The Art of the Miniature: Small Worlds and how to Make ThemFor anyone who adores the art of creating small things, The Art of theiniature provides a treasure trove of practical techniques and ingeniouspproaches. In this captivating guide, noted artist Jane Freeman showseaders, step by step, how to use modified kit components and found andandmade objects to create intensely detailed miniature constructions.eaders will learn the entire process of creating a miniature room, structure,r landscape, from selecting a container to choosing the subject, approach,nd style. Page after page of wonderful, full-color examples displayainstakingly accurate "portraits" of interiors and buildings (like aollywood studio and a trendy New York City retail store), imaginary operaets (Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute) and even the studios of famous artists.he book also features the inspirational work of several other leadinginiatures artists, including Susan Leopold, David Levinthal, Victoria andichard MacKenzie-Childs, and Alan Wolfion. |
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18 inches Alan Wolfson artist Bedroom in Arles blue building built ceiling chair Charles Mingus coffee color Courtesy O.K. Harris create David Levinthal David Malcolm Rose decorative Detail Diane Price diorama doll dollhouse door drawers dried Edward Hopper Eric Edelman fabric Felissimo fireplace fixtures floor FLORINE STETTHEIMER fluorescent foam foliage forced perspective found objects frame Frida Kahlo furniture Gallery garden glass Hiding Places House interior John Mackiewicz Joseph Cornell Katharine Forsyth light look MacKenzie-Childs MAGIC FLUTE series Malcolm Rose metal minia Miniature Mansion miniature scene miniaturist Miss America molding napkin opposite paint panpipes paper papier-mâché Photo picture piece plastic Plexi Private collection Prythero Queen Mary's Dolls ROGER ROSENBLATT roombox Rosemary Butler scale scrap shape sheet shops sponge spray strawflowers studio Susan Leopold tape tapewire texture thin tiles tiny trees ture viewer visual wall wallpaper waterbased window wire wood strips wooden York