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Steve’s Cabinet House
The talking point of the Kensington Dollshouse Festival this year was an incredible miniature house created by Steve Putnam. As a regular visitor to our shows, Steve Putnam was a familiar face around the Festival…
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Kensington Dollshouse Festival Summer Show 2023
Round-up of our latest event at Kensington Town Hall The dust has settled on another great show at Kensington Town Hall. This is the 38th year of this very special event & even train strikes could not…
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Cute as a Button
Sabrina’s quirky & witty take on haute cuisine. Sabrina Lee was not someone particularly familiar with miniatures. She did like cute & tiny things like many people do, but that was as far as it went. Sabrina…
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Spirits in a dolls house
Jennifer Kallin talks about her passion for Triang dolls houses. When I was a child I always loved miniature things seen in museum cases, free gifts in comics & cereal boxes, pictures in books &…
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Umbrellas at the ready.
Laurence & Angela St Leger talk about what is needed to create mini masterpieces – Ladies knickers, Gin & a scrubbing brush (really!) The Perfection in Miniature Awards have become the highlight of our year…
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John Hodgson, a Master Craftsman in Miniature.
Sue Hodgson talks about her husband John & his incredible 45 years of miniatures & where their buisness is heading now. It is with great sadness that I heard the news this week that John…
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Kristin Baybars & her Aladdin’s Cave.
It is with great sadness I found out the news that Kristin Baybars died in November last year. Anyone who has been involved in dolls houses & miniatures over the last 40 years will be…
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Minimizing Fashion
How some of the world’s top fashion designers are turning their attention to our tiny world. There is no doubt that miniaturism has got a big boost during lockdown. Social media & a couple of…
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Featured Artist : Tine Krijnen of Miniatuur Boekbinden
Tine Helps LDF Celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Every year we ask one of our exhibitors to make a special, limited edition gift for our 50 LDF Members. We always like to pick something that…
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Featured Artist : Phyllis Hawkes
Practice really does make perfect! Phyllis tells us about her love of miniatures. Back in 2014, Phyllis Hawkes came to London to attend the Kensington Dollshouse Festival Summer Show. This is one of the best…