Lesley's Miniatures Blog April 2008 Archive

Tiny Collectible Automata
Lots of miniature collections start with the Believe It Or Not miniature. I remember being amazed when the coffee bean full of miniature carved ivory elephants was produced from ... Read More

Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Make Feet For Miniature Figures and Dolls
I know at first site it looks like these projects are all aimed at doll lovers. The same sculpture techniques for doll hands, heads and feet will work ... Read More

Friday April 25, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Doll Finishing Tips and Tutorials
I started the series on sculpting miniature doll parts based on body proportions because some of you have told me you can't find figures in the scale or ... Read More

Wednesday April 23, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Make Hands for Miniature Dolls
Sculpting miniature people isn't hard if you pay attention to the proportions of various body parts. Hands often look wrong on dolls if they weren't made for a particular ... Read More

Wednesday April 23, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Sculpt a Miniature Doll's Head
Sculpting faces takes a bit of practice but it isn't as hard as many people think. Polymer clay and air drying clays including paper clay make it easy ... Read More

Friday April 18, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Getting the Head Right For Miniature Dolls
Thank heavens for standards, they make life much easier when building to scale! Standard proportions apply to miniature dolls the same way they do to drawings or sculptures of people, ... Read More

Thursday April 17, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Will A Push Mold Help You Make Miniature Dolls?
Sometimes labels can lead you astray. This miniature doll push mold by Sculpey does make miniature doll parts, just not in the scale many miniaturists are looking for, and not ... Read More

Monday April 14, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

One Shop Five Finishes
It is always interesting to see the same building with different finishes. In this gallery, five members of the Small Endeavors Miniature Club in Victoria B.C. have given very ... Read More

Friday April 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Custom Upholster Your Miniature Furniture
I like making things match and I seldom find all the items I want in the same range of furniture. Last week I told you how you ... Read More

Wednesday April 9, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Green Dollhouse - Using Dollhouses to Teach Values for the Future
I've spent a lot of my life working on environmental issues when I'm not working with miniatures. How refreshing it is to see a book about a project that ... Read More

Monday April 7, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Classic Painted Furniture Finishes for Miniatures
Creative people always want something a little bit different. If you have a group of pleasing, but mismatched furniture pieces you would like to pull together for a ... Read More

Friday April 4, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Brighten the Spring with Glory of the Snow, Chionodoxa forbesii
This bright blue or pink flowering miniature bulb covers the ground in many areas as soon as snow melts. Easy to grow, it is a great groundcover for your ... Read More

Wednesday April 2, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)