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July 28, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Patricia Richards

Patricia Richards sews full- and fine-scale seventeenth- and eighteenth-century schoolgirl samplers. She isolates essential elements from the pieces she researches and adapts them to tell a story on a much...

July 26, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Jane Graber

Jane Graber was a full-time potter at the Sauder Museum in Archbold, Ohio, where she made her first miniatures—gifts for the children who were visiting the museum. She has been...

July 24, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: William R. Robertson

A childhood spent visiting the Smithsonian Institution gave William R. Robertson a lifelong love of history and art that he has applied to the world of miniatures. His furniture, tool...

July 21, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Christina Goodman

Christina Goodman paints Renaissance-inspired landscapes, birds, and animals on jewelry, triptychs, polyptychs, and boxes, which open to reveal another painting inside. These often overlooked elements of the natural world are...

July 19, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Susie Rogers and Kevin Mulvany

As Mulvany & Rogers, Kevin Mulvany and Susie Rogers recreate historically significant European and North American buildings and their interiors. They use joinery, carving, modeling, stucco work, marquetry, gilding, model making,...

July 17, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Elizabeth Gazmuri

Elizabeth Gazmuri’s miniature furniture honors the furniture makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her 1:12 scale furniture features details and joinery inspired by the full-scale pieces. As a native...

July 14, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Peter Gabel

Peter Gabel creates 1:12 scale botanically correct paper plants and flowers. He works with artist-grade acrylic paints and acid-free paper so his pieces will continue to make a big statement...

July 10, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Beth Freeman-Kane

Beth Freeman-Kane sculpts finely detailed compositions of birds and animals in natural scenes. With some formal art training, she uses sculpture and visual stories of the small things that are...

July 8, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Annelle Ferguson

Annelle Ferguson learned to needlepoint while creating carpets and needlework accessories for her daughter’s dollhouse. Since 1980, she has been researching historical designs and creating 1:12 scale reproductions. She has...