ISSUE SIX
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May Your Christmas Be Mini & Bright Treat your doll’s house to something special this holiday season with beautiful, modern miniatures from Minimum World. The UK’s largest miniatures retailer has designed an original line of 1:12 scale products with contemporary styles and collectors in mind. Featured Products: o
Happy Holidays framed print MC409
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White zigzag rug RUG202
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Flower in white frame MC506
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Pink sofa GS0541
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Christmas tree framed print MC408
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Tripod lamp LT7456
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Gold home in frame MC604
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TV D4016
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White side table DF2002
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Calathea houseplant D4131
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Table lamp LT7450
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Brass globe D4183
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Wall mounted fire LT7455
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Skirting board DIY012
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Green and gold wallpaper R019
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Flooring paper DIY2006
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DIY: Cocktails & Canapés Get the party started with two highly detailed resin and polymer projects
Words & images by Esha Bijutkar Blueberry & Lemon Cocktail
Smoked Salmon Canapés
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Polymer Clay — translucent, green, alizarin crimson, scrap polymer clay.
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Cold porcelain clay (I have used NARA Flower Clay, but polymer clay will work too)
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Air dry clay — white
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Polymer Clay — white, translucent, orange, blue, red
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Acrylic Paint — sap green, burnt umber
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Acrylic Paints — white, chrome yellow, sap green, raw sienna, burnt umber
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Epoxy putty
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White glue
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A piece of crepe paper
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Plastic/styrene/acetate sheet Silicone mold putty
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Gloss glaze Water
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Needle Tool
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Heat gun
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Paint brushes
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UV resin
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Metal clamps
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UV lamp
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Blade
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Soft Pastels
Connect with Esha online: Instagram: @pink_petit_rose
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Small circle cutter/Tip of an old brush Old Toothbrush
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Needle Tool
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Paint brushes
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Silicone tipped tool
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Cocktail Sticks
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Fine sewing needles
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A piece of Cling Film
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Craft knife
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DIY Canapés — Illustrated Guide
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DIY: Pampas Grass Holiday Tree Create this stunning, boho-inspired holiday tree in just a few easy steps
Words & images by Christina Spivak
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Mini bottle brush tree 1–2 stems of pampas grass White or tacky glue
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Feature Q&A with Elizabeth Joseph
Q&A with Elizabeth Joseph Shrunk. caught up with artist and founder of The Black Girl Dollshouse Club, Elizabeth Joseph, to chat mini’s, finding inspiration and what’s on the creative horizon for 2023.
Words & images by Elizabeth Joseph
Hello! Thanks so much for chatting with us. Let’s start with a little intro! I was born and live in London and I love our ever-changing scenes and places, history of art, textile and interior design. I regularly visit flea markets to source unique vintage and miniature finds that can be used in a doll’s house. My vision is for people of all backgrounds to start creating a family heirloom that is full of a family’s stories and miniature versions of items that no longer exist, and for that dollshouse to be handed down the generations as a family possession with a history. I started making miniatures seriously during lockdown, but I’ve always been interested in them. What inspires your miniature work and designs?
I love artists such as my friend Sue Kreitzman and the American artist Mickalene Thomas. Their use of colour, texture and movement influences what I make. I regularly visit galleries with friends, collect fashion magazines and keep up to date with modern trends via YouTube or Instagram. I’m influenced by fashion trends, interior design, my travels around North Africa and my Ghanaian ancestry. I’ve recently started incorporating Adinkra symbols (Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts and meanings) into the surface of my miniatures. I’m also inspired by the creativity and power of influential women including Maya Angelou, Grace Jones and makeup guru Pat McGrath. I’ve made a miniature pot of hair
ointment based on the one created by Madam CJ Walker. She was the first American, female self-made millionaire after she franchised the treatment and products for Afro hair in the 1920s. Right now adult dollshouse appreciation has something of an established image, mostly reproductions of Victorian and Georgian houses, which I do love, but I also want to create a space where I, as a Black woman, and people of all races, can express and reflect our tastes and histories through our miniatures. I still love looking at people’s ‘Regency’ style dollshouses. But the anonymous framed portraits of random, Victorian landowners? I don’t really relate to them that much.
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