Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
"This is how I work on patience. This is how I work on dexterity." Why Miniatures parts 1 through 3, can be viewed all together as a website page here. Why are we so fascinated with miniatures? What makes miniatures useful in artistic work? In this 'Why Miniatures' series, we explore these ideas through quotes from various... Continue Reading →
Welcome to another edition of My Mini Monday. For awhile now, I've been sharing examples of miniatures in advertising, movies, etc. on my facebook page. Now I present a culmination of those items here. Miniatures are so very versatile in story telling and these items represent that idea oh so well. Hope you enjoy. You... Continue Reading →
"But the causality of smallness stirs all our senses..." Why Miniatures part 1, can be viewed as an image based blog post here, or a text based website page here. Why are we so fascinated with miniatures? What makes miniatures useful in artistic work? In this 'Why Miniatures' series, we explore these ideas through quotes from... Continue Reading →
My third (technically 4th) in the series of mini cooking and today I'll be talking about vintage toy stoves for kids. Definitely not safe for operation by children, but that's why you can totally use them for real mini cooking today. These are a bit larger than the current mini cooking fad, but because of... Continue Reading →
I recently purchased this room box kit from Amazon for $22.95. There's little description, but the set is 1:24 scale (1/2 scale) and comes with all the accessories pictured. It arrived at my door on Halloween. I've never purchased a full dollhouse room box kit before, although I have had furniture kits. So, let's go... Continue Reading →
*This post is best viewed on a computer. It gets a bit convoluted on mobile devices. On this week's episode of My Mini Monday, I discuss miniatures throughout history. This one is for all you history and miniature buffs. The images in the timeline below are not mine, many are under creative commons license from... Continue Reading →
*This is a sponsored post. Have you all heard of SquintBox? It's a subscription box, from the genius of D. Thomas Fine Miniatures, that just started June 2016. SquintBox sends you a set of dollhouse 1:12 scale accessories every month. Too cool right? And to my delight they sent me one to review! So here... Continue Reading →
I recently decided to make my own HO scale traffic and rail road crossing lights. For the purpose of my photos, I don't need the expensive ones available that allow you to set timers for the change of the lights etc. I did want mine to be able to light up though, for my Headlights... Continue Reading →