Online Showcase: Exhibitor info

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KDF LONDON SHOWCASE: Nicola Mascall Miniatures. We are ramping up our preparations for the KDF London Showcase, taking place on September 17th & 18th at Kensington Town Hall. We believe this will be the 1st major dolls house & miniatures show in Europe since our last show in January 2020. We really want to make this a great event & welcome back all the wonderful exhibitors who have supported KDF over the last 18 months & the visitors too who are emailing us to say how pleased they are to be heading back to Kensington. Of course the show will be different, but we aim to make it exceptional, with the help of craftsmen like @nicolamascall, who is always an incredibly popular stand to visit. A super talented needlewoman, Nicola has won our the Perfection in Miniature Awards once & been a runner up in last year’s competition. He work is breath-taking & she supplies a great range of her own design kits for you to work on yourself. We are asking everyone to book tickets in advance this time, as we will only have a limited number available to purchase on the door & to say thank you, if you book in advance, you will be put into our lucky draw to win £50 of vouchers to spend at the show. Book via our website (link in biog). #needlepoint #kdflondon #dollshouseshowcase #liveevent #win

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PERFECTION IN MINIATURE AWARDS 2021: Back at the KDF London Showcase. We are preparing to host the 2021 PIMA at the KDF London Showcase on September 17th & 18th at Kensington Town Hall. The Perfection in Miniature Awards have become an important part of our annual calendar & are always something we are very excited about. After the incredible entries we received for the 2020 PIMA, we hope the craftsmen who have attended our shows over the last year will be able to produce some equally enthralling work). Ahmed Al Thani, a collector of miniatures & a friend of Kensington Dollshouse Festival, came up with the idea for the PIMA back in 2015. He wanted to encourage our talented makers to really push themselves & create something that usually, they wouldn’t have the need to make. Often makers get caught up with orders & commissions, which makes it hard to focus on creating something new. As usual, all the entries will be on display at the KDF London Showcase. This is an incredibly varied collection of work from our talented makers & once again visitors to our show will be able to vote for their favourite entries with the ‘People’s Choice Award’. The winner of this will receive a special award. Not only was Ahmed the founder of this competition but he is also the sponsor & provides an incredibly generous prize package that can be a great help to our hard working craftsmen. Visit the ‘Competitions’ page on our website (link in biog) to see all the previous winner & runners up. Pictured: 1: Winner 2015 Working Swiss Army Knife by Laurence St Leger. 2: Winner 2017 Fully jointed Artists Mannequin figure by Jeremy Smith. 3: Winner 2019 Tapestry by Nicola Mascall. #kdflondon #dollshouseshowcase #competition #miniatures #craftsmen

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KDF LONDON SHOWCASE: LESLIE SMITH. With so many exhibitors at our shows, we often focus on who is new or who is returning to the show, which means that some of our longtime exhibitors get a little forgotten! Leslie Smith, along with his wife Lyndel, have been attending the festival at Kensington since 1995. They are such a recognisable cuple at the show and Leslie's work is absolute perfection. Encouraged by Lyndel, Leslie began copying Old masters paintings in miniature in 1993 after 25 years working as an artist specialising in finely detailed pictures of gardens & houses. Lyndel was already making painted furniture for dolls houses & had knew he would have an aptitude for such exacting work. He was soon in great demand & you can find his pictures in several miniature museums. Leslie uses oil paints to execute his exact copies of Old Master Paintings. As well as making many of his own frames, he researches his subjects thoroughly and specialises in Dutch still life and flower paintings, Georgian paintings, seascapes & landscapes. Seeing one of Leslie's pictures in real life is quite astounding. The quality & detail are quite mind blowing. You can see his work at our next event the KDF LONDON SHOWCASE. This is the 1st major dolls house & miniatures show this year & we will have many of your other favourite makers attending. KDF London Showcase 17th & 18th September Kensington Town Hall Book tickets via our website (link in bio). #miniatureart #kdflondon #dollshouseshowcase #oldmasters #miniaturepaintings

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KDF LONDON SHOWCASE: Neil Carter Make sure you have September 17th & 18th marked in your diary for the return of our LIVE Shows. We cannot wait to be back at Kensington Town Hall for this gathering of miniatures enthusiasts. Although exhibitor numbers will be less than usual, many favourites will be there including @neilcarterminiatures, who is a regular at our shows & the maker of the most beautiful bronze sculptures. Photo 1: shows some Art Deco dancers made by Neil in 1:12 scale I am currently taking a break in Northern Italy & one of our newish local attractions is @labirintodifrancomariaricci. Not only can you find your way round a huge bamboo maze, but in the gallery inside the new building, you will find, hidden away in a side room, a huge collection of these figures in real size (photos 2, 3 & 4). I love just coming to this room to gaze at these figures. I find them mesmerising. Neil manages to catch the movement of these dancing girls so well. He has a knack of capturing the essence of whatever artworks he is shrinking & makes them as entrancing as the originals. #kdflondon #miniaturelondon #artdecodancers #art deco #miniatureart

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NOM DE PLUME DESIGN. New Exhibitor at KDF London Showcase. With the KDF London Showcase getting ever closer, we are excited to be meeting old friends back at Kensington & supporting all the craftsmen, old & new who will be attending. One new exhibitor is @nomdeplumedesign (called Nom de Plume as they are actually a collaboration of friends including us!) Nom de Plume have acquired an important collection of Antique/vintage dolls houses, furniture, books & magazines & will be restoring, researching & re-selling the collection at the London Showcase, through auctions & online. This unique & comprehensive selection, attained by an un-named collector, mainly in the 1970's - 1990's, and there are some real gems. 1st look at the treasures will be at the KDF London Showcase on Sept 17th & 18th, where a selection of the houses & furniture will be for sale. This is 'House No 14'. The first house to be cleaned up. It is in pretty good condition & we think it is about 100 years old. If anyone has any ideas about the history of this house, please get in touch. This house & many others will be on display at the KDF London Showcase at Kensington Town Hall on September 17th & 18th. Tickets are available to purchase on line via our website. (Link in bio) #vintage #dollshouse #kdflondon #antiquetoys

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Are you ready? As holder of dual Anglo/Italian nationality, I’m in a win-win situation for tonight’s match, but I thought it was a great time to re-visit the limited edition @la_stleger mechanical toys we had made a few years ago. These featured characters representing some of the countries that exhibit at our shows. Here you can se the English guardsmen followed by the Italian gelato seller. Which is your favourite? We had a total of 9 different toys made (limited edition of 3 per country) & we still have a few left. DM me if you are interested in purchasing. Don’t forget you can see Laurence & Angela St Leger at our next LIVE SHOW on Sept 17th & 18th at Kensington Town Hall. #kdflondon #miniatures #mechanicaltoys #liveevent #dollshouseshowcase

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KDF LONDON SHOWCASE: Conny Miniatures. We are well into the preparations for our comeback show at Kensington Town Hall on September 17th & 18th. We have had a huge amount of support from the dolls house community, which makes us feel so positive that everyone is as excited as we are about the return of the live shows. Not only have tickets sales for the show been great, but we have some of our favourite craftsmen attending. You can see who is booked in so far on our website (link in bio - go to THE LIST & search using exhibiting in..) We are also excited about some of the new makers attending this show. These include CONNY MINIATURES, who have taken part in our online events, but Conny has never travelled to London to be part of our shows here. Her legendry miniature luggage, is perfection & we cannot wait to see more of it at Kensington Town Hall in September. Tickets are now available from our website. #kdflondon #dollshouseshowcase #louisvuitton #luggage

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MUSEUM OF THE HOME: The best place to go to research your historical miniature projects. We love this image of @museumofthehome captured by @lundonlens. Formerly The Geoffrey Museum, this gorgeous building is full or room sets charting the history of interior design in the uk from 1600’s onwards was always somewhere we visited for inspiration & took groups of miniacs for days out. The museum has been closed for 3 years & has just re opened this week with new displays & exhibition spaces. As it is located in East London, I will be popping in over the next week to see it for myself, but I strongly recommend a visit if you need help making your miniature house totally authentic! #kdflondon #dollshouseshowcase #inspiration

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LIVE SHOWS ARE BACK: Welcome to the real world! Much as we have enjoyed putting on our Online Showcases over the last 18 months, we are itching to get back to Kensington & share the joy of miniatures with all our friends. Nothing can replace the excitement of the show doors opening & the chatter from the exhibition halls where dolls house lovers & miniacs compare their purchases. This is why we have a special show planned for September 17th & 18th at Kensington Town Hall. THE KDF LONDON SHOWCASE will be an our 1st live show back in London & we hope you will all be there. The show will not be the same as previous Festivals (please visit our website to see how we plan to make it covid safe - link in bio) but we are determined that this event will take place if possible & hope to see many of our old friends there. Tickets are available now through our website. Tickets will be limited & we are encouraging you to book them in advance. These are a selection of my favourite pictures from the archives & include @teenyteddies @mulvanyandrogers + many more. #dollshousefestival #liveshows #kdflondon #realworld #dollshouses #miniac

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DO NOT MISS! Kath & Margaret of Delph Miniatures are appearing on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Wednesday on Channel 4. @delphminiatures are regular exhibitors at our show & are known for their modern & everyday miniatures. If you want to make a dolls house or miniature room box seem real, there are all sorts of finishing touches that they create - things that you probably wouldn’t even think of in your own house. (plug sockets, smoke detectors etc!) In 2016 Kath won 3rd place in our Perfection in Miniature Awards with her incredible WORKING overhead projector. Anyone of my generation (Growing up in the 80’s/90’s) will remember that these were a essential part of our classroom at school. It is these everyday items that we don’t think about in our everyday lives, that Kath & Margaret replicate with a real charm & character. #londondollshousefestivals. #kdfonline #dollshouseshowcase #channel4

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Love this film about Dior’s dolls house closet. #dior #kdfonline #dollshouseshowcase

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LDF SUMMER ONLINE SHOWCASE: Ends today! You have less than 2 hours to finish your shopping as the Showcase will be closing at 5pm today. We have had such a fantastic week packed with events & welcoming new exhibitors to our show like Marie Cohydon from France who makes these unbelievable micro sculptures of birds, animals & more. Link to the showcase is in our bio. #kdfonline #dollshouseshowcase #microsculptures #miniatures

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SMALL TALK:Queen Mary’s Dolls House. If you have booked your place for our Small Talk this evening, you should have received your zoom invite by email this morning (please check your junk!) if not please contact us directly & we will resend the link. I’m afraid the event is sold out but we have a waiting list for cancellations so contact us directly to be added to the list. We have the wonderful Princess Marie Louise to thank for this incredible miniature house as it was her idea & given to Queen Mary as a gift from the people. Learn more about this fascinating story with Beth Jones tonight. #queenmarysdollshouse #kdfonline #dollshouseshowcase #miniatures #windsorcastle

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LDF ONLINE SHOWCASE: Featured Exhibitor. SMALLSCALE. Marie-Louise arrived at KDF just before lockdown. Her work in silver, copper & brass was much needed as there are very few makers working in metal at the moment, especially at the high level that Marie-Louise achieves. @smallscaleminidesign is really just a small part of what she makes, as displayed in the Dutch TV talent show “Klein Maar Fijn” (translated as pretty small) where she was chosen as one of the finalists. She has created some incredible one off pieces for the show this year as well as some of the essentials for your dolls house. Don’t wait to long to order as stocks will run out! #dollshouseshowcase #kdfonline #copperware #miniaturesilver

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