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Regular FeaturesRegular Features…… 55 Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: Read Bea Broadwood’s introduction &

welcome to this month’s fabulous edition of the FREE AIM

magazine!

2222 Smaller Scales Smaller Scales ‐‐ Art Gallery: Art Gallery: Janet Smith take a closer

‘memories of our Grandmothers’ in smaller scales.

4040 Blog Of The Month: Blog Of The Month: Featuring AIM member Ana Anselmo.

4242 In Season This Month: In Season This Month: This month Vicky Guile and her

fellow AIM food artisans take a closer look at ‘Food that

Grandma used to make’.

4949 Tips & Hints: Tips & Hints: Read AIM members’ helpful hints. Compiled by Janet Smith.

5454 Through The Keyhole: Through The Keyhole: Take a peek at the (very tidy) workspace of AIM

member Janet Granger.

58 58 Show Review Show Review ‐‐ Autumn Miniatura 2011: Autumn Miniatura 2011: AIM members Janet

Smith, Malcolm Smith, Julia Jeffreys and Bea Broadwood each

share their show experiences with us.

7070 Competition Time!!!: Competition Time!!!: Feeling lucky? Then why not enter our competition to

win a nostalgic ’Memory Box Kit’ by The Craft Pack Company!

7676 New On The Web: New On The Web: This month we take a look at Francesca Vernuccio’s new

website.

7878 Taken Out Of Context: Taken Out Of Context: ‘Miniaturisms’ compiled by Janet Smith.

80 80 Getting To Know You: Getting To Know You: Get to know more about AIM member Sarah

Maloney.

8686 The AIM Gallery: The AIM Gallery: This month our regular Gallery Feature celebrates this

issue’s theme ‐ ‘Grandma’. ‘Grandma’. Compiled by Vicky Guile.

9696 Tumbleton Towers: Tumbleton Towers: Regular fantasy feature compiled by Celia of Oberons

Wood.

102102 Cousin Petunia: Cousin Petunia: If you have a miniature dilemma, then why not write

to our very own agony aunt for her well considered advice?

104104 Show Report: Show Report: Janet Smith and Montse Vives each share their show reports

with us.

106106 The Miniature Grapevine: The Miniature Grapevine: John Day compiles the latest news and

announcements from the world of miniatures.

Contents…Contents… October 2011: Issue No 38 Cover Image: Annemarie Kwikkel

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66 Cover Story Cover Story ‐‐ Granny’s House: Granny’s House: This month our Gallery Feature

celebrates ‘making memories in miniature’.

Compiled by Bea Broadwood.

1212 Living Doll:Living Doll: We take a close look at the stunningly ’life like’ creations

of AIM member and doll artisan Anna Hardman.

2626 Bakewell Pudding: Bakewell Pudding: Food artisan Carol Smith heads to Bakewell, for a spot of

research and inspiration!

2828 A Stitch In Time:A Stitch In Time: AIM members Carol Smith and Francesca Vernuccio

celebrate Grandma’s favourite hobbies.

3535 Pieces Of My Heart!:Pieces Of My Heart!: Observations by Kim Hofmaster.

3636 My Old Home’s Kitchen: My Old Home’s Kitchen: Annie Mok shares the inspiration behind her

nostalgic miniature kitchen.

4848 Happy Halloween:Happy Halloween: From the AIM Association.

5050 Cuckoo Clock:Cuckoo Clock: Linda Master explains why she has a soft

spot for this classic time piece.

6666 The Adventure Continues: The Adventure Continues: Lorraine Cooper

looks back on her first year at the helm of

The Craft Pack Company.

8484 A Childhood In Brazil: A Childhood In Brazil: AIM member Regina

Passy‐Yip recalls her memories of growing up

in Brazil.

9292 Down The Garden Path: Down The Garden Path: Sally Watson takes a nostalgic look at the

humble garden.

Free Projects…Free Projects… 1111 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Knitted Hot Water Bottle Cover: Knitted Hot Water Bottle Cover: By Frances Powell.

1616 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Nursing Chair: Nursing Chair: By Jane Harrop.

3030 1:24th 1:24th ‐‐ The Mouse House Stove: The Mouse House Stove: By Barbara Del Duco.

3838 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Wooden Train Set: Wooden Train Set: By Jane Harrop.

4646 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Wigging Tutorial (Part 3): Wigging Tutorial (Part 3): By AIM member Viola Williams.

5252 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Grammas’ Pot Holders: Grammas’ Pot Holders: By Marianne Colijn.

6262 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Memory Box Printie: Memory Box Printie: By Lorraine Cooper.

7272 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Granny’s Sweater: Granny’s Sweater: By Wilga Van Den Wijngart.

7979 1:12th 1:12th ‐‐ Tea Cup Pin Cushion: Tea Cup Pin Cushion: By Marianne Colijn.

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The AIM Magazine’s

Editorial Team:

Bea Broadwood (Editor) office@petite‐properties.com

Vicky Guile (Assistant Editor) [email protected]

Celia (of Oberons Wood) [email protected]

Helen Woods [email protected]

Janet Smith [email protected]

Jean Day [email protected]

John Day [email protected]

Kathi Mendenhall [email protected]

Peiwen Petitgrand [email protected]

Sally Watson [email protected]

Barbara ‘Babs’ Davies Kim Murdock

Lesley Shepherd Pamela J

Freelance Editorial Team Members:

Agnes Turpin Catherine Davies Eileen Sedgwick Jennifer Matuszek

Julie Lawton Lidi Stroud

Marianne Colijn Mo Tipton Nancy Keech

Stephanie Kilgast

Please note AIM is an active association to which all members

contribute.

Dear Reader It is once again my privilege to welcome you to the

October edition of the ground breaking AIM Magazine.

This month AIM members have chosen to celebrate a

very special lady in our lives; Granny!

For me the rhythmical ticking of a cuckoo clock,

‘gold top’ milk, sherbet lemon sweets and the

comforting smell of dinner roasting in the oven all bring back an ocean of

wonderful memories of my much loved Nanna…

In the miniature world our shared nostalgia for past times and our treasured

recollections of days gone by often in turn become our silent muse, inspiring

the miniatures which we love to collect or make.

In the modern miniature world, scenes, settings and locations from our past

are fast becoming a popular starting point for our new miniature projects.

Indeed it seems that for many, submersing ourselves in the miniature world

allows us to create tangible recreations of our own personal memories.

Since the birth of the internet there has been an ever increasing interest in

genealogy and researching our personal family tree is now common place.

For those of us in the miniature world there is also an obvious cross over

between our nostalgic memories and discoveries of our own personal past and

our (enviable) ability to recreate them in three dimensional form in the

present.

I personally am no exception to this kind of inspiration as I have recently been

working on small scale kits which reflect furniture or homes which were

present in my own personal childhood. So if you are considering recreating

‘Granny’s house’ you need look no further!! AIM members have filled the

pages of this issue with myriad ideas, inspiration and countless projects that

just might help you bring your own memories back to life!

So if you will now excuse me I am going to settle back, suck on a slightly fluffy

boiled sweet and get lost in the soothing memory of a room full

of gently ticking clocks…

Bea Broadwood Editor (& General whip cracker)

http://petiteproperties.blogspot.com www.petite‐properties.com

October 2011


Text © LUMO Publishing 2011

www.francesca

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Formatted By Bea Broadwood

A rtisan Anna Hardman has been making

dolls for 7 years and selling them for the past 6.

She has always liked arts and crafts. Her previous

hobby was making stained glass, and she thought

it was her last one until she got introduced to

miniature dolls.

Anna’s passion for miniatures started about 8

years ago with a purchase of a dollhouse kit for her

daughter for Christmas. She assembled the house

in a couple of months but couldn’t find any porce‐

lain people to go in it, so she decided to learn how

to make them herself. Anna took a local Seeley’s

class to learn more about porcelain, and her first

purchase was a kiln. The dollhouse is still sitting

unfinished since she got into doll making!

Now Anna finds that making dolls, particularly

sculpting and painting is a very enjoyable process.

Sometimes she needs a vent from busy life at work

and at home, then she goes down to my studio to

create. Working in 1:12 scale is more challenging,

and Anna likes challenge. “I enjoy creating sensual

feminine characters the most. Facial expression

and the right pose are important to me.”

By AIM Member, Anna Hardman

IGMA Artisan

As always we asked Anna what is the favourite

piece that you have created? She explained: “It is

hard to just pick a favourite one, but I do treasure

my very first dolls. My first bride is one of my

favourites, so is The Siren doll and my most recent

porcelain ball jointed miniature Lizbeth.”

Lizabeth


Livia

Anna gets her inspiration from art and books but

sometimes it could be a “face in the crowd in a

subway that imprints in my head, I never know.”

Anna’s work is unique in its own way, as all her

dolls come from her own molds. Some of them

are even one of a kind pieces sculpted in leather

hard stage of porcelain. Some of her work reflects

her Russian background. , Anna discovers new

things all the time. For example, she learned how

to create her own doll patterns. She learns a lot

from trial and error especially when making her

own plaster molds.

The inevitable question: “Do you have an ‘I

couldn’t live without’ tool? “ received this

response: “Oh, I have so many tools, and they

all have different purposes depending on what

I am doing, either it is sculpting, making a

mold or dressing a doll. I have to say I can’t

live without all of them. There are a few of my

favourites like a sculpting brush, a stylus tool

and a wipe away tool.”

Anna is a stickler for perfection! “I think my

work has improved. I have participated in a few world famous miniature and doll shows. My dolls are in

private collections around the world. I also attended a few workshops, took a mold making class in

college, gained more knowledge about human anatomy. I still see imperfections all the time though and

continue learning every day.”

She has just started experimenting with miniature porcelain ball jointed dolls. “I would like to create

more dolls with joints. I would also like to make more fantasy dolls.”

Anna’s work can be seen my work every year at Tom Bishop International show in Chicago. She will also

be at a huge doll show in Moscow Russia. As if this is not enough she would also like to explore the IDEX

show.

Katherine

Want to find out more about Anna’s stunning dolls? Why not visit her website...

www.annahardmandolls.com Artisans In Miniature October 2011 14

Text & Photographs © Anna Hardman 2011

Baba Yaba Russian Witch

Edited by Sally Watson

Formatted by Bea (Fiona) Broadwood








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If not, copy, paste and CLICK now – www.artisansinminiatures.com and come and meet us all. Founded in 2007 by Bea (Fiona) Broadwood of Petite Properties, the website has been created in order to showcase the fantastic work of the individual professional international artisan members who create beautiful and original scale miniatures for sale to the public. Together they form the Artisans In Miniature association. Since its launch the AIM association has rapidly grown and now boasts membership of around 300 professional artisans, including some of the most talented within the miniature world! On the website you will find further information about them and their work; however, please note new pages are constantly being added and there are many members who are not yet included on the site... If you are a professional artisan who is interested in joining the association, you will find all the information there..... We have lots of links…to Fairs and Events Organizers…Magazines…Online Miniature clubs….Historical reference sites…..Workshops…and more… it’s all there!

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AIM membership is only available for professional miniature artisans, selling quality handmade miniatures to the public.

Membership is reserved for artisans who wish to showcase & promote their work,

through active participation within the AIM Association. Please note; A waiting list has now been introduced regarding

new membership applications.

AIM is completely FREE to join and completely FREE to be part of.

So… if you are a professional miniature artisan and you would like to find out more about joining the

AIM Association, please email AIM’s Membership Secretary: Tony for more information:

[email protected]

Or alternatively visit our website… www..artisansinminiature.com

Artisans In Miniature“An association of professional artisans, dedicated to promoting a high standard

of excellence in original handcrafted scale miniatures…”

www.artisansinminiature.com artisansinminiature.blogspot.com

The way in which AIM Association membership

is offered has changed!

Due to an overwhelming uptake of membership over recent months, as

from July 31st 2010 the AIM Association now has limited membership places

available…

The AIM Association was set up in 2007 in order to provide a global platform for professional

miniature artisans who wish to actively promote their work and actively take part and support the opportunities and promotional facilities which AIM

uniquely offers for free: notably including... The AIM online forum

Monthly FREE AIM magazine AIM Member's online directory

AIM website AIMs facebook & social networking pages

The AIM blog.

Alison Brand Ana Anselmo

Anna Hardman Annemarie Kwikkel

Annie Mok Barbara Del Duco

Bea (Fiona) Broadwood Béatrice Thierus

Carol Smith Chistina Caballero Cousin Petunia

Frances H Powell Francesca Vernuccio

Helen Woods Jane Harrop Jane Laverick Janet Granger Janet Smith

Jean & John Day Julia & Hywel Jeffreys Kathi R Mendenhall

Kathy Brindle Kay Brooke

Kim Hofmaster Linda Master

Lorraine Cooper Ludwina Akbulut-Van

Oosterwyck Mags Cassidy

Malcolm Smith Marianne Colijn Mary Williams Montse Vives

Natalia Antonelli Oberon's Wood (Celia)

Patricia Paul

Peiwen Petitgrand Regina Passy-Yip

Sally Watson Sarah Maloney

Teresa Thompson Vicky Guile

Viola Williams Vynette Van Der

Heijden Wilga Van Den

Wijngart

This issue would not have been possible without the generous contributions from the following AIM members…

Many thanks therefore go to...

Please Note:

The projects included in this publication are not suitable for children under the age of 14. The miniatures featured in this magazine are collectors items and therefore unsuitable for children under 14.

All projects are undertaken at your own risk. AIM does not accept responsibility for any injury incurred. All articles and photographs used in this magazine are copyright of their authors.

The AIM magazine’s content is for private use only and it must not be reproduced in part or in full for commercial gain in any form.

Each artisan contributor is responsible for their own work / contribution to the AIM magazine and retain full responsibility for their published work.

The authors/self publishers cannot be held legally responsible for any consequences arising from following instructions, advice or information in this magazine.



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