Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
Life in Miniature is a short film by Ellen Evans. It profiles a mom and daughter mini making duo. Kath Holden, the daughter, makes furniture and accessories inspired by modern life and Margaret Shaw, the mother, specializes in replica food. In its short span, the film discusses the catty attitude in the Miniature world, with... Continue Reading →
Like reading about toy photography, toys, miniatures and anything in between? Well here's a list of books just for you. Know of one that should be here but isn't? Comment below and I'll continue to update the list! Is there one here that you think shouldn't be here? Let me know that too! I've read... Continue Reading →
While 2018 is still fresh in our minds, let’s celebrate its famous tiny houses. 8. The Handmaid's Tale While we only get a small glimpse of this dollhouse, it comes to represent a small piece of innocence, in a world that has none. 7. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina This black dollhouse is perfect for... Continue Reading →
I read the novel around November of last year and finally watched the series in full today. This is a review of the series, but I will inevitably be comparing it to the novel throughout.
We begin in Amsterdam in 1686. A young woman, Petronella, has reluctantly agreed to an arranged marriage to a wealthy man in order to have her family's debts paid off. When Petronella arrives at her new home, we meet the strict mistress of the house, Nella's now sister in law, the unmarried Marin, and later in the evening, Nella's aloof and often absent new husband, Johannes, joins the scene.
I was a kid in the 90s and early 2000s. I remember fervently looking through the toy section of the JC Penny's catalog, dog-earing pages and even cutting out the pictures of the best toys and placing them in my view binder cover. Target, Walmart and Amazon all released printed versions of their catalogs this year. Worse for the environment I have to admit, but I was also stoked about it.
This listing started as resources for an upcoming vlog I'm planning on why humans are intrigued by miniatures, and as a follow up, why some of those people are passionate about toy photography. I know there are some movies, etc. that feature miniatures of some kind, but use them as a narrative device, rather than... Continue Reading →
"Like a pair of binoculars with no right or wrong end, the camera makes exotic things near, intimate; and familiar things small, abstract, strange, much farther away." Sometimes I read art-based books. You've seen this a bit on this blog in my Why Miniatures series where I discussed On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the... Continue Reading →