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Miniature wooden housesFor miniature creator Marina Paredes, the passion for miniature art sparked long before Covid. A dollhouse expert, over the years she has amassed more than 50k followers on Instagram. Rather than realistic recreations, Paredes’ work has a naive quality to it—the sort of dollhouse you might’ve dreamed of as a small child.
Working mainly with wood, Paredes uses both softwoods like balsa and hardwood like linden. “I like to use it because it is a very versatile material,” she shared about her creative process with The Daily Mini. For added interior details, Paredes uses clay. She then paints the finished piece with acrylic paint.
According to, Paredes she finds inspiration in architecture, design, colorful objects, and decoration. But her original source of inspiration comes straight from her childhood when she used to play with Polly Pocket sets.
“The first miniature I made was when I was around 10 years old,” she recalled. “I made it with toothpicks and it was a little house with small furniture. I remember that in order to open and close the door, I used a piece of cloth. I still keep it with much affection.”
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]]>Most recently, we’ve come across Dina Brodsky’s miniature paintings. As it turns out, painting small comes naturally to Brodsky. “When I paint small I’m like a fish in water,” she shared with Whitehot Magazine. “I am much less comfortable painting on a larger scale, and very few of my large works hold up as well as the miniatures.”
Her miniatures include representations of natural landscapes, animals, and architecture. There’s also a series dedicated to seemingly empty rooms, finely painted—a sort of peephole, presenting snapshots of everyday life.
According to Brodsky, her painting technique relies on a combination of classical oil painting techniques (15th century Northern Renaissance methods and 17th-century Venetian techniques) alongside contemporary materials such as mylar and plexiglass.
“When I was studying, the things I had trouble with had more to do with drawing, proportion, perspective, anatomy, architecture,” she notes. “I feel like I am still catching up and trying to master a lot of those things. But color has always come organically.”
Born in Minsk, Belarus, Brodsky moved to the US in 1991 where she studied at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, before earning her MFA at the New York Academy of Art. These days, she also runs online seminars, teaching others how to build an engaged community online, so as to enhance their online presence.
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]]>After successful careers in interior design and fashion for over 20 years, she rediscovered her passion for design through miniatures. But like most miniature enthusiasts, her love for all things tiny began much earlier. “When I was 7 years old, my dad built me a dollhouse,” she recalled in an interview with The Daily Mini, “and what I remember most about it was playing with the interior design, rather than any make-believe!”
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. . . #rainbowbaby #shelfie #rainbowbooks #bookshelf #miniature #oneinchscale #tinythings #dollhouse #domestikate #addgold #ikeamini #crafttherainbowAccording to Strzinek, she would lay at the edge of her bed and stare at the dollhouse, visualizing different arrangements of the furniture. “Ultimately, I had much more fun moving the tiny furniture and crafting pieces out of paper than would moving figures around to create narratives about their lives,” she admits. “It was likely from that point onward that I realized I’m a very visual person who simply loves crafting with my hands, including painting little pieces and just tinkering around.”
Based in Austin, TX, where she shares a home with her husband and teenage children, Strzinek enjoys learning and growing in her craft, and might just inspire you to tag along. “Yes, there are amazing artists out there… but the learning process is so joyful,” she notes. “Train your brain to scan for everyday items to reuse in miniature, because you truly don’t need to spend a ton of money. Just stay to play. When you get hooked, the rest will come naturally. Join me!”
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]]>Based in Nashville, Growden explains that her interest in miniatures really stems from her love of fake food and the realization that minis could be a relatively easy way to reproduce all kinds of food. But like most miniature enthusiasts, her fascination with all things tiny sparked earlier on, when she was just a child.
cherry pie commission“My earliest memory with miniatures is when I was just a kid,” she shared in an interview with the Daily Mini. “I would make tiny pies and sandwiches for my American Girl dolls, using instructions from one of the American Girl craft books. The pies were made with seed beads, felt, and bottle caps. The sandwiches were made with cork board and rubber bands. I loved how the materials mimicked real food.”
As an adult, Growden would be reminded of her fascination with miniature art while browsing YouTube and coming across videos of a girl making miniature pastries, fast food, and candy. “I was working at an art supply store, so I just bought the supplies I needed there and went home to try making some mini food myself,” she recalls.
“One of my favorite mini scenes I have ever made was a bunch of Halloween treats in the kitchen: ghost and pumpkin cookies, orange and black cupcakes, candied apples, even a tiny bag of candy corn,” she notes. “I think scenes look best when you add as much detail and variety as possible.” Scroll down to see more of her work, and follow her Instagram page for more.
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]]>“They made me knead a type of putty to build strength in my hands,” she explained in an interview with The Daily Mini. “That was really boring, so I started making little ‘meals’ out of the putty. I’ve since left the putty behind. Hey, polymer clay keeps me toned!”
According to the young teen, the first miniature she made was shaped like a slice of watermelon. Nowadays, her unedible dishes are much more elaborate and include tacos and turkey sandwiches (there’s even a melted ice cream cone!) “I find making meat, like steaks, the most challenging,” says Clay Girl. “I just can’t seem to capture the texture. Maybe it’s because I’m a vegetarian.”
“I love making food the most,” she stresses. “I enjoy it because with each try I challenge myself to see how realistic I can make it.” Take a look at some of her incredible recreations in the gallery below:
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]]>According to Saraiva, she enjoys most creating miniature representations of houses seen in horror movies. “I love the idea of taking some of my favorite homes and bringing them to life in miniature form to display,” she told The Daily Mini. “They are also my most challenging pieces, which in the end gives me the most satisfaction when finally complete.”
Like most miniature artists, Saraiva’s fascination with tiny figurines began early on. “I’ve been collecting 7′ figures for years, and with that I began doing toy photography for fun,” she notes. “That hobby slowly led me to the idea of creating miniature props and scale backgrounds/dioramas for more realistic photos. From that point on, I found that my love for miniatures was growing daily and this inspired me to take my ideas down a few scales.”
But surprisingly enough, she admits to being equally fascinated with horror films as a small child. “My love with horror definitely began around the age of 5, when I snuck into the living room while The Exorcist was on TV,” she recalls. “My fascination overpowered the fear I felt at the time which slowly turned into an obsession: the thrill of being frightened.”
Enjoy some of her work in the gallery below. Either that or prepare to be spooked.
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]]>Zooming in on his neighborhood located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Leshko studies its building facades from observations and photographs. Anything from dumpsters to shabby storefronts is painstakingly recreated, adding up to a three-dimensional archive of the buildings surrounding him. “My project with the buildings in my neighborhood is just that, a documentary project or archiving project,” he remarked in an interview with The Daily Mini.
Highlighting the typically overlooked details that make up a neighborhood, as well as the overall sense of decay and neglect, his work might also be understood as a social critique about the ways in which society is constantly disposing of its past. “There is something inside of me that pushes me to take on these works,” says Leshko, “but I can’t identify what that is.”
Exhibited internationally and included in the permanent collection of the Urban Nation Museum (Berlin) and the Dean Collection (NYC), you can also view his miniature models online, via Instagram:
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]]>The result is anything but cute. “I like making things which look realistic and I like to play with perspective,” explained Smith in an interview with The Daily Miniature. “It’s funny when I take photos of my miniatures… people think that it is something that is actual real life scale but then when I take a photo of something in real life, they are wondering if it is miniature! I like messing around with that and it is something that I really enjoy doing.”
Based in Norwood, South Australia, Smith’s work has been showcased in over 100 exhibitions in cities like London, Paris, Berlin, New York, and Hong Kong. Created in 1:20 scale, his creations depict the overlooked aspects of modern-day living – the price of overconsumption and overall neglect.
But like most miniature artists, Smith’s fascination with this form of art began when he was a small boy. “I have been fascinated with miniatures and modelmaking ever since I was little and can remember making miniature things out of cardboard boxes ever since I was very young,” he says. “The interest stems from building model kits when I was a kid and I have always been fascinated with miniature scenes from model railroads.”
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]]>The pair cuts tiny pieces of paper and watercolor to create their figures. They need four to six hours per bird, and if you want to get some, visit their Etsy shop.
hope you guys are enjoying our series… thank you so much again for all your love and support… Artwork inspired from a photograph taken by @anandavarma for @natgeo . . SAVE NATURE SAVE WORLD . . The bee hummingbird is the smallest living bird. Females weigh 2.6 g (0.092 oz) and are 6.1 cm (2.4 in) long, and are slightly larger than males, with an average weight of 1.95 g (0.069 oz) and length of 5.5 cm (2.2 in). As its name suggests, it is scarcely larger than a bee. Like all hummingbirds, it is a swift, strong flier. . . . #365dayschallenge #miniature #papercut #paperart #sculpture #paperbird #cubanbeehummingbird #hummingbirds #beehummingbird #hummingbird #hummingbirdsofinstagram #birdsculpture #birdphotography #MyEtsyFind #tinybird #DStiny #birdsofinstagram #birdstagram #artistsoninstagram #drawing #dailydrawing #birdart #nvillustration #etsy #365feathersproject @natgeoindia @instagram @winsorandnewton @instagramforbusiness @excelblades @birds.nature @lgenpaper @natgeowild @etsy @strictlypaperart @boredpanda @fubiz @designboom @artfido
…. . . . SAVE NATURE SAVE WORLD . . . The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are nocturnal feeders that during the day may be found in flocks around lakes and wet paddy fields. They can perch on trees and sometimes build their nest in the hollow of a tree. This brown and long-necked duck has broad wings that are visible in flight and produces a loud two-note wheezy call. It has a chestnut rump, differentiating it from its larger relative, the fulvous whistling duck, which has a creamy white rump. . . . #365dayschallenge #miniature #papercut #paperart #sculpture #paperbird #lesserwhistlingduck #whistlingduck #duck #cuteduck #ducklife #ducksofinstagram #birdsculpture #MyEtsyFind #birding #artistofinstagram #birdsofinstagram #birdstagram #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #dailydrawing #birdart #nvillustration #etsy #365feathersproject @instagram @winsorandnewton @instagramforbusiness @excelblades @birds.nature @lgenpaper @natgeo @etsy @strictlypaperart @boredpandaThe post Artists From India to Create 365 Miniature Cut Paper Birds by New Year’s appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.
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