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Category Archives: Miniatures
The Homecoming or, All the World’s a Stage…
It’s late. Two dog-tired travelers are trailing roller bags. It takes a beat or two to register–their motel parking space is empty. The car is gone. That was us on October 30, 1995, just off the plane from Italy. The title quote–Sean O’Casey’s … Continue reading
Madama Butterfly and the Toy Theaters of Siena: The Davis Theater, Pt. 2
The illustration is of unknown origin. I have borrowed it from The Museum of Everyday Things website, an adventure not unrelated to toy theaters, and worth exploring. museumofeverydaylife.org The … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Miniatures, People
Tagged arts, collectors, dollhouse miniatures, lifestyle, toy theaters
8 Comments
The Breeze, Pt. IV: The Nitty-Gritty of Utility Sinks
Once again it is my aim to come to the aid of metallically challenged miniaturists—those who want the look of metal, without the heartache of soldering gun or anvil. Whether you pine for a period stove, ice cream freezer, Monel-metal … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Miniatures
Tagged aging miniatures, Castine ME, miniature appliances, Roadside architecture
2 Comments
Cooking Up the Breeze: Interior, Pt. 1
In 1996, two years after we began work on miniaturizing The Breeze fried clam stand in Castine, Maine, a friend wrote in a Christmas card that it had sold. When Noel and I began the design, the then current owner invited us … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Miniatures
Tagged Castine ME, dollhouse miniatures, kitchens, Roadside architecture
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The Breeze, Pt. II: The Question of Awnings
In Sunday’s funnies, a man encircled by boisterous children confesses to his wife, “I thought I knew all the answers, but they keep thinking up new questions,” which reminded me of one of our workshop students. “Why doesn’t my work … Continue reading
Posted in Miniatures, Teaching
Tagged aging miniatures, architecture, dollhouse miniatures, miniature awnings, roadside stands
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The Road to Ruins: Walking Rome, Florence, Venice, Siena…
Noel and I spent our month in Italy combing side streets for out-of-the-way monuments. On foot we hoped to acquire a sense of that country’s architectural flavorings. In Rome’s alleys we ferreted out lesser hunks of ancient ruins, in Venice … Continue reading
The Care and Feeding of Dollhouse Makers…
or, Fueling the Muse Part I: Get a Job The Mini Muse started a hunger strike about ten years into our stint as miniaturists. For most of those years we lived, mind and body, immersed in work (even though work was … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Miniatures
Tagged dollhouse miniatures, IGMA Guild School, travel, work style
17 Comments
The Last of the Bungalows: A Labor of Love
1994 Bungalow teaching project, currently residing at the National Museum of Toys & Miniatures in Kansas City Our obsession with Charles & Henry Greene, and the Arts and Crafts Bungalow style, reached its finale in late 1994 when we started the … Continue reading
Inner Workings: Faces of the Moon, Pt. V
A reader recently asked how Noel and I divvied up the jobs on a project. It’s a good question because I’ve spent a lot of time writing about what I did, and sort of waving to Noel who was slogging along on … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures
Tagged aging miniatures, dollhouse miniatures, storybook architecture, work style
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Wave Coursing: Faces of the Moon Pt. IV
At 4:03 a.m. on Jan. 7, 1994 the Northridge earthquake shook southern California awake, including the future owners of the Faces of the Moon project. Paula Jones was about to slap President Clinton with a lawsuit, and movies–for us Forrest … Continue reading
Posted in Houses, Miniatures
Tagged aging miniatures, architecture, dollhouse miniatures, wave course roofing
9 Comments
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