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May 22, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Carol Wagner

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

Miniature Masterworks: Lee-Ann Chellis Wessel

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

Miniature Masterworks: Dustin White

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

Miniature Masterworks: Pia Becker

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

Miniature Masterworks: Bonni Backe

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

Miniature Masterworks: Shirley Whitworth Bertram

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

Miniature Masterworks: Diane Echnoz Almeyda

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

Miniature Masterworks: Geoff Wonnacott

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

Miniature Masterworks: Jon Almeda

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...

April 23, 2017

Miniature Masterworks: Michael Yurkovic

Michael Yurkovic first trained as an industrial designer, before transitioning his experience with consumer electronics, toys, games, and home healthcare appliances to creating mid-century modern miniatures. In 2013, he started...

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