May 24, 2017
Natasha Beshenkovsky began working in fine-scale miniatures after emigrating to the United States from Moscow in 1977. She started out creating decorated furniture, but has since transitioned to sculpture and...
May 22, 2017
Carol Wagner made her first rose bushes in 2003 to adorn a Craftsman bungalow. Unable to find the appropriate paper punches, Wagner cuts the shapes for her plants and flowers...
May 21, 2017
Here at Small Talk we have featured several of Lee-Ann Chellis Wessel’s egg tempera paintings, but not what she might be most well known for: ceramics. Wessel has a BFA...
May 16, 2017
Dustin White is inspired by historical spaces and he wants to represent it in the purest way possible in his scaled work. While his favorite is mid-18th century American domestic...
May 12, 2017
Here at T/m, we wish we had a dollar for every time a story started with a childhood dollhouse. Pia Becker’s story would make us one dollar richer! She filled...
May 8, 2017
It’s hard to believe that a miniature career could be born out of lack of ambition, but that’s just how Bonni Backe describes it. By her own admission, she was...
May 4, 2017
Although Shirley Whitworth Bertram retired from miniature shows in 2010, she will be attending Miniature Masterworks as a Master Artist, a special designation for accomplished fine-scale miniature artists who have...
May 2, 2017
Diane Echnoz Almeyda is an enamelist, jeweler, and metalsmith working in 1:12, 1:24, and 1:48 scale. In 1998, she attended a workshop hosted by a master jeweler from the former...
April 28, 2017
Geoff Wonnacott has been making 1:12 scale 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century furniture reproductions for over 30 years. Having apprenticed in two towns with a long history in the furniture industry—Exeter...
April 26, 2017
If you follow the miniature community on Instagram or Facebook, you have probably already been mesmerized by the work of Jon Almeda. Not only does he throw his miniature ceramics...
