I have had a life-long love affair with dollhouse miniatures, and careers in art education and interior design. I hope to combine these life experiences to help other miniature enthusiasts get more out of this wonderful hobby we enjoy, a hobby that often reaches the level of an art form. Susan Downing
The work of Ivo Kohek
This is an amazing room box. That is, I think it’s a room box. I can find very little about this wonderful artisan other than what’s on his Facebook Profile. It states that he has lived in Buffalo New York and Sao Paolo Brazil. He currently lives in Porto Alegere in the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande Do Sul, a hundred miles or so from the Uruguay border.
Categories: room box
The 18th Century Room Setting as it appeared in 1917. (C) Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Curator Sarah Wood found that one of the most exciting parts of redisplaying the dolls’ house gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum has been reviving the so-called ‘18th-century room setting’. This intriguing group of furniture, cutlery, kitchenware, wooden panels, and dolls was purchased by the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1877 when it was bought for ￡20 from a Staffordshire woman named Mrs. Thornhill.
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Miniature Conestoga Wagon Scene -1/12th scale
I am so flattered that the editors of American Miniaturist magazine included my Miniature Conestoga Wagon Scene in the “History Recorded In Miniature” issue. Click on either photograph to read the article, which is mainly about what you can do to improve a rather ho-hum miniature kit.
Susan Downing
American Miniature Magazine – History Issue
Categories: dioramas, Early American
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Gerard Klein Hofmeijer at work
Gerard Klein Hofmeijer, a native of Utrecht, The Netherlands, is a classically trained scientist who has admired, loved and constructed miniatures since childhood. Klein Hofmeijer works in a variety of scales between 1:50 and 1:100 to replicate historic buildings, houses, garden vignettes and 3D facades. His work offers a glimpse into the classic Dutch architectural style of the past and Dutch influence on contemporary design.
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