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August 11, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Susan Parris

Susan Parris’s miniatures reflect her passion for research, art, and history. She works in diverse media, uses 19th-century textiles and natural materials whenever possible, and is continually developing new techniques...

August 9, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Phyllis Hawkes

Phyllis Hawkes reproduces the museum-quality work of Old Masters and American primitive painters. Her favorite subjects are people (especially female children and children with their pets), clipper ships, florals, and...

August 7, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Jan Patrie

Jan Patrie started making miniature food after seeing the limited selection and poor quality of commercially available options. Patrie chose to focus on miniature food because she loves to cook...

August 4, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Pat Hartman

Pat Hartman has been making miniature needlework since she built her first dollhouse in 1977. She takes inspiration from the primitive designs and soft colors of the faded fabrics in...

August 3, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Thomas and Catherine Latané

Thomas and Catherine Latané recreate authentic historical works in tin, iron and wood by using traditional tools and techniques. Their prior experience in full-size construction adds to the realism and...

August 2, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Mario Ramos and Mariana Grande

As a child, Mario Ramos began to model tiny clay animals with precise details. Now, with his wife, Mariana Grande, they create miniature and full-scale decorative glass work inspired by...

July 31, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Jeffrey Guéno

Jeffery G. Guéno often recreates fifteenth-century Italian maiolica as well as English and Dutch delft, but he has worked in a variety of styles and time periods. He usually works...

July 28, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Daniela Kiefhaber

Daniela Kiefhaber’s figures are unique pieces of art; each has a personality and a story. She hand-sculpts her figures in porcelain, creating jointed figures so that they move like human...

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...
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