by Andy Hopwood | Mar 30, 2023 | Uncategorised
Choice, Quality, Comfort and just a pinch of Inspiration (Actually that’s not strictly true, there was LOTS of inspiration). It is now two weeks since the Spring 2023 Miniatura Show. We had a larger attendance than expected and I am delighted to announce that...
by Andy Hopwood | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorised
One visitor to Miniatura is June Ashton-Mears who we had a chat with recently about her full size dress making expertise. She specialises in a Victorian experience, giving people a sense of what it meant to wear clothes from that era. We know that many miniaturists...
by Andy Hopwood | Sep 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
Just over 10 years ago Julie Jackson of Dee Daw Designs created Featherstone Hall Hotel for the 200th issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene magazine… ….And to celebrate its first decade – in October 2022 its coming out again and will be on...
by Andy Hopwood | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorised
Malcolm Smith of Malcolm’s Miniatures has been working on a project for Pendon Museum in Oxfordshire. The Museum uses models at the model railway scale of 1:76 to depict life in the 1920s and 30s. The main scene at the Museum is some 70ft x 20ft and contains a...
by Andy Hopwood | May 26, 2021 | Uncategorised
We have all suffered so much during this pandemic. Even the fortunate, who have not lost loved ones, and have escaped the virus, have had to put life on hold. Now finally, hope is on the horizon – not just with the vaccine, but with the gradual return to normality....
