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 Red Bedroom crime scene diorama
Through the 1940s and 1950s, Frances Glessner Lee hosted a series of semi-annual seminars in homicide investigations at Harvard University. Using intricately constructed dioramas of actual crime scenes, complete with working doors, windows and lights, Frances taught detectives, prosecutors, and other investigators to solve real crimes with the “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.”
Categories: dioramas
1900s Photo Studio found on BoredPanda
Ali Alamedy’s dioramas are amazing; his life story even more so. Here are some highlights in his own words:
“I Built A Miniature 1900s Photo Studio In Honor Of An Old Photographer
‘I spent 9 months working on the studio using hundreds of meters of wood and lots of other materials like plastic, copper, paper, etc. I built more than 100 miniature objects all designed and built according to that era. All the objects were made from scratch. There were lots of challenges especially when I was doing the research. I could find only a few pictures from old studios all in white and black.
Categories: dioramas
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.
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
