Tag Archives: work style

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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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 Airplane Cafe: Lunch on the Road

Posted on April 7, 2013 by smallhousepress

In the late and frivolous 1920s, Americans loved flying aces, motion pictures, and automobiles. America was motion crazy. We idolized the daring breed of ex-fighter pilots who flew the U.S. Mail Service by the seat of their pants. On the … Continue reading →

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Fish & Fries, 1988: Kitsch on the Line

Posted on March 17, 2013 by smallhousepress

1988 was a leap year, and the year we took a leap of faith on how funky a project our students would sign up for. Noel was always pushing the edges of the miniatures world, while I was trying to … Continue reading →

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Signs of the Past: Pine Lake Park Lunch

Posted on February 24, 2013 by smallhousepress

1987 saw me running a little faster than time. That year my sister and I threw a 50th wedding anniversary party for our parents, across country in Massachusetts. It wasn’t until the invitations went out that an aunt noted that … Continue reading →

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Minis, Knitting, Rocket Science–When It’s Over, It’s Over, But Then It’s Never Really Over

Posted on December 7, 2012 by smallhousepress

“I can’t believe you were actually able to part with (the Greene & Greene house) after all that.  Do you ever go to Tucson to visit it?”– Question from Kathleen after my last entry. Thanks, Kathleen, that’s one of those big … Continue reading →

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The Beach Cottage–“Cuter than a bug!”

Posted on July 8, 2012 by smallhousepress

The Beach Cottage, 1986 As I pack up the Beach Cottage and the Garden Shed prototypes to send to their new owners, I’m feeling the tug of those days when we first built them. They are teaching samples for our … Continue reading →

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Why Miniatures?–Uncle Cecil’s Wheelbarrow

Posted on June 17, 2012 by smallhousepress

The other night I was eating out with friends in Portland, people I have known for years through my life as a poet. They had another friend along who was visiting town, one of those people who thrives on asking … Continue reading →

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The Garden Shed: Bird Poo 101

Posted on May 12, 2012 by smallhousepress

The Gardener’s Shed, project #33, marked the start of our official teaching career. Prior to that our “teaching” was more like the blind leading the blind, as those of you who took our early garage classes in Seattle can attest … Continue reading →

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New Tricks: Pippen Hill, Part I

Posted on April 27, 2012 by smallhousepress

Coming in sideways, I am running late with this post, which is no way to treat the slew of you who read and responded to my last post. Before I start a new entry, I assemble the photos on hand, … Continue reading →

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