Over the years I have had the satisfaction of meeting and getting to know many dinky enthusiasts. What fascinates them about looking customary objects in a tiny, realistic form?
Much more than a child's plaything, building doll houses, and ultimately decorating and furnishing them in a theme of your choice, has become an adult hobby. The only way to enhance on that, is to have a daughter or grand-daughter who can share that interest and passion with you.
Doll House
Personally, my dinky interest lies in antique miniatures and dolls, more so than in contemporary works. The strange thing about that is the fact that antique pieces were seldom created with a true eye to scale, and scale is of utmost point to me when viewing contemporary miniatures.
The craftsmanship involved in creating tiny dinky porcelain dolls, with jointed limbs, often hand blown inset glass eyes, real mohair wigs is amazing.
Add to that the primitive conditions within the factories that many of these dolls were created in, adds to my amazement. Many of these tiny dolls have lasted in excess of 100 years , they have been handled, and played with, loved and often abandoned, only to turn up years later in an attic somewhere. The furnishings of this same era were often handmade, often primitive, and much did not stand the test of time as well as the dinky dolls did. To find, own and enjoy these pieces today is a delight.
Manufactured doll house furnishings of this era, were often made in Germany as were the dinky dolls. I had a dear friend of German origin bring her childhood collection over to me to help her sell. She is in excess of 90 years old, a delightful lady who still teaches piano, runs her own household, and dresses her dolls. She had a story to tell about every piece of furniture, and remembers hours spent with her sister in creating the tiny dinky bed linens, doll clothes and lampshades. I like to think there are similar stories about every antique piece that comes my way.
Also of point to me is for miniatures to be made of the material they are in real life.
If a bed is representing one made of wood, I cannot tolerate it in plastic. (sorry Chrysenbon) If bathroom fixtures are representing porcelain pieces, then do not make them in wood! Realism is very leading in my own collections.
Some enthusiasts enjoy development all of their own furnishings and accessories, even their own dolls. This exacting craft can only be admired by those of us less talented, but of course makes their fascination obvious. Some crafters make such exquisite pieces that the prices can command as much as their full size counterparts. There are dinky artists, who paint on tiny canvases each work of art is a one of a kind painting. Other artists paint on tiny plates, even buttons as canvases.
There are dinky artists who do dinky needlepoint, knitting, rug development and porcelain as well as wood workers.
One thing I have found is once man embraces this hobby, it is regularly a life long obsession.
The microscopic Doll House Fascination
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