Category Archives: Miniatura

Let’s play portable shops.

One of the more interesting, not to mention frustrating aspects of selling miniature art at exhibitions, is that before you can do so you have to design the display.  I’ve just spent a week designing and building this, which doesn’t … Continue reading

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The final Scottish Midweek Miniatura 2010

Last week’s Midweek Miniatura contained news of the Robersons, returning to exhibit in Scotland after a long break, they’ll be driving there but not necessarily in this car, which they make.  If you’d like to see what else they make … Continue reading

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Midweek Scottish Min the noo.

Some artists are in the interesting position of not sleeping, eating or leaving the work bench.  They are, of course, those who will be exhibiting at Scottish Miniatura, now only a week and a half away. Features of this show … Continue reading

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Midweek Scottish Miniatura 2010.

Scottish Miniatura 2010 will be held at Murrayfield, Edinburgh on June 12th and there are going to be some ace collectables.  How do I know?  I have pictures! I also have access to the exhibitor list, now up on the … Continue reading

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Endweek Miniatura, all gall.

Here is Muriel Hopwood, at Miniatura, which she invented.  Muriel did not, however, look quite as good as this at the Spring show.  In fact she looked like the six million dollar man, who, as I’m sure you’ll recall, if … Continue reading

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Spring Miniatura live!

What a show! First in the queue and raring to go was Carol Leach who had set out from Leighton Buzzard at quarter past seven.  Carol has been coming to Miniatura for at least ten years, she has twenty two … Continue reading

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Thank you.

Here is a thing, a very pretty thing, it looks like a flower and so it is.  I planted JaneLaverick.com six months ago, tended it and cared for it every day.  Now it has flourished and grown into readers all … Continue reading

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Midweek Miniatura, last minute news and visitor information.

This spring Miniatura is being held in the Pavilion, which is a separate building from the main NEC Piazza.  Large shows are on in the main buildings at the same time. Mindful of the needs of early arrivers, the organisers … Continue reading

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The penultimate spring 2010 Midweek Miniatura.

In your part of the world is there a television programme called the Antiques Roadshow?  There’s one in the UK which has been going for decades and is very popular.  The antiques experts go to various areas of the country … Continue reading

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Midweek Miniatura, miniature marvels.

Last week when I dropped a hefty hint about the handiness of the show brochure, you may have thought that one of the categories, retailer, sounded a bit boring.  To be fair, you would only have thought that if you … Continue reading

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