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The Road to Ruins: Walking Rome, Florence, Venice, Siena…

Posted on July 18, 2015 by smallhousepress

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 →

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The Care and Feeding of Dollhouse Makers…

Posted on June 14, 2015 by smallhousepress

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 →

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The Last of the Bungalows: A Labor of Love

Posted on May 30, 2015 by smallhousepress

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 →

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Inner Workings: Faces of the Moon, Pt. V

Posted on May 10, 2015 by smallhousepress

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 →

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Wave Coursing: Faces of the Moon Pt. IV

Posted on May 2, 2015 by smallhousepress

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 →

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The Stair People and Other Nomads: Faces of the Moon, Pt. IV

Posted on April 17, 2015 by smallhousepress

With the question of what to do with the space between the chimney and the entry still hovering, we continued our work on the toymaker’s workshop. While Noel was devising all kinds of fun exterior details, and figuring out the interior, the last of … Continue reading →

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Rocking Gepetto’s Chimney: Faces of the Moon Pt. III

Posted on April 4, 2015 by smallhousepress

In more ways than one, this posting is about splitting rock—1) the literal task of splitting rock for a miniature chimney, and 2) the more cerebral task of bashing my mid-20th Century brain against the rock of Millennial technology to … Continue reading →

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North Cove Rear View

Posted on March 30, 2012 by smallhousepress

By request, here’s the rear view of the kitchen in the last post, to better  show the layout. Not the greatest shot, but it gives you an idea.

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