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New look you’ll loveDOLlSHOUSEMORE FREE CUTOUTS THAN EVER WORLDUK’S BEST-SELLING MINIATURES MAGAZINE dollshouseworld.com £4.99 OCTOBER 2016 n ISSUE 289 Stunning style Gorgeous photos of a Mackintosh house you won’t believeIdeas & inspiration Quick & easy makes How to use punches to Plus, create create hearts and flowers a wicker bowl from Tips & techniques card & string You can etch patterns DREAM 10 onto glass: it’s so simple TUSCAN > KITCHEN 5TEDDY BEAR TIMES Meet new makers 9 770961 092062

contentssmall details 4 Dream Tuscan kitchen 33 Dolls to make you smile This beautiful modern kitchen has We meet a talented doll maker hop-October 2016 l Issue 289 been infused with a touch of Tuscany ing to put a smile on your faceTo reach us: Call +44 (0)1903 884988 8 Mackintosh marvel 36 Sandra’s diner secrets How an idea for room in Mackintosh Sandra Field’s passion shines out ofOr write to: Dolls House World, style turned into a stunning house every corner of her stunning dinerPO Box 2258, Pulborough RH20 9BAGreat Britain 14 Show & tell 39 Picture perfect ideas In the first of our chats with show Ideas on arranging pictures in full-email: [email protected] organisers we meet Charlotte Stokoe size rooms can easily be adaptedWebsite: www.dollshouseworld.com 17 Small wonders 40 Make a wicker bowl A look at a wonder of the mini world, Here’s a simple way to make a bowlEditor: Richard Jennings Petronella Oortman’s doll’s house without having to use pieces of wireEmail: [email protected] writer: Sandra Harding 18 Maggie’s mouse mania 42 Miniature showcase How an author used a passion for Martha Puff showcases some of theAdvertisement sales: miniatures to illustrate her books most beautiful furniture you’ll seeUK offi e: Maria FitzgeraldEmail: [email protected] 21 Tips & techniques 44 Purrfect TV shelter Here’s a quick and easy way of etch- Step inside the home for cats AsaUS offi e: Sara Vix ing lovely patterns on to glass Segersten has just built in an old TVEmail: [email protected] 24 Country cottage charm 46 Ways with punchesDesign: Richard Jennings & Step inside a vintage shop that has Craft punches can be used to greatWendy Crosthwaite been created with a sense of style effect from flowers to decorationsUS offi e: Ashdown Inc., 68132 250th 29 Where I work 48 Tiny special shopsAvenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA. Linda Abel welcomes us into her Let’s go window shopping with Ital-Tel: 507 634 3143 workspace, and she hasn’t tidied up ian miniaturist Francesca VernuccioSubscriptions: 30 Ewelina’s cute animals 52 Make a little chair New maker from Belfast is creating These lovely Empire-style chairs areUK: [email protected] some gorgeous little pets & animals easy to make with different fabricsUS: usoffi [email protected] 0961 - 0928. Printed in the UK.Distributed to the newstrade by Comag.Subscription prices:Per year: UK £59.99 (12 issues).European and worldwide prices will beadjusted to local currencies. See onlinefor details at www.dollshouseworld.comor call +44 (0)1903 884988. All of our sub-scriptions are handled by us here at DHW. Reproduction in whole or part without the written 8 permission of the publisher is prohibited. The written instructions, photographs, designs, patterns and projects in this magazine are intended for the personal use of the reader and may be reproduced for that purpose only. Any other use, especially commercial use is forbidden under law without permission of the copy- right holder. All editorial contributions are welcomed by Dolls House World but the publisher can accept no responsibility for loss or damage to contributions. Material is accepted solely on the basis that the author accepts the assessment of the publisher as to its commercial value. All material submitted is accepted on the basis that copyright of will be vested in the publisher who assumes all rights worldwide, in all forms and media. © Copyright ashdown.co.uk Postmaster: Send address corrections to Ashdown Inc., 68132 250th Ave., Kasson, MN 55944 USA. Canada Post International Publications. All rights reserved.2 56DOLDLOSLLHSOHUOSEUSWEOWROLDRLD

“where little things matter” www.dollshouseworld.com dollshouseworldmagazine welcome 54 Room for the kits 70 Club news Put together two kits and then create From English cottages to houses and Napoleon was right. a hall in a box file to show them off gardens, we visit the clubs Not about invading Russia, obviously. I 56 Aiming for big things 72 Build kitchen cabinets was thinking more of How minis brought a talented young Here’s how to add that special dreamwhen he remarked: “If you cannot maker ‘joy and happiness’ kitchen to your (mini) housedo great things, do small things in agreat way.” 60 Small accomplishments 76 Pretty period outfit I’m pretty sure he wasn’t talking From an African hut to a paper swan Why not knit this lovely period outfitabout the doll’s house hobby, but readers share their achievements of jumper and matching skirt?the sentiment works for our miniworld. And it’s what we’ve tried to 62 History: dummy’s guide 77 Cutoutsdo with this new-look issue. When dummy boards, fire screens Posters, pictures, and a Degas.. We’re bigger and (hopefully and chimney boards were important we’ve got the lot for your houseyou’ll agree) better than ever. We’veimproved the quality of the paper 64 Sarah’s labour of love 79 Show datesconsiderably and added a lot of new Woman behind incredible Twelvemo A round up of places where the minifeatures. We take you inside some figures explains her inspired vision flags will be flying in the next monthfabulous houses, old and new, andbring you challenging projects as 66 Tales of the Triangs 82 Small talkwell as some quick and easy ideas. This month we look at Tri-ang Queen We chat with readers about our We chat with readers and show Annes in the period 1951-1961 hobby. This month meet Joan Joyceorganisers, as well as talented newmakers. We’re all really proud of this 68 Quick & easy projects HOUSE HUNTissue, which is filled with ideas and Sandra Harding comes up with ways Find the little house hidden inside.inspiration. Small things in a great to decorate eggs, and more n Last issue it appeared on page 10.way? Everyone here at DHW hopesyou think so. ‘Quote of the month: ‘ There are some things that you can fulfilemail: [email protected] with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good. Sebastian Vettel36 56 18 537DDOOLLLLSSHHOOUUSSEEWWOORRLLDD

ROOM STYLEDream Tuscan kitchen isthe heart of the homeThis beautiful modern-style kitchen has been infused with atouch of Tuscany seen in the rustic stonework and open flooplan, and much of it has been built by one talented miniaturist BY KATE WRIGHTn ot only is Kammy Hill a fabulous houses. After opening an online store, miniaturist, but she is also a fan- she sold all three of them and con- tastic cook. With a strong belief tinued to make several more OOAK that the kitchen is the heart of pieces, which included an enchantedthe home, how could she resist re-cre- bunny hollow, an English cottage doll’sating her dream kitchen in miniature? house, an old farmhouse doll’s house, and her latest creation—this Tuscan Kammy explains how most of her kitchen room box.family’s time is spent in their true-to-scale kitchen. “It’s where my family Stunning kitchengathers and shares meals over conver-sation and it is a room where we spend What started as an empty woodenmost of our time. We are there for three box was built from the ground up tomeals a day or to just sit and have a become a stunning modern miniaturecup of tea. We also enjoy relaxing in kitchen. Kammy made the island, cup-the kitchen while eating snacks and boards, sink, chandelier, farmhouseplaying board games” table and all the stonework herself. She has always loved the look of a She also created the faux granitemodern-style Tuscan kitchen. It was countertops, built the dishwasher,her attraction to large windows that shelves, wine rack, and some of theadd a vast amount of natural light and decorative pieces. The stove andto the use of stone and granite that windows were purchased and some ofinspired her to make a twelfth scale the food goods, décor, flowers, bas-roombox depicting her dream kitchen. kets, and dishware were gifts from her talented friends. After 21 years of marriage, and hav-ing raised four children, one thing has As with many miniature projects,never changed—her love of minia- certain hurdles are bound to arise, buttures. Ever since she was a child she after a bit of reflection the perfect solu-has been collecting small objects to tion always follows. For Kammy, con-use in her miniature world. But it was structing the island as well as creatingonly a few years ago when she finally the stonework were two of those hur-completed her very first shoebox fairy dles. After some thought, she designedhouse. the counters and island from wood, “It came about after my younger sis- Right: The kitchen island construction aster Angela passed away,” says Kammy.“I wanted to make a little dwelling well as the faux granite were two of thewhere she could live in my dreams.” toughest projects for Kammy, but she man- Once that was complete, she wenton to make two more shoebox fairy aged to create magic and it looks as though they turned out wonderfully.4 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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ROOM STYLE Above and above right: Staging in minia- tures can be loads of fun. Successful staging shows hints as to who the residents are and what tasks they have been busy with.6 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

ROOM STYLELeft: A full view of Kammy’s beautiful Tuscanstyle kitchen.This space is most definite y adream kitchen for passionate cooks as wellas creative miniaturists.Below far left: The Tuscan landscapemosaic above the stove adds a rustic, freshfeeling to the space.The polka-dot dish towellivens things up with a splash of fun.Bottom far left: The countertop granitelooks terrific and ve y realistic. After makinga miniature room like this you can’t help butgain some amazing crafting skills. Kammy hasused what she learned in this process to sellher handmade miniatures online.Right: It is all the “little” things that make aminiature scene so special. Kammy has filleevery space with tiny treasures. As your eyeworks its way through the scene you willalways see something new.Take a look at thesliced lemons, hanging peppers and lots ofitems in the wall pantry.thick card stock, and foam board. of the room. canned goods, food, sweets, farm- The countertops and island were The Tuscan wall mosaic over the house tables, and chandeliers, she is now able to make more of them andconstructed by layering the materi- stove was made by printing a scaled- sell them online.als with glue and carefully sanding down image from the computer, cut-them until they were smooth. She then ting it out, and using three-dimensional This was Kammy’s first attempt atpainted the tops to resemble granite glue to build up the picture. She then making a modern miniature room, asby using several layers of paint. To used a ruler to create the lines. After well as the first time she had attemptedcreate texture, she used paintbrushes, several days of drying time the mosaic to make furniture. She also success-sponges, and feathers while paint- turned out just as she had envisioned! fully remodelled and resurfaced theing. Once finished, the stonework and refrigerator.island became her two favourite parts With the experience she has gained from making small items such as “I put a lot of myself in this room box, plus many little items that I love,” reflects Kammy. “I find that creating miniatures is very relaxing for me and I can escape to another world while I create. All of my roomboxes are very detailed so the viewer can sit and look into them for a long time and still see new features or something they may have missed before. I am happy that other people enjoy my creations. I don’t see myself quitting this addiction anytime soon.” Her Tuscan kitchen roombox is still a work in progress as she continues on the exterior by adding stone, tile, and beautiful plants and flowers for a romantic patio. We can only hope that Kammy will share photos of her Tuscan patio upon completion because there is no doubt it will be a miniature place that any of us would love to visit. 7D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

HOUSE PROUDHouse is homageto CR MackintoshCollector Jane Fiddick tells how an idea for a room in pureMackintosh style turned into a spectacular and ingenioushouse featuring the work of some top miniature makersH PHOTOS BY BAY HIPPISLEYaving mentioned him in an touch was to add the fantastic musicessay in the early 1970s on room from CRM’s prize-winning designScotland’s contribution to the for an Art Lover’s House (designed 1901;arts, I became increasingly in- built at last in Glasgow’s Bellahoustonterested in the innovative designs of the Park, 1996). Susan Rogers completed theGlaswegian architect and artist Charles concept with her exquisite paintings forRennie Mackintosh. the walls in the music room, bedroomI decided to have and dining room.a room furnished in The date is aroundMackintosh style, but 1904, though the yel-my husband persuaded low settle in the musicme that a house would room dates from 1917.present his architecture I felt it important for theas well as his distinctive house not to look likedesigns for furniture. So an architectural modelI approached the gifted – it is, after all, a doll’steam of Kevin Mulvany house and so inhabitedand his wife Susan Rog- by people looking aters who were enthusias- pictures and having tea.tic about the project. Today, the MackintoshesThe nearest CRM are entertaining hercame to designing anything that could sister and brother-in-law, Frances andbe made into a doll’s house were a Herbert MacNair. Collectively they werecouple of drawings from 1901 for a town known in the world of Glasgow art andhouse and a country house for an artist. architecture as “The Four”.The town house seemed more appropri- Upstairs in the studio (where note theate for my purpose and we set about kid gloves Margaret wore for paintingdeciding what rooms we could incorpo- – she was allergic to turpentine), CRMrate into the exterior. and MacNair are discussing the designsKevin ingeniously managed to in- for the music room. Also here for tea areclude rooms from various homes lived the little daughters of the Director of thein by CRM and his artist wife Margaret Glasgow School of Art, Elsie and MaryMacdonald Mackintosh as well as the Newbury, who later recalled “a brightbedroom from the Hill House at Helens- red glowing fire, the right sort of cake, aburgh (now National Trust). The final nice tea and kind hearts – a lot of fun”.8 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

HOUSE PROUDCREDITS: Porcelainin kitchen and diningroom by Stokesay Ware.Silverware by StuartMcCabe and Ken Palm-er. Glasses by EdwardHill. People by SundayDolls. Stained glasspanels by Becky SaxeFalstein. Tea (includingsugar lumps) by LesleyBurgess of The EnglishKitchen. Oriental chinaby Muriel Hopwood,Carol Lodder andVéronique Cornish.Musical instruments byJim Whitehouse. Tiledkitchen floor by TerryCurran. Jelly strainer byEdwardian Elegance. 9D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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HOUSE PROUD Our Dollshouses at Newby Hall Caroline Hamilton & Jane Fiddick CAROLINE HAMILTON & JANE FIDDICK OUr DOLLSHOUSES All the furniture, lighting and internal logue was very slightly wrong and Ron AT NEWBY HALL, North YORKSHIREdoors were made with delight by RonBrunsdon. I did what upholstery was had it right. The Hill House staff didn’t ● You can see this wonderfulneeded, painted with fabric paints. house as part of a permanent turn a hair. exhibition at a beautiful stately I had acquired an authoritative The CRM house is an object les- home in Ripon, North Yorkshire.catalogue of CRM designs which gave Jane (pictured right, above),dimensions, but Ron had a problem with son in how big a doll’s house can and her ‘display mate’ Carolinethe celebrated tall black chairs in the become if it has anything like the Hamilton (left), are two of Brit-bedroom: the arithmetic for the backs right number of rooms of the right ain’s top collectors and recentlydidn’t work. So I rang the Hill House and scale. Even so, the drawing room, in donated their incredible housesthe staff readily agreed to go upstairs which a number of favourite pieces to Newby Hall.and measure the chair. Result: the cata- of his furniture have been grouped, does not have the sense of space the This feature is an extract from architect himself would have wished. a stunning book the talented pair have written about their collection. ‘Our Dollshouses’ can be ordered from the website www.newbyhall.com at £12.50 plus p&p.12 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

A Celebration of Artisans of Miniatures April 20th–22nd, 2017 Chicago, IL Thursday (Preview), Friday, and SaturdayHyatt Regency Schaumburg, 1800 E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173WliGkooedutaoleltlthdotaheelwybedeeobretsa?uiitlesa. for The work of over 600 artists will be exhibited Dealers from around the worldwww.theminiatureshow.com [email protected] Greg Madl PO Box 187 West Olive, MI 49460 13DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

SHOW & TELL show&tell DOLL’S HOUSE SHOW TODAY WHERE SHOW ORGANISERS TELL ALL ABOUT THEIR EVENTS In the first of a regular chat with show organisers we meet up with Charlotte StokoeHi Charlotte, tell us what shows individual makers? Obviously, I was to try and find craftsmen who makeyou run? The Kensington DollshouseFestival – Summer (two days in May) nervous, mainly because I had never interesting, unusual and useful itemsand the Christmas Show (one day inDecember). Plus The City of Lon- run an event like it before, but Caro- that all our visitors can afford.don Dollshouse Festival (one day inFebruary). line was really helpful in the first yearWhen did you first take over the and took me through her process Did she pass on lots of advice? Yes,Festival? Caroline Hamilton and SueAtkinson established the Festival in step by step. It is probably hard for she was a great help in my first year1985. I took it over in 2005. people to understand how much going through the run up to the showWhy did you want to take over theshow? In1995 I opened The London work is involved in putting step by step. Her best bit ofDollshouse Company, a special-ist shop in Covent Garden. In 2004, on such a big show. It is a advice was probably:when the rent and service chargesfor our premises in the old Covent full time job and work will “You can never pleaseGarden Market became too high, wewere forced to close the shop down. begin a year before the everybody so don’tBut I wanted to carry on working withminiatures as I had got to know so show takes place. In fact I even try.” It is verymany of the makers and met somewonderful customers as well. I can’t am always on the lookout true, but I hope wereally remember how Caroline andI began talking about her retirement for new and interesting do manage to pleasefrom the show, but I expressed an in-terest in taking over the helm of KDF makers. most people, most ofand things just happened from there. Once I had one Fes- the time.The show had quite a reputation.Was it daunting taking over from tival behind me, which Gerd Felka. What were the initialCaroline Hamilton, who had such a wasn’t a total disaster, Ipersonal, hands-on approach andhad built up an impressive show felt confident to make problems you had? Itwith a commitment to quality and changes and do the show is hard to remember my way. Everyone has different how I felt that first year. I remember strengths and there is no doubt that worrying because I did not know all Caroline was/is fantastic at help- the exhibitors. I knew most of them as ing makers improve their work by I had bought from the show for many giving them constructive criticism years for our shop, but there were and spotting things that I would not some who I was not familiar with. notice. This is why we selected her as The other thing that was a terrible a judge for our PIMAs (Perfection in shock was the fact I would have no Miniatures Awards). She has a great time to look around the show myself. eye for detail and certainly can spot Even though I have an incredible KDF perfection. team (many of whom worked with I feel the show is really mine now me in the Covent Garden Shop or are and I hope I have put my own per- friends/family – they have been with sonal stamp on it. But I always look me from the beginning) I am in de- back to the past and make sure the mand from the time the first exhibitor standard of exhibitors at the show enters the door to set up to when the stays as high as always. But I also like last one leaves at the end of the show.14 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

SHOW & TELLIt is absolutely exhausting for all the love with it straight me. They sit nervouslyteam, and me, but we love it and be- away. It is such an in- opening up a tiny box,ing at the show is so rewarding after credible location, right mumbling: “Of courseall the hard work I have to put in. I by Tower Bridge and St it needs more work…learnt quickly that the more I could Katherine’s Dock and it isn’t perfect…” I amdo in advance of the show, the better the venue has panoram- thinking: “Oh good-for everyone. ic views of the Thames. ness, what am I going It is such an historic part to say if it is terrible.”What did you do before you took of my favourite city. The “Just what I need” But 90 per cent of theover the LDHF? As I mentioned, I show has a lovely feel, I time they will producewas running the shop in Covent Gar- think because it is smaller something reallyden from 1995. Before that I worked and as it is in a hotel, beautiful out of their box and I amthere on and off as a Saturday girl for many exhibitors and visitors will stay constantly amazed by the skills andMichal Morse, who had the shop be- there too. It is like a mini break for us imagination of so many people.fore me (her shop ‘The Dolls’ House’, all.still runs in Northleach). Apart from What makes you pull your hair out?that I have had so many jobs: balle- What do you love about running The hardest job, for sure, is design-rina, film production, casting director the shows? Without a doubt, the ing the floorplan. I always dread it.(assistant), as well as working in the best thing is finding my new exhibi- There are so many things that needfashion industry and many more. tors. We always try to have 10 per to be taken into account – table size, cent new/returning craftsmen at our what the exhibitor is selling, whatThe show was originally held on shows. As we have expanded this their stand is like etc etc, and this isone weekend.You’ve expanded has become much harder as we now before I get the requests from theto two shows at Kensington, with need to find around 50 new mak- craftsmen themselves. There are soa further City of London Show. ers per year rather than 20. I always many special requests about whereWhy did you decide to expand, laugh when people say, “What are they want to be, who they want to beand has it been difficult to cope? we going to do? So many makers are next to, who they DON’T want to beI ran the show for three years be- retiring, there won’t be anyone left next to, what space they need. It is afore I expanded. I decided to add a making miniatures….” This is not the real jigsaw puzzle. Every time I thinkChristmas Show because there had case at all. Of course it is sad when I have nailed it, but then we get to thebeen three other doll’s house events a maker retires. No one can replace venue and exhibitors start to arrivein London around Christmas time, them and their unique work but there and I realise that, once again, I’vebut gradually they all ended. I had so are always new, enthusiastic crafts- failed. There is always next time.many requests for another men who amaze me withshow from exhibitors and their talent and origi- Does anything surprise you eachvisitors, so I thought why nality. year? I think the quality and original-not give it a go? I was ity of the work at the show. This isastounded by the success How do you find them? mainly because for most of the year Iof the first Christmas KDF. They may contact me am concentrating on the organisationIt was such a fantastic directly or I may see and I am trusting that the individualatmosphere as everyone them at another show or exhibitors will be working hard onis in the Christmas mood in a magazine. Or anoth- their miniatures, so I am not reallyby then and my talented Itzy Bitzy Workshop. er exhibitor might rec- thinking about the work they produceexhibitors create amaz- ommend someone to me ‘There are alwaysing, beautiful festive but I always insist that I new, enthusiasticdisplays. see samples of their work before put-We then added the smaller City of ting them on our waiting list. Our listLondon Dollshouse Festival in 2013. normally has over 30 makers want- craftsmen who ‘This was because I felt it would be ing to attend our shows that we can’t amaze me with theirgood to hold an event on the other fit in. My absolute favourite thing is talent and originality.side of London. When I found our when people bring samples of theirvenue – The Tower Hotel – I fell in work to one of our events to show 15DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

SHOW & TELLat all. Once I arrive at the venue, about the Festival and some of the the odd collections of my favouritemost of my work is finished and I craftsmen who attend things.am relying on my back in 2008 and it wasstaff and exhibitors to a real challenge but If you weren’t running shows whatdo their thing. Then, such good fun. At pre- would you love to do? I wouldas I rush around the sent, I am working on a definitely like to work in the filmshow incredible sights film about the icon that industry. I love films, TV series andwill catch my eye and I is Kristin Baybars. She documentaries. I would be veryremember why we are is such a legend in the happy working behind the scenesall there. doll’s house world and somehow. That was my plan beforeWho’s your favourite Truly Scrumptious. has had a really inter- getting into doll’s houses.exhibitor and why? esting life. We hope to What plans do you have for your have the film finishedThat is a really unfair by the Festival next May. shows? 2017 Is going to be a hugequestion! I will not single anyone out year for our shows. Not only is the– I love them all, but another answer You have a base in Italy. Sounds City of London Festival back, butcould be the exhibitor who has no wonderful. How long do you there will be some big changes forcomplaints! spend there? I am in Italy around the KDF shows too. I can’t talk about three months a year. We are based these yet, as details have not beenRunning shows is a vey stressful near my mother-in-law, so we finalised.experience. How do you relax? can keep an eye on her. Also my I can mention our KDF Collec-Most of the year there is no stress… brother James (ex KDF Staff) visited tions however. Our regular visitorsit is a fantastic job that I love. But, us here a few years ago and met his to the Festival are always asking us ifyes, during the show it is stressful. partner, so he is also we could commissionThe whole of the KDF team are on nearby now as well. some special com-their feet all day, dealing with prob- memorative pieceslems and queries from both exhibi- How did you person- from our makers at thetors and visitors. Once the show is ally discover minia- show. We have de-over and all (most) of the exhibitors tures? I had a doll’s cided to take this a stephave packed up and left we head house as a child that further and create somedown to a local restaurant and wind my uncle built for themed collections ofdown over a relaxing meal. me…a basic copy of miniatures either madeDo you have time for hobbies? our house. Also, my Wood supplies. by one or a group of our aunt lived in Fulham exhibitors. We are plan-Not really. As a child I was always near The Singing ning on launching threemaking things. I loved paper mod- Tree so I would always go there collections each season, startingels, embroidery, my toy theatre and when I visited my cousins. I remem- with our winter 2016 collections inmy doll’s house of course - I actually ber buying some working scissors – time for the Christmas Show. Moreused to make some little acces- my prize possession. Strangely, my details to follow.sories for the Covent Garden shop aunt was also friends with Michal We look forward to hearingbefore I owned it (toy theatres and Morse and would help out in the about those, Charlotte. Thanks forphoto albums). Sincetaking over Covent Garden Shop. This is how I spending time with Show & Tell.the shop, and then the got my job there as aFestival, and having a Saturday girl. mini matters:family, I have not hadthe time or the energy Do you own a doll’s The Kensington Dollshouse Festivalto really enjoy any of house? No I don’t. I love email: [email protected] web: www.dollshousefestival.comthese activities. miniatures, but I found call: 0044 (0) 20 7812 9892I suppose my that running the shophobby at the moment and now the Festival is l The next event is at Kensingtonis film making. We enough miniatures for Town Hall, Hornton Street, Londonmade a short film Teeny Weeny Teddies. me, although I do have W8 7NX on 3rd December 2016.16 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

small wondersT his stunning cabinet house silks shipped from the Indies. There was even from the 17th century took over a working fountain in the garden which, sadly, 20 years to build and furnish. It was did not survive.enamelled in tortoiseshell and pewter andcost as much as a full-size townhouse in the The doll’s house, now on permanent dis-most expensive part of Amsterdam. play at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, was the inspiration for the 2014 novel The Miniaturist It was curated by Petronella Oortman, part by Jessie Burton. Burton wrote of the house:of the wealthy Dutch merchant class. Starting “Like many cabinet houses of the time, everyin 1686 she ordered miniature porcelain from room was a replica of Oortman’s real home,China and commissioned cabinetmakers, Anything she owned in full-size, she hadglassblowers, silversmiths, basket-weavers shrunk down so that she could see all herand artists to furnish her house. It was treasures in one glance of her eye. It was, youcrammed with Venetian glasses, oil paintings, might argue, a reminder of the Netherlands’silver candlesticks, as well as ceramics and extraordinary imperial power.” 17DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

MOUSE HOUSEMaggie loves her worldfull of mouse maniaHow an author used a passion for miniatures to buildMouseland and illustrate her range of children’s books BY MAGGIE RUDY started making mice the 9/11 attacks trying to keep of The City Mouse and the Country my hands busy while listening Mouse tale.i twenty years ago when my to radio reports. In retrospect, I children were small and see that I was also building my- The most frequent comments I then began constructing self a safe and magical world receive from online followers are “Howminiature worlds about fifteen that I could control. did you make that?” and “This takesyears ago. It began as a hobby me back to my childhood.” I also hear,and a kindergarten project I spent the next ten years “I want to live in Mouseland!” quiteand morphed over twenty creating what I now call Mou- often, so I know there are a lot of us outyears into an obsession and a career. seland, while teaching myself how to there—a busy-fingered tribe in love build in mouse scale. I try to make as with tiny worlds. I am a professional artist. I draw, many of the items as possible frompaint, and make large-scale assem- found and scavenged materials. Above: This little room is full of details.Thisblage sculptures. I also write and il- A few items, such as cutlery and photo is the endpaper from The House Thatlustrate children’s books using photo- dishware, I purchase from doll’s house Mouse Built. Photo by Bruce Wolf.graphs of my miniature scenes for the suppliers and I occasionally alter a Right: Playing a friendly game of cards tostory illustrations. piece of doll furniture to accommodate pass the afternoon. mouse proportions. Far right: After a big feast these mice are My husband and sons are very I started photographing the mice in recovering from too much food.supportive of my mouse-mania, and 2010 to make personal greeting cards.extremely tolerant of my constant trail Learning to set up lighting, use theof half-finished projects. It astonishes camera, and process the images onme the way tiny things can fill up a big the computer is still an ongoing chal-house. My sons have helped me enor- lenge and not nearly as fun as makingmously with the computer side of my the miniatures themselves!career, teaching me how to navigate I built my first website in 2010 andwebsites and how to use photo-editing now I have a Tumblr and a Twitter ac-software such as Photoshop. My family count. Every week I post a new photoand friends are also wonderful about of Mouseland. I have about twenty-fivesupplying me with a bounty of craft thousand followers!materials and promoting my books. In 2011 my first children’s What appeals to me the most about book, The House Thatminiatures are the way they take me Mouse Built, was publishedback to childhood and to the with my mouse photo-imaginary worlds I could graphs used as illustra-inhabit then. My two sisters tions. In 2014 my secondand I owned troll dolls and book, I Wish I Had a Pet,we spent many hours makingenvironments for them using came out. I am now atsticks, leaves, and stones. work on my third book, which will be a retelling I made my first mousehouse during the aftermath of18 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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MOUSE HOUSE Top: A handsome little mouse serenades his true love with a song. Above: This family is (M)ice-skating! Far left: This workman stops to admire a ginger- furred lady mouse. Left: “Together you’ll have exciting times,” a page from I Wish I Had a Pet.20 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

TIPS & TECHNIQUESHERE’S A QUICK AND EASY, BUT VERY EFFECTIVE, WAY OF ETCHING PATTERNS ON TO GLASS. TED BURST SHOWS CLEARLY HOW IT’S DONE hops and pubs for many You will need from the sheet and to put in place on the glass.S generations have used etched n Embossing stencils windows as a way of preserv- n Spray glass etch Carefully lay the stencil onto the ing privacy without cutting n Acrylic glass sheet or panel glass – do be careful because theout the light. Bathrooms and shower from door or window stencils are very flimsy – and theyscreens also require etched glass must be totally flat.panels, and using embossed stencils Deco; stripes and swirls for all occa-patterns and lettering are no prob- sions. Flatten the stencils completely –lem. this will stop the sprayed etch from Work out your pattern and chose creeping under the ends and spoil- Just take a look at the different the pieces of stencil you will use. ing the pattern. Before using the etchsheets of embossing stencils in spray you will need to experiment toyour local craft store and you will To help with your pattern – use get the right effect.be amazed at the range that is now thin masking tape to give you lines toavailable. There are patterns suitable follow. Use a scalpel to lift the stencil The etch spray should be usedfor all periods from Victorian to Art in the same way as you would when spraying paint. Never spray directly on to the glass to begin with – start at one side and slowly sweep across to the other. If the etch needs to be darker – spray again using the same sweeping method. When dry – which is within min- utes – carefully remove the stencils. Pull masking tape away from etch- ing this will give a very clean edge. Below: Sandra Field’s tobacconist shop has a beautiful etched glass panel.“There are patterns suitable for allperiods from Victorian to Art Deco” 21DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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OPEN HOUSEPretty pastels enhancedream cottage charmStep inside La Brocante and discover a vintage secondhandshop that has been created with a gentle touch, a dreamyimagination and a real sense of style BY CHARLOTTE MERRYMAN passion for interior design shines of charm and a pinch of whimsy. The house was fashioned with a faux vin-Athrough in every miniature scene tage tin roof.You may also recognise Caroline Dupuis creates. the fabulous bicycle that sits outside This miniaturist uses a pastel from a recent issue of DHW.colour palette and has a magical wayof turning an aged doll’s house into a Caroline prefers to take on the taskromantic and lighthearted home. La of making most of the items to fill herBrocante was commissioned for a cli- houses on her own. With the help ofent who patiently waited for her small some fabulous online tutorials and a lotdream house to undergo Caroline’s of trial and error she has been keepingmagic wand. busy making lots of structures, décor, and furniture. This charming little structure isoriginally based on the Orchid doll- The counter and shelves in thishouse kit by Corona Concepts. Caro- vintage shop are no exception as sheline saves the patterns for house kits explains, “I’m learning item by item.and then uses them to make her own Remember, I started out just makinghouses with added custom alterations. houses, but build-by-build I’ve been teaching myself new skills.” She said: “The brocante was a com-mission from a customer. She liked Placed on the counter are pottedthe Immeuble a Paris dollhouse I had plants, a box of vintage photographs, amade, but wanted it a little brighter bolt of fabric, and a few other decora-inside. She wanted the store down- tive items that will add a splash of funstairs and an apartment upstairs. That’s to any little house.how most of my commissions play out.People see a prior piece and then re- The brocante shop is very shabbyquest tiny changes they’d like to make chic, which is this artist’s specialty. Forto it. They are also very generous with the ceiling texture she adhered 3Dgiving me absolute artistic free range. scrapbook paper with a lovely patternI’m very lucky! I can send an email to and then painted it to look as if it werea customer and explain I have a better an aged tin ceiling.or new idea and they always say, ‘I trustyou. Do whatever you think is best.’ What fun it would be to get that everDoll’s house people are just the best faithful shrink ray gun that we all fanta-people out there. Their help makes thisso much fun and not at all like work.” Right: The counter space has lots of Both of the exterior doors have merchandise on display.a wonderful feeling of overuse andneglect. Even so, they still add a dash Above far right: Climbing vines and a colourful bike add to the scene. Far right: Caroline has a wonderful knack for ageing and distressing.24 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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OPEN HOUSEAbove left: The interior of this little shop is There are crates full of many itemsbright and cheerful. for decorating and shelves showcas-Far left: A shelf full of little treasures. ing the tiniest of houses. Along with oldLeft: This charming commissioned doll’s windows there are lots of shutters andhouse was built from scratch. A climbing other architectural elements that arevine blossoms as it creeps along the frame of popular vintage décor items. One wallthe shop.You can imagine that it has a flo al is covered with pink rose wallpaperaroma that tickles the senses. framed with painted lolly sticks, and asAbove: Caroline made this vintage stove. Caroline shows us, you don’t alwaysRight: Hand-painted roses are found have to use paper or paint for a wallthroughout the little house. treatment—the wall behind the shelf is covered with a cream canvas fabric.sise about and shrink down to twelfthscale so we could browse this vintage To the side is a narrow hall withsecondhand shop. As we strolled steps that lead up to the second floor,around we would come upon a collec- which is no doubt where the shoption of books in pretty colours, pieces of owner resides. A beautiful little tea traydistressed wood with rose motifs hand- holds a few mementoes and is tuckedpainted on them, and old windows that away behind the open steps.would dress up an empty wall. As you reach the top of the stairs a Displayed in the shop corner is a cheerful little kitchen welcomes you.perfectly pink canoe. Caroline found Caroline adds, “There is no railing atthe canoe in the finished wood item the top of the stairs. I know some ofsection of a craft store. After cutting it you get concerned with doll safety. Butfrom its base, she painted and sanded it I needed the space and decided onand then carefully placed it in the scene. design over safety.” The rugs in this little dwelling were 27DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

OPEN HOUSEAbove: The little welcome mat in the hall ismade from super thick canvas that is nor-mally used for bookbinding.Right: A rustic fi eplace, with decorativeangel wings hanging from the mantle, is theheart of the room.Below right: Caroline’s signature mini arm-chairs are beautifully made to have a rusticworn-down style.all hand-painted. Caroline explained:“I use a really thick canvas that’s usedto bind books and then paint it withacrylic paints.” Upon entering the sit-ting room you may let out a small gaspbecause it is such a charming petitespace. With a gentle touch, a dreamyimagination, and a keen eye for stylethis mini creator can make a smallroom into a place you would want tovisit for hours. Caroline’s signature armchairs maylook like they have seen better days,but they are still the perfect place torelax and read or to have a calmingcup of tea. The one on the right has a“super shabby prairie style.” You may also notice the handmadebeaded chandeliers on both floors.If you are smitten with these you canfind the project in DHW 270. They arebattery operated and Caroline cleverlyhides the switches and batteries in thechimneys. Once again, Caroline has madea little masterpiece and there is nodoubt that the new owner of this smalltreasure was filled with delight uponits arrival. Meanwhile, this industriousartist is surely lost in her creative zoneat this very moment dreaming up hernext small wonder.28 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

WHERE i WORK Linda Abel, from Bijou Dolls Houses & Miniatures, in Braintree, Essex,welcomes us into her workspace… and she hasn’t worried about tidying upHow long have you been Is your workspace private?making miniatures? People can watch me while ISince 1991 when I bought work but, if I have customers,a Robert Stubbs house and I tend to stop working. Some-needed to make some things times I’m so engrossed I don’tfor myself as I couldn’t afford notice people coming in andto buy much. they make me jump. When I’mWhere do you work? concentrating the whole worldI mainly work in the shop sur- doesn’t exist.rounded by stuff and more stuffin boxes. I only tidy up when Do you listen to music or theI can’t find enough space to work, or radio while you work?when an avalanche occurs. This is when The radio is on every day; Mellowthere are so many unevenly balanced Magic or Gold are my favourite stations.things that loads slide onto the floorand then I have to tidy up. In doing so I Name one thing banned from yourcome across loads of half-done things workspace.and I sometimes start making them Cats are banned as I have an allergy andagain, instead of what I was doing love mice.before the avalanche. I have a butterfly brain andam often away with the fairies. The sign above my Your workspace in five words.head is: ‘I know I’m in my own little world but they Messy, muddle, comfy, relaxing … and mine.know me here’. What is the one thing that your workspace can’tDo you always work in the same place? be missing?I move around into any clear space I have. I tend to The kettle. And I couldn’t live without Ceylon tea.work on a table, not on my lap. Where would be your dream workspace?Do you work at set times? Right here is my ideal as I love company and theI am at the shop seven hours a day so will make forabout four hours and have breaks inbetween for shop has people calling in at anytime for a chat.paint and glue to dry. The customers are great for suggestions, inspira- tion and encouragement. I wouldn’t want to be any-What makes your space so where else. I am building a garden room for myselfspecial? but am not sure if I would work as well by myself.Everything in my space isjust where I need it. Lol, if I ● Bijou Dolls Houses & Minia-can find it! tures, Blake House Craft Centre, CM77 6SH. Tel: 01376 335111 www.minibijou.com‘I know I’m in my own little world but they know me here’

TALENT SPOTTING Ewelina keeps working on the animals she loves Stables are packed From cute kittens to darling dogs this new maker from Belfast is creating some gorgeous little pets and creatures, This magnificent German kitchen and it all started with cartoon characters will be the star of the show at Pat Cutforth’s annual sale in aid of BY CHARLOTTE MERRYMAN Cancer Research UK. welina Hasnik loves enjoying making them for The kitchen originally cost her. I think we have be- £600 and will be up for sale from E cats and would really come good friends.” 10.30-2.30pm on October 30, at like to own one, but Shaw Farm Wiltshire, SN8 4LU, her husband is al- Ewelina gets a lot of along with kits, roomboxes and lergic to them. support from her family. over 50 houses in various scales. “They are proud of me It could be why this and always encourage me It is just one of many items Pat talented miniature maker to do the best l can. That’s has been given. She said: “The has opted for the next best great as sometimes I need stables are completely full and I thing - beautiful bundles of that support when I feel have about eight crates of small fluff in twelfth scale. like a figure is not going things to sell, plus an enormous very well.” pile in my ‘pricing room’.” She said: “I love mak- But even on the days when things ing minatures as it’s like a aren’t going well, Ewelina is passionate She added: “I also have some shrunken world where you can have about the hobby she’s only recently incredible Charles Rennie Mack- any animal you want and your imagi- discovered. intosh furniture by Ian Holoran nation comes to life.” “I think that you should always do Miniatures. Each piece is a what you love,” she said. “Keep on try- perfect replica of an item from his Ewelina was born in Poland and ing until you get where you want to be Hill House and I have never seen spent 28 years there, but has been liv- and never give up on what you love.” such work. ing in Belfast for the past 10 years with her husband and two children. Above: Ewelina, right, with sister Dorotea at “I even have dolls represent- ing C R Mackintosh and his wife, She started making animals by the Belfast show. made by Marie France Beglan. accident four years ago after creating It’s all been given to me by the cartoon characters out of polymer clay husband of someone who often for her daughter. donated things in the past but is now suffering from dementia.” “One day l saw some animal figures on the internet, so I decided to try and Pat is being given more and make some myself since I’m a big ani- more stuff every year by makers mal lover and l really enjoyed it.” and collectors only too happy to support her amazing doll’s house Ewelina is new to the miniature fund-raising. She is now having to world and has only done one show, the consider running a second sale MGM fair in Belfast. She currently sells in the Spring, though she admits mainly on eBay auctions but is starting “it is an awful lot of work.” But that to attract commissions from collectors. hard work does pay off. Pat said: “In 2015 we made £18,919 which “One woman from Sweden asked is only £181 less than our previ- me to make eight of her cats. She was ous record, made the last year of really nice to work with as she sent our Marlborough Fair.” lots of  pictures of her pets. She was also very descriptive and kept me up30 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD to date with everything and I’m really

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TALENT SPOTTINGDOLLS THAT PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACEI had the pleasure of meeting Timea BY SANDRA HARDING including the detailed and delicate Vajonne at the Kensington show eyes. They are then painted with Gen- and I was so taken with her dolls Gardens (now sadly in private hands) esis heat set paint, and mohair or vis-that I just had to buy one. It was a dif- that Timea discovered the doll’s house cous is added for the hair. The clothingficult decision because I wanted them exhibition and was hooked. Doll’s is created using fine fabrics and eachall, but in the end I chose a lady sitting houses do not exist in Hungary and figure is created with a story in mind,on a well with a bird on her hand, be- Timea was amazed at the detail and hoping to put a smile of the faces ofcause I love birds. creativity in the displays. prospective customers, like me. Timea, who trades as Enchanted The next Christmas she received You can see Timea’s beautiful dollsDolls, is originally from Hungary, but her first batch of polymer clay and, af- at the Kensington Christmas Festival onmoved to Eastbourne in 2005 with ter much research, she started sculpt- December 3 2016.her husband and two cats. She is a ing, slowly getting better and better.qualified nurse but currently works The first doll she created was a present mini matters:as a health care assistant in her local for her parents-in-law, and later effortshospital. were made for friends as gifts. Enchanted dolls by Timea P. Vajonne email: [email protected] The couple love England and enjoy Timea is now lucky to have a craft web: enchantedolls.co.ukvisiting historical places and gardens, room where she makes her anatomi- call: 07707638523and it was on a visit to Leonardslee cally correct dolls using Puppen Fimo, 33DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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ROOMBOX SECRETSThe secrets of Sandra’stop diner are revealedSandra Field’s attention to details shines out of every cornerof her stunning roombox. Here she shares many of the ideasand techniques she employed to create the scene BY SANDRA HARDING aving looked at the photographs made from thin ply, painted silver. San- The red furniture is made from thin dra tells me mount board would work ply, with shaped sides. The cushionsh of The Diner sent to me by as well. The front has a piece of clear are sponge, covered in the same Sandra Field, I showed them to acrylic to hold the cigarette packets in. material used for the stools. They sit my husband feeling envious and These are made from individual bits of on an oblong box created at the basehis comment was “mouth-wateringly mount board with a printed picture of of the bench. Machine stitching on thebeautiful”. I can do no better than that, different cigarette brands stuck on the padding gives the effect of separatealthough I could add words like ‘per- front of each packet. Lead strips were cushions. The food and the accesso-fection’ and ‘brilliant’. added down the front of the machine, ries throughout are all purchases from with a wider piece along the top of the various sources. I talked to Sandra about some of bottom part.the detail and hard-work behind this The pinball machine was a purchaseproject, including how she made some The mirrored Art Deco effect of the from a doll’s house shop in the USAof the amazing things you can see. glass around the walls was created by cutting three different lengths of mirror Above: Mrs O’Brien is a Tower House doll, The bar stools are made from a lid card, edged with thin lead strip. Very which Sandra dressed at one of their work-with some sponge on top, which was fiddly I am told, but well worth the ef- shops.The little girls are also Tower housethen covered in red fabric. There are fort. The speakers were earrings, but Dolls, whose outfits were knitted by goodtwo rows of lead strip around the seat could easily be made with a piece of friend Rita Turner.which is, of course, a door stop – bril- mesh edged with thin lead strip. Far right: The base of the stools were madeliant. An extra washer was then added from door stops, with a washer added to theto the bottom. bottom. The fabulous light fittings are madefrom several different size washers,superglued together to form the ceil-ing base. A piece of metal tubing wasadded with two more washers at thebottom end. The ball is from a lady’sdeodorant with a small bulb on a wirethreaded through to make it a workinglight. Another brilliant’ here I think! The table tops are metal tubing withwashers at each end while the topsare white mount board, curved at thecorners and then edged in thin leadstrip. The bar was made in a similarway before Sandra added more metaltubing around the bottom of the bar tomake a foot rest. A third “brilliant” is due when I tellyou about the cigarette machine. It is36 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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ROOMBOX SECRETS and the plastic jukebox was an eBay purchase. Sandra fancies having a go at making one and, knowing her, I think she will succeed. The shelves at the back are mirrored card and perspex and the wallpaper design was found on the internet. A small section was copied and pasted to create a full sheet, then printed onto glossy paper. The silver ceiling and back wall is ac- tually wrapping paper with an effective metal look. The family in the diner are Mrs O’Brien and her mischievous little girls, Alannah and Melody. They are expecting more friends for a birth- day lunch and the diner is privately booked. I really wish I had been in- vited. Above: Furniture made from thin ply, with shaped sides.The cushions are sponge, cov- ered in red fabric to match the stools.38 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

ROOM STYLEA lovey familygrouping: framesand photos byMini Mundus.MAKEYOUR HOUSE PICTURE PERFECTD id you know that in the nine- teenth century, a smile was only enhance the image but also be Many people avoid grouping pic- considered too frivolous an strong enough to stand on its own. tures because they don’t know howexpression for a formal portrait? Or, Most frames may be either hung on to go about it. Photo arrangementsthat a person shown holding a book the wall or displayed on a tabletop, need not be perfectly symmetrical.in a photograph was an indication to shelf or mantel. An elegant silver On the contrary, to give added dra-the viewer that the subject was edu- frame works well with a family por- ma to an arrangement, put an oddcated? Every portrait tells a story. trait displayed on your mantel or pi- number of photos on the wall. Place ano in a living or dining room, while another one on a table top directly Nothing provides a more personal a charming hand-painted frame beneath the arrangement.touch in your home than framed would be perfect for the bedroom.photographs of family and friends, Just like there is a dress for everyand the same is true in your mini Show off occasion, there is a room for everyworld. photograph. For example, consider When grouping photographs, se- hanging family photographs in the In addition the same rules for lect frames that will tie them togeth- family room. Hallways and staircasesframing that work in your home, er and show off your collection. This are wonderful places for photo-will also apply in your doll’s house. doesn’t mean that every photograph graphs of ancestors. EntertainmentThere are so many different styles must be placed in the same frame. rooms work nicely for a collection ofand types of framing options avail- Try to select frames that have a friends or travel. Bedrooms are idealable. Choices include mosaic, stone, similar element in common, whether for more personal displays. Finallygilded wood, sterling silver, frame- it is material (i.e. silver or wood), or desktops and tabletops are theless glass, brass, chrome, inlaid style (ornate or modern). perfect place for personal pictures.wood, ceramic, painted porcelain, These arrangements can includeplaster and plastic. What style you Another idea is to group similar photos of family, pets or even say-choose depends on two important photographs together. A series of ings or quotations.factors: the subject of the photo- seaside holiday snapshots framed ingraph and the style of the room in natural-wood frames with shell orna- Take a look at home magazines,which it will be displayed. If you are ments looks terrific when displayed and see how they use pictures indisplaying only one large photo- in a family room. Also try grouping rooms. Then copy those styles ingraph, pick a frame that will not colour photographs together and your doll’s house. Happy hanging. your black-and-whites together. l See pictures to frame on P77. 39DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

PROJECTMake a cute wicker bowlfor any room in the houseHere’s a simple method for making a miniature wicker bowlwithout having to use pieces of wire. All you need is paperand card and a few pieces of thin string BY AURALEA KRIEGER his is a faster way to weave a upward to form the dish shape. Push the string down on the tabs as you go ift basket without having to struggle there are gaps. with many pieces of wire. Choose a paper close to the colour of the Step 2: Tuck the hemp string into onebasket you wish to make. I used regu- of the slots and secure it against thelar thin paper, but you can try a thicker base with your finger.paper or even thin vinyl would work. Iwill say the gentler you are with yourstring as you weave, the easier it willbe using thin paper.You also want touse the thinnest hemp string that youcan finds. Step 5: When you get to the height you want, cut the string and put a dab of glue on the end of it and tuck it under the other strings with a toothpick.Step 1: Trace the pattern that’s pro- Step 3: Begin to interweave the stringvided onto your paper. Cut out using a around the pattern. Go over and undercraft knife. the tabs. You will need Step 4: As you weave around gently Step 6: Trim away all the excess paper pull a bit tighter to make the tabs move with scissors, flipping the basket up n Tacky Glue and over for each tab so you can see n Paper the highest strings on the tabs and n Thin hemp string don’t accidentally cut them. n Scissors n Craft knife n Tape n Toothpick40 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

PROJECTStep 7: Cut three 8” pieces of stringand tie a knot at the end. Tape it to yourcutting board.Step 8: Braid the string nice and snug Step 11: Lay the braid along the glue, Step 14: Spread some glue on theand then tie the end into a knot. pressing it down as you go. base and begin wrapping the string from the outside in, until it’s completely Step 12: Snip off the glued end of the covered. Do the same for the under braid in the centre of the area you base if you wish. glued before the knot. Press it to the basket edge. Step 15: You can use a toothpick to move the strings on the tab if you see Step 13: Put glue under and over the areas where the paper shows through. other end of the braid right where it This is why you want a paper close in meets the end you just cut. Snip in the colour to the string. centre of that glued area and press it to the end to complete the circle. There are two templates supplied for different size baskets. Try mak- TOPTIP ing the tab shapes straight and make a deeper basket.You can also use If you have folds in your hemp from the embroidery thread or even thin yarn in packaging, run it along the edge of a pretty colours for this project. Get your ruler to straighten it out. This will also groove on and have fun weaving! make it more flexible which will help it wrap more easily.Step 9: Put some glue on the end, just Top left: My little basket with my home-before the knot, on the top and bottom made apples displayed inside my “ongo-of the braid with the toothpick. ing” miniature cottage project.The beautiful angel wing candleholder and vintage rabbit book were gifts from TresPetite Dollhouse Miniatures on Etsy. Left: Shown here are a few variations using embroidery thread with scrapbook paper for bases.Step 10: Run Tacky Glue around the Size showntop of the basket using your toothpick. in tutorial 41DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

Miniature showcMartha Puff showcases some of the most beautiful miniaturefurniture you have ever laid eyes on in this amazing gallery! PHOTOGRAPHY BY ATISANS AND MICHAEL PUFF Left: French 18th century commode (chest of drawers) with Chinoiserie decora- tion.The word “commode” comes from the French word for “convenient” or “suitable”. Right: Trompe L’Oeil style screen with hand-painted accessories on the screen. Both by Natasha Beshenkovsky. Left: Luxurious round slipper chair by Nancy Summers ~ IGMA Fellow Below: Stickley style cherry furniture with upholstery in a William Morris pattern by Lars Mikkelsen. All pieces have been exhibited at the good sam show42 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

wcase Left: A beautiful rendition of a Russian (18/19th century) painted and carved sleigh with scenes and classical figures. Above: Replica of Madame Du Barry commode in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Both by Cristina Noriega ~ IGMA Artisan Below: French daybed in silk taffeta and raspberry toile, with antique petit point pillows by Maritza Moran. Right: Empire sofa upholstered in woven silk by Wilson Santiago Left: Louis XV armoire with hand-painted floral design. Below: A fabulous Edwardian sofa with an Art Nouveau flair.This sofa is decorated with lavish handmade pillows in assorted pat- terns. Both by Bluette Maloney IGMA Artisan. 43DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

OPEN HOUSEAll cats welcome atpurrfect TV shelterAsa Segersten is a recent convert to the miniaturesworld but she is making up for lost time. Step insidethe home for cats she’s just built in a TV BY SANDRA HARDING hen I saw the photographs of Lundby 1970’s sneaked in by accident. housekeeper. Makes sense to me. That, of course, is not counting the Enter Joyce Green who made theW this delightful cat shelter on two home made 16th and 18th scale Facebook my first thought was houses, lots of furniture and other stuff. trip from Wales, closely followed by “that’s unusual”. The second And I haven’t even started on the cat her son Sam, who left a pleasant lifethought was that you might like to see shelter yet. by the poolside in England to help hisit too. Created at her home in Sweden mum by taking over grooming duties.by Asa Segersten, the unusual thing Getting back, eventually, to the cat His brother Freddie has also left eBayabout it (apart from the cats) is that it is shelter, it was the old television cabinet UK and joined them to be an all roundmade from an old television cabinet. that was another accident although handyman. Asa does not know where this time, Asa says, it was really love at they sleep, as when she goes to bed, I will keep you in suspense for a first sight. She knew immediately that they are still busy in the shelter, andminute or two and tell you first how Berit and Bertram would be the perfect when she gets up in the morning theyAsa’s miniature world started. It all managers for it. (I think I should men- are already back at work. The futurehappened in the summer of 2015 tion that they are “rascal frogs”, a prize plan is to arrange a garden on the roofwhen she accidentally bought a Lun- won on a website some time ago). and also build sleeping quarters fordby house on a sudden impulse. Now, However, after struggling to contain the Green family.you might say, how can it be an acci- 56 cats, they realised that running adent, but as the proud owner of several cat shelter by themselves wasn’t easy Many of the items in the house aresuch accidents, I understand. because cats do require their obedient Lundby, but with lots of tinkering and servants to keep up a certain standard. makeovers where needed. Asa also The house was in poor condition Also, of course, because they are not makes many of the items for the cats,and, after Asa renovated it, she de- very big, frogs can’t reach the stove including simple furniture, bedding,cided to pass it on to someone else, and other things, so they employed a cushions, curtains, picture frames, tow-thinking it was out of her system – how els, television shelf, cat tree,TV table,wrong she was! Within weeks she had green glass table and more.more Lundbys, plus furniture and ac-cessories and, at this stage, we know Even Mrs Green was given a make-that all is lost. over. Her hair had faded, and had to have a rinse, and on top of that she But then another accident happened had, at some best-forgotten time in herand she decided that twelfth scale was life, been beheaded. Luckily Asa gavethe one that she wanted next. All the her a lovely pearl necklace to coverLundby stuff was sold and a large Vic- the scar.torian house purchased, which is nowwaiting to be renovated and furnished. The wallpapers are made fromHowever Lundby, as we know, does everything from real wallpaper tonot give in that easily and, without her decoupage and gift paper, and thereeven noticing, two 1950s/60s Lundbys, is even a plastic place mat on theone Micki, one BrioMobilia, two 60’s bathroom wall. The floors are riceLundby Gothenburgs, two Dallases, paper, varnished fabric, decoupagethree Lundby extensions, and one paper, thin veneer, and painted paper.44 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

OPEN HOUSEThe window frames are Lundby, thebase boards are made from bambooplace mats, and some ceilings arejust painted. I think the use of lightingthroughout is a brilliant touch. Theyare cheap LEDs on a string, originallymeant as Christmas decorations. Asadrilled holes in the back wall and sim-ply threaded them through. In time Asa plans to make a seethrough plexi glass front for the shelter,give the brothers a little makeover, andadd lots of little touches as, she says,“dolls houses (or even cat shelters) arenever really finished”. To touch on reality for a moment,Asa has always loved cats and can’tbear the thought of any being ill-treated or homeless. The shelter wasstarted as a tribute to a much lovedand dearly missed (former stray) catLuffe. As a result any cat, regardlessof scale, make or fabric is welcome inthe shelter, including Lundby, Schleich,Collecta Cats, porcelain cats, and anycat given as a gift. A purrfectly lovelystory – don’t you think? 45DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

MAKE-IT IDEAS Punch your way to hearts and flowers Craft punches can be used to great effect in your mini- making. Here we look at a few ideas from creating flowers to adding decorations to cakes and picture frames BY CAROL NEWMAN expect many of you have small You can make all sorts of flowers leaves, and glued them all round the with the heart, hole, and flower punch- plain wooden frame. When the gluei craft punches as well as a hole es, including pansies and roses. The was dry I painted the whole frame punch among your craft items. flower tub had green moss glued into gold.You could use any colour you They are mainly used in rubber it, and a Geranium and some tiny flow- like. I then added a picture cut from astamping and making greetings cards ers added. Look in a gardening book, catalogue.You could also add lentils,and the like. or a flower catalogue for inspiration. rice grains and beads to the punched out leaves, before you paint the frame. You can easily obtain small punches Door wreathfrom hobby and craft shops, fairs, Cakesgood stationers and rubber-stamping Twisting a fancy pipe cleanershops. They come in many sizes and round a small bottle made the Punched out flowers, heartsshapes. Some are hand held like a pair door wreath, and added some and leaves make lovelyof pliers and others are pressed down punched out holly leaves. decorations for wedding andwith your thumb.You can get flowers, birthday cakes for you dollsleaves, tiny teddies, hearts, and many, The holly leaf punch is house. I make cakes frommany more. from a border punch and this bottle tops and draughts, punch also has tiny punched etc. and paint them white. I have been using them for years out berries on it. I punched themaking miniatures, and find them very Trim all round with silver or gold pa-useful indeed. Here are a few ideas holly in green, and the berries per braid, and then decorate with thefor you to try out yourselves. in red.You could use gold or flowers and leaves.You could cut out silver paper, which looks very silver or gold paper, or pastel colours,Flowers impressive on a green pipe and lightly add a touch of paint to give cleaner. A tiny red silk bow depth to the flowers. To make flowers you will need was added for effect.a tiny flower punch.You can getone with three size flowers on the Picture frames Greetings cardssame punch. You can use all sorts of tiny punches Cut your cards out of thin white The very small one will make a to decorate plain picture frames. I card, score down the middle and care-lovely Geranium, by sticking lots of the punched out several flowers and fully fold in half.You can make any cardflorets onto either a ball of glue, or a you like with the different punches.tiny green bobble. I have included Valentine, Mother’s Day, Birthday, Christmas, and Good Punch out about 30 florets and press Luck cards and even ‘Just a note’. Theeach one into a rubber with a small variations are endless. Punch out theknitting needle to make it into a cone different shapes in lots of colours andshape. Glue a flower stem into a pea just use your imagination.size ball of glue, and glue the florets allaround the glue ball until covered. Wallpaper Punch out round leaves and glue Punches are really useful for wallpa-them onto stems either side of theGeranium.46 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

MAKE-IT IDEASCut 1 green Cut off & 1 pink the heads Glue pink head on green stemper making in miniature. I punched out of holes in. This need not be scrap! If or metal, as this will spoil the punch. Ifgold fleur-de-lis and glued them care- you punch out thin card carefully in you need a lot of flowers you can foldfully onto dark red paper in an even straight rows instead of randomly, you thin paper in half and punch out two atpattern. The pink tulips were made by can use the left over card as a stencil. a time.You will need to shake the flow-using a tulip punch with first pink and I have cut and painted a few for you to ers in a bag to separate them though.then green paper. Cut the flowers off see what I mean. I do hope I have given you food forthe stems and add the pink tulip head thought with this idea.to the green tulip leaves, and glue You can also make stencils byon the white background in alternate punching out Perspex. I used the front No doubt you will all have thoughtrows. of a card box, and found it punched of many more ideas as you read this. out easily. Don’t try to punch thick card Happy punching. You can make really convincingimpressed wallpaper for Victorianhouses by sticking the punched outflowers, leaves etc, and a border at thetop from strips of thin card. When thewallpaper is dry, give it a coat of emul-sion paint or dark brown varnish andyou have a really good effect.Furniture You can decorate furniture with thepunched out shapes as well. I painteda simple chair I had made with paleblue paint, and stuck flowers andleaves on the back. If you cannot paintflowers etc, this is an easy way of deco-rating headboards, chairs, cupboardsand wardrobes. If you only want theimpression, or the piece to look like ithas been carved, you can paint overthe shapes with emulsion, gloss orvarnish.Stencils When you have punched out dozensof little flowers and leaves you will havea lot of scrap paper left over with lots 47DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

SMALL SCALE The tiniest of specialty shops Let’s go window shopping with Italian miniaturist Francesca Vernuccio. So many wonderful mini shops, so little time!I f you’ve got a passion for shops but BY ALICE MONROE lucky we are that it did! are running out of room, then the There are always a few challenges answer may lie in a smaller scale. for her four years ago and she hasn’t Sure, tiny scales present a few stopped yet. In fact, while chatting with artists face when diving into a newchallenges, but on these pages you her she mentioned that she is busy project. For Francesca, it was the di-can see what can be achieved. These making a 1/48th scale jewellery store. lemma of where to hide the wires and144th scale shops have all been made components for the electric in theseby Francesca Vernuccio, a talented Perhaps it is her dream of hav- tiny shops. Eventually she sorted itminiaturist from Tuscany.You can take ing her own boutique that fuels her out and resolved to tuck them away ininspiration to make your own, or the creativity. When asked what type of‘for sale’ sign does hang outside all of store she would like to own in real life,these here. Francesca said a place to sell books or stationary would be ideal. As far Francesca’s passion for shops as her favourite place to browse, sheseems appropriate because it was a can’t resist the inspiration she getshat shop that first sparked her interest from embroidery and fabric shops.in this hobby. Fifteen years ago whenshe helped a friend with her mini hat Creative processshop, little did Francesca know thatsomeday she would be making a vast When all is quiet in the eveningamount of tiny objects. This particu- Francesca puts on an old movie orlar collection of micro shops started soothing music and gets to work. When she started her first 144th scale shop she had no idea it would quickly lead to another and another. But how48 DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

SMALL SCALEthe walls and ceilings. Another obsta- It may look like these are quick to ity and then the shop sign is proudlycle was filling these already so small make because of their size, but Franc- added.structures with lots of accessories. esca takes her time testing different wallpapers, flooring, carpet, and furni- Because there is so much time She explained: “I love shops in ture arrangements until she is com- involved, each fully electrified shop isgeneral, but making them so little is a pletely satisfied with the results. priced at around £300. If you fall in lovebig challenge because a shop is more with a shop shown here and it happensbeautiful when there are many items Coming up with a name for each to have already been sold, Francescaand accessories in them. In 144th scale piece is the part of the process that may make another one that closelythat is a difficult task to complete.” brings her the most joy. Once named, resembles it, but she will also suggest the structure takes on its own personal- that you open your heart to another Despite the concern she had, each that is still waiting for a new home fullshop is packed full of the tiniest acces- of love.sories and furniture. At the moment this miniatures art- The fun thing about these pieces is ist is deeply involved in a new line ofthat you can keep the insides safe and steampunk fashion, which includessound by placing a front piece onto the dresses, hats, and shoes.structure. Then, whenever you like, youcan have a little peek inside without Francesca has this advice to passworrying about having to dust in there. on: “I want to tell the readers that if youEach front piece is finished on the in- love something you can do it!”side as well, so if you choose to displayit in that fashion you can. 49DOLLS HOUSE WORLD

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