As a resident of East London, The Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood (Now re-named the Young V&A) has always been a special place.  Somewhere I took my children to as they grew up & somewhere you…

How do you keep your mind focused on the end goal when working in such a small scale? Natalia explains about the 5 P’s. Having a vast variety of interests in life, Natalia Frank brought…

The lovely Annelies has been exhibiting at our shows for about 5 years, but she has been creating miniature needlework for so much longer.  Her most recognizable pieces are her hand knitted Norwegian fair isle jumpers…

New to the world of miniatures, Rachel talks about how she stumbled into this magical, tiny world. “It all started with miniature masterpieces.  Back in 2020 during lockdown, I’d been painting in oils seriously for…

Kamila Dlugowolska has always seen making miniatures as playing, rather than her job.  This is probably because her love of dolls houses began when she was a child & she played with cardboard room boxes that…

In 2011, Gloria’s children gave her a dolls house as a reward for giving up smoking. Gloria is joining our showcase for the first time & she tells us a little more about her latest…

Alan Cottingham had been a French polisher/cabinet maker for over 20 years when he was made redundant in 2021. He side-stepped into another job as industrial sprayer, where he was supervising the restoration of the…

Antonella knew nothing about the world of miniatures until her daughter, Lucrezia, took her to Miniaturitalia, the fabulous dolls house show that takes place in Milan each spring.  She was over-awed by what she saw,…