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 Hartnell’sKensington House has a side portico above a wine cellar. Found on the Daily Mail
Tim and Angela Hartnell, owners of Anglia Dolls House in Norfolk, modeled the Kensington House on an 1815 Regency property. Their attention to detail is paramount. To protect the 1:12 scale visitors from being exposed to the scurrying and clatter of the miniature staff bringing food to their table, each elegant reception room is entered from a servants’ corridor.
Categories: artisans, dollhouses, Regency
A building in Cesar Augusto Fonseca Ospina “Small Bethlehem.”
I was searching for interesting images of large dollhouses on the Internet and spotted this great picture. I thought it to be some sort of multi-story Tudor house. It turned out to be the work of Cesar Augusto Fonseca Ospina, a miniature artisan living in the town of Pacho, Colombia, 55 miles north of Bogota, on the western slope of the Andes Mountains. At 7,008 feet elevation, the air is rarified. So is Cesar’s beautiful work.
Categories: amazing miniatures, artisans, dollhouses
Robert Heard and his dolls houses
Following is the text from The Creative Process page of Robert Heard’s website. Click on either Bough House photograph for more great pictures of Bough Houses.
“Once I start creating, I do not know where the structure will end.”
Categories: artisans, dollhouses
A Louis XIV Music Room found on the MontoutMiniMonde blog
I saw this wonderful picture on the Facebook Miniaturas /Miniatures group timeline an had to know more about the artisan Thierry Lompre. Besides his work, I love the Khalil Gilbran quote he has under the cover photo on his blog:
“It’s in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
Following is the English translation of how Thierry Lompre, in his own words, got into dollhouse miniatures:
