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WELCOME TO MY MINIATURE MARKET |
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MY MINIATURE MARKET IS A HANDCRAFTED IT IS CREATED IN ONE TWELFTH SCALE, THAT IS ONE INCH IS EQUAL TO ONE FOOT. ALL OF THE DOLLS ARE HAND SCULPTED FROM POLYMER CLAY. I DON'T USE MOLDS SO EACH LITTLE PERSON IS UNIQUE.
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MOST
OF THE ITEMS ON THE STALLS ARE ALSO MADE FROM POLYMER CLAY. THE
STALLS ARE ALSO MADE FROM POLYMER CLAY, BUT SOME PIECES ARE PURCHASED
MINIATURES. ALL OF MY KNOWLEDGE OF MAKING ART DOLLS AND MINIATURES CAME INTO USE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARKET. I
ALSO LEANED HEAVILY ON THE HINTS SENT IN BY FELLOW MINIATURISTS
TO Small
Stuff Miniatures Digest THE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE DOLLS ARE MADE . THE
PAGES FOLLOWING THAT HAVE MORE MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS.
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THE
MARKET IN THE CASE
That is a yardstick taped to the front of the case, to give you an idea
of the actual size.
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My
miniature market began when I picked up a piece of polymer clay and
tried my hand at making miniature people.
I
liked creating these little dolls so much that I couldn't stop. After
a few months I decided to pose the dolls in a market scene. I
knew that to give the market any realism it would have to be very busy,
so I decided to have 8 market stalls and 24 dolls.
The
finished market actually has 8 stalls and 37 dolls, 5 cats and 4 dogs.
The
case for the market I made recently. To construct the market I made
each stall on a 12''x12'' piece of masonite and stored them in my wall
units. To keep costs down I made most of the stalls out of wood from
tangerine crates.
I
have always loved making miniature food so that part of this project
was great fun. Most of the food is made from polymer clay, I use Sculpy
III.
The entire market has taken 4+ years to reach the stage when it started to look full. I continue to add new dolls, and will do so until I have no more room. |
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