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Daily Mini Interview: Mighty Oak Brings Miniature Sets to Life for HGTV and Sherwin-Williams

June 24, 2018June 25, 2018 admin

Mighty Oak’s Miniature Sets for HGTV and Sherwin-Williams

Interview with Emily Collins, Creative Director at Mighty Oak

Tell us a bit about your recent collaboration with HGTV and Sherwin-Williams.

Our team created a series of miniature rooms inspired by the 2018 Sherwin-Williams color collection. Each room was modeled to look like a contemporary living space, with details as tiny as half-inch shampoo bottles crafted by hand.

How many rooms did you create, and how are they distinct from one another?

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(851 words, 7 images, estimated 3:24 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniatures by Little Architecture

February 7, 2016March 15, 2018 admin

Little Architecture

What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

I have always been obsessed with the microcosm. All my play as a child explored this theme; I loved miniatures because they were small and secret… something most people walk right by without noticing. My favorite game from as early as I can remember was to run around and pretend I was a bird flying in the sky, imagining the patterns on the sand at the beach, grass or carpet were vast landscapes. Crouching down close I could see all their tiny and intricate details as a giant. I also loved to create tiny houses and towns in the garden for the fairies. When I was five, I discovered dollhouses existed and from that point on, I collected anything which looked miniature, including all sorts of junk (bottle cap chairs or shell plates). By the time I was 10, I had a significant collection of random objects which were very precious to me!

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(1810 words, 5 images, estimated 7:14 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniature Sculptures by Jill Orlov

January 21, 2016October 8, 2016 admin

Miniatures and More by Jill Orlov

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What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

I had a Barbie townhouse, does that count? My mother assembled a kit dollhouse when I was in elementary school, I believe. I was very crafty as a kid, so it was more about fitting it out than the dolls. I never really was into the doll part of it. I was more interested in putting the furniture together, getting the miniature patterned wallpaper, making tiny food out of Sculpey, laying a miniature brick floor and grouting it.

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(886 words, 10 images, estimated 3:33 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Fine Art Miniatures by Natasha Beshenkovsky

January 19, 2016January 22, 2016 admin

Natasha Beshenkovsky Miniatures

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Can you describe your background in the arts?

I have been a professional artist all my life. I started my professional training at the age of 11 when I entered an art school in Moscow under the supervision of Academy of Art, where I continued my training for 7 years. After that, I studied film at the Moscow Film Institute. I graduated as a director and focused on short, 3D-animated films. I designed, wrote and directed the films which were shot on flat tables and used props approximately the size of 1:12 dollhouse scale. Through my work in animation, I got great experience painting and sculpting in small scale.

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(1323 words, 11 images, estimated 5:18 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: 19th Day Miniatures

January 19, 2016January 22, 2016 admin

19th Day Miniatures

100_6347 — Mrs. Lovett’s meat pie counter.

What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

I had a sort of underprivileged childhood, minis didn’t happen until I was in my thirties.

How did you first get started making miniatures?

I picked up a partially built dollhouse at a tag sale and began looking into how to finish and furnish it. My interest grew from there.

Do you remember the very first miniature you ever made?

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(1218 words, 6 images, estimated 4:52 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniatures by miniThaiss

January 18, 2016January 27, 2016 admin

Miniatures by miniThaiss

What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

My earliest “mini” memory goes back to my childhood when my grandmother gave me a miniature 1:6 scale ceramic tea set. I enjoyed playing with it and I still keep it.

How did you first get started making miniatures?

Well, the first miniatures I ever made were the ones I made for my Barbie dolls when I was a child, such as accessories and clothes. The interest for the ones in 1:12 scale came few years ago, when I discovered the wonderful world of miniatures for real. Ever since that moment, I haven’t been able to stop making them.

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(377 words, 7 images, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniatures by Carissa Rho

January 18, 2016January 22, 2016 admin

Miniatures by Carissa Rho

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How did you first get started making miniatures?

In April 2015, I stumbled upon a YouTube video of someone making edible miniature food and after a few more clicks through other videos, I ended up watching a polymer clay miniature food tutorial. It was like discovering a whole new world, really. I had some polymer clay left over from a sculpting project I did prior and I made a loaf of bread that same night. And I’ve fallen in love with it since then.

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(979 words, 9 images, estimated 3:55 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniatures by Cutchi Cutchi

January 17, 2016February 1, 2016 admin

Miniatures by Cutchi Cutchi

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What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

My earliest memory with miniatures was going to the children’s museum in Chicago and always wanting to go to the “miniatures” room that they had there. I was always inspired by them, and I started seeing artists recreating tiny miniature babies in clay, and I started sculpting them. I always thought that anything that was miniature was cuter, so I began sculpting anything I could see in miniature scale: vases, school supplies, plates, etc.

What was the first miniature you made?

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(340 words, 3 images, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Orsi’s Miniatures

December 9, 2015September 17, 2018 admin

Orsi’s Miniatures

What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?

I was probably four years old, and spending the summer with my maternal grandparents. There wasn’t any other children around, so my granny gave me my mother’s childhood toy furniture: a 1:6 scale bed, 1:10 scale cupboard, armchairs, and an enamel bathtub. I spent the major part of the summer playing with those and making up stories. I still have the cupboard and that old, rusty, enamel bathtub.

How did you first get started making miniatures?

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(1645 words, 9 images, estimated 6:35 mins reading time)

Daily Mini Interview: Miniatures by Vilma’s Crafts

December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 admin

Miniatures by Vilma’s Crafts

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How did you first get started making miniatures?

I started making miniatures when I was really young. I have always been interested in small things. I don’t quite recall the time when I started making miniatures myself, but I remember learning about polymer clay approximately two years ago, in 2013. If I remember correctly, my first small scale project was a toy box for a dollhouse, made from a cardboard toilet paper roll.

What’s your favorite type of miniature to make?

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(550 words, 8 images, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)