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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

Posted on 20 November, 2015

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Lady Jane Glass Miniatures

Lady Jane Room Boxes

Lady Jane produces museum quality objects d?art in the form of glass display cases, miniature greenhouses, and miniature conservatories. Constructed of glass, combining 1/8″ double strength clear with accents of stained art glass, Lady Jane uses the “Tiffany” method of foil and solder. The structures are 1/12th scale and are available with or without contents. If you are in the Tampa Bay area and would like a tour of Lady Jane’s studio, contact her for an appointment.
Susan

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Categories: flowers, glass, polymer clay, room boxes


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Posted on 19 November, 2015

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Wedding Planner’s Room Box. John Scott, the groom, applies museum wax.

Wedding Planner Room Box

On July 29, 2000, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt stood beneath a flower-bedecked canopy at a Malibu mansion and exchanged marriage vows. Jennifer vowed to make Brad’s favorite banana split; Brad promised to find a balance on the thermostat; my teenage niece swooned, then proclaimed her life’s calling was to be a wedding planner. So I made this room box for Lisa.

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Categories: room boxes


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Posted on 17 November, 2015

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Thorne Rooms Tennessee Entrance Hall, 1835, c. 1940, on permanent exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago

The Thorne Rooms

Narcissa Niblack Thorne, the wife of James Ward Thorne, son of one of the founders of Montgomery Ward, commissioned this group of exquisite room boxes. Her interest in miniatures began early and was encouraged by trinkets sent to her by her uncle, a Rear Admiral in the US Navy. This passion continued into her adult life.

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Categories: Edwardian, Elizabethan, French, Jacobean, room boxes


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Posted on 15 November, 2015

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Eugene Kupjack – Washington’s Headquarters

Eugene Kupjack Besides The Thorne Rooms

A jeweler’s son, Eugene Kupjack began his career in miniatures in the 1930s while working on “The Thorne Rooms,” a series of 68 room boxes on permanent display at the Art Institute of Chicago. He created many works besides the Thorne Rooms. These four Presidential Room Boxes are examples.
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Categories: room boxes


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