miniatures, Nutcracker, toy theaters
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Once Upon a Theater: The Davis Theater, Part 1
The roots of our miniature theater project are so old and intertwined it’s hard to know where to begin, so I’ll start with Once Upon a Time. Once upon a time—some 200 years ago, before the distractions of TV and … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, People
Tagged arts, dollhouse miniatures, miniature theater, toy theaters
8 Comments
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