Miniatura

Silvia has been supplying collectors and miniaturists with handcrafted dressed and undressed miniature dolls, doll kits and everything necessary to dress dolls and drape and soft furnish a dolls house for more than 25 years. For the last 9 years or so, she has also been making 1/48 scale German-styled furniture.

A round up of all the news from November at Miniatura Online

For Dee Dale of Nottingham it's all about the model making. She loves a challenge and never looks for the easy way of doing anything, always wanting to create the very best of every idea and design she has in her head. She tends to work at it until she gets the...

Getting the right products to create dolls house miniatures makes all the difference to the finished outcome. And one business which excels in producing the necessary glues and accessories is De Luxe Materials. They are creators and innovators of more than 100...

Finding the right materials to produce the very best miniatures plays a major part in the lives of all miniature artisans and for those creating dolls clothing and dolls house soft furnishings it's vital to find the perfect fabric for their projects. The Silk Route is...

There’s something enchanting about rocking horses and Tracy’s Miniatures captures the magic, the nostalgia and the elegance of these old traditional toys from the 1800s and 1900s. Tracy of North Yorkshire makes hand-carved rocking horses and Period Equine toy horses...

Oh là là! Natalie Mori who lives in the South of France, near Marseille certainly knows how to make dolls oozing sophistication, elegance and glamour. Nathalie has recently joined Miniature Online, having wanted to attend a Miniatura Show for a long time. She had...

As Halloween and autumn harvests are well and truly here, I’ve been looking at some of the wonderful pumpkins that you clever miniaturists have been making. After all, what self-respecting dolls house can be seen without a pumpkin or two sitting on the kitchen table...

It will soon be Halloween, and lots of miniature fans and craftsfolk are creating spooky pumpkins, witches and wizards to decorate their doll’s houses or create fantastic scenes and room boxes. Shops are full of Halloween costumes and you only have to walk down the...

Believe it or not, but this lovely Musical Academy room is Constance Quizon’s very first completed room box. It took her about two months to complete as it took time to find the right things for the vision she had for this project.

 Here at Miniatura we are constantly amazed and delighted to see the quality of workmanship of you miniaturists, and we love the fact that you’re sharing your passion for all things miniature with us and fellow dolls house enthusiasts. It’s very inspiring to see so...

The Gek Contemporary Gallery - Article by David Whitworth Miniature making has been a hobby of mine for many years with Gek providing the art work to adorn the dollhouse walls. Her involvement led to us taking our first Miniatura stall in the autumn of 2016. In late...

There were no trips to Alison Sutton's favourite destination of Cornwall this year due to Covid-19, so Alison of Cambridgeshire set about making her own little Cornish harbour, which she has kindly shared with us here at Miniatura. Alison who is a member of Riverside...

We are delighted to feature Jill Fraser of Martinborough, New Zealand in our blog today. Not only is Jill an extremely talented miniaturist but in her time she has been a photographer, commercial artist, a designer and builder of houses and a maker of full-size...

.This incredible house – a modified 5 storey Sid Cooke Georgian Mansion has been furnished and brought to life by miniatures enthusiast Amanda Freemantle. It is named Marman House – which is an amalgamation of Amanda and her husband's names, Mark/Manda, and it is set...

One man who knows all about model making for the movies is Mike Kelm, who with wife Jenny are known to us all as Kastlekelm Miniatures

Ray Storey Lighting shines a light on a craftsperson's perspective of lockdown and the recent changes to all our lives that will no doubt resound with many many miniaturists. "As our lives slowly return to some kind of normality I can honestly say it is only when...

It’s a match made in heaven with Ann Lucas creating beautiful miniature porcelain dolls and husband Rob Lucas creating scaled Whitewood dollshouse furniture. Together they are World of my Own and Rob Lucas Miniatures. The couple have been making dollshouse miniatures...

Sadie Golland and her mum, Wendy, of S & W Golland, love antiques – particularly the Victorian era and early 20th century up to the 1950's. Together they have made antiques their family business for the last 30 years. Often, their search for interesting antiques...

No matter whether you’re an experienced miniaturist or a complete novice, it’s always nice to learn something new. Christine ‘Kit’ Meggitt of Queen Elizabeth Dolls House workshops at Miniatura always has something different going on that will appeal to all ages. Kit...

So, we’re all still in lockdown as sadly, Coronavirus continues to affect us. Everyone at Miniatura is hoping that you are all keeping well – and keeping busy. While it’s impossible to get out and about or visit family and friends as we used to, we can still keep in...

The coronavirus situation in the UK means that we haven't been able to bring you Miniatura. However we have been building a virtual tour over the last few weeks and now you can see the whole thing in all it's glory. Please bear in mind that the first part of this was...

Miniatura 2020 - UPDATE Friday 13th March - Ticket Refunds As many of you know we have regrettably had to postpone the Spring Miniatura 2020 and re-schedule to 20th & 21st March 2021. We have always appreciated the support we get from exhibitors and visitors alike...

When you read through the profiles of Miniatura’s exhibitors, it’s not surprising to find that many of these artisans say they were inspired to get into the hobby through their mothers. And quite a few of today’s exhibitors are following in their mum’s footsteps in...

It’s always good to see what the Miniature Needlework Society has been up to and at the Spring Miniatura they were delighted and proud to exhibit their 2018 Nursery Rhyme Competition entries. Members were invited to set their imaginations free to create a piece of...

The Small Scale Fiddlers’ Club always have a fascinating stall at the Miniatura Show, and the Spring event was no different. This time the Warwickshire ladies had a literary theme to their club challenge. The aim being to create an ‘open book’ miniature scene in...

Collecting and making miniatures is a wonderfully immersive and rewarding hobby and one of the easiest ways to start is to visit a show. You get to see what’s on offer and to meet with other enthusiasts and share ideas. You can learn a lot in a very short space of...

Time seems to be flying by and the Autumn Miniatura Show draws ever nearer. Regular exhibitors are no doubt keeping busy through the summer months, making new items to sell at the show, and new faces are preparing to exhibit at Miniatura for the first time. Here’s a...