Dollhouses and other Miniature Worlds, April 8th issue in the 2025 spring show . . .

effervescing on air on the sigh of a mallard duck diving for her dinner as off in some dusty old college museum closet the tiny people on the Ancient Minoan shelf smile . . . a hint of light from under the door and hope . . . twenty years vaulting over the same bull . . . the gods needing to be appeased but a person needing to do something else and be the sailors with their ship on the Egyptian shelf . . . soon . . . please soon . . .

Carefree Mermaid StarFish Crown. Metal frame decorated with crystals, rhinestones, and artificial pearls. amazon.com.

Bedroom, Hammond Castle, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 2024. American. Faux dollhouse. Image © Megan Healy meganhealydesign on Instagram. Taken from her Instagram.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Barbie doll dressed as the princess was at the 2006 Nobel Awards ceremony. via courtjeweller on Instagram. via Instagram.

French firs in fun colors. Glitterville Studios on Facebook.

Elephant brooch. 1957. Gold, platinum, baroque pearl and gemstones. Verdura. via architecturaldigest.com. Many thanks to Christian De Bor who found her.

Farmstand Peaches candle holder. Ceramic, modeled as several ripe peaches in a green cardboard box. Homeworx, maker. via shopgoodwill.com.

London skyline model with Big Ben, the London Eye and London Bridge along with the Albert Memorial. 2020. Legos. legos.com. via thediscoverer.com.

Matryoshka dolls. Private collection. Many thanks to Sue Burkey who sent me the image.

Model of Fort Saint Anthony - Axim which was built in 1515. One of the forts where Africans sold into slavery were held before being sent to the Americas. ca. 2017 .Ghanian. Paa Joe, artist. via folkartmuseum.com.

Potscrubber flowers from the series Fabricated Flowers. 2019. Created in Copenhagen, Denmark by PUTPUT Studios. via thisiscolossal.com.

Porcelain pagoda. ca. 1800-1818. Made in Jingdezhen, China with the final mount made in England. Royal Collection Trust.

Pandora fashion doll. ca. 1590. Swedish. Collections of the Livruskammaren Och Skoklosters Slott Med Stiftelsen Hallwyska Museet.

You Drive Me Crazy. Baby polar bear statuary. 2019. Italian American. Dyed turkey feathers on a foam base. Paola Pivi, artist. Photo credit Guillaume Ziccarelli courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. via news.artnet.

“Bonsai City.” Paper architecture. 2014. Japanese. Katsumi Hayakawa, artist. Image © Katsumi Hayakawa, via thiscolossal.com.

Pop Tarts. ca. 2019. American. Linda Klag, artist. Collection of the Burnt Food Museum. Many thanks to Beverly Pollens who sent me the link.

Bear and cactus. Fiber art. 2020. Australian. Knit and crocheted wool. Jake Henzler, artist. boy_knits_world on Instagram. via Instagram.

Blue dancing typograhic monster with headphones. Contemporary. Made in Lima, Peru. Jose Arias, maker. josearias_jota on Instagram. via thisiscolossal.com.

Beetle. 2021. American. Metalwork and digital art. Sasha Vinogradova, artist. via sashavinogradova.com.

Fairy Castle Dollhouse. Installation view at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. 1928-1935. American. Colleen Moore, maker. via Facebook.

Lychee nut miniature scene. Contemporary. Israeli. Yaakov Blumental, maker. via yaakovblumental on Instagram.

Pansy Easter egg, with the surprise being a stand with a Star of Bethlehem inside a wreath. 1899. Russian. Gold, silver-gilt, nephrite, diamonds, pearls and enamel. via pinterest.com. Many thanks to Mary Trainor-Brigham who sent me the link.

Wrapped gifts. Paper art. 2018. Makerie Studio, creators. makeriestudio on Instagram. via Instagram.

Panther earrings. Contemporary. French. Porcelain. Nadia and Nancy Koch NACH Bijoux, makers. nachbijoux.com. clarev.com via girlsofacertainage.com.

Solar system. Illustration. 2020. Ashley Olinger, illustrator. yeahyelhsa on Instagram. via Instagram.

Grossling City Bath. 2021. Slovakian. Anna Svarbova, photographer. via mariasvarbova.com.

Carved amethyst heron on a rock crystal base. Maker not known, Photo credit Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. via Facebook. Many thanks to Christian De Bor who found it.

After July 21st - box number 2. Cloth replica of an everyday object. 2013. Chinese. Embroidery, cloth and foam. Gao Rong, artist. Image courtesy of Eli Klein and the artist. via thisiscolossal.com.

Pouf wig. Paper art. 2020. Russian. Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin, Saint Petersburg-based artists. Image © the artists. via thisiscolossal.com.

Madagascar makis topiary, Montreal Botanical Garden. Undated image. Canadian. via Google Plus and Facebook.

Glass furnace with color rack on the left and pipe warmer on the right. 2020. American. Legos. Chris Rochelle, creator. via Corning Glassworks.

Palm tree floor lamp. 1970s. Wicker and rattan. Mario Lopez Torres, maker. via chairish.com.

Peeppenheimer from the 2024 Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest. Milan Shah, maker. via washingtonpost.com.

Flower brooch. Emeralds and diamonds. Van Cleef and Arpels, maker. via Facebook. Many thanks to Christian De Bor​ who found it.

Set of 10 fruit and vegetable napkin holders. Vintage. Ceramic and papier mache. Maker not known. via chairish.com.

Octopus and jellyfish. 2016. French. Hand cut and layered paper with phosphorescent paint. Zim and Zou, artists. zimandzou on Instagram. via Instagram.

Dumbo piñata. ca. 2019. Mexican. Piñateria Ramirez, maker. via Facebook.

Untitled Bog Painting. 2020. Oil on linen. Wilhem Neusser, artist. Shown at Eben Haines Shelter in Place Gallery which is 20 by 30 inches. ebenhaines on Instagram. via hyperallergic.com.

Food diorama. ca. 2017. Brazilian. William Kass, maker. via boredpanda.com.

Seconds Sushi Lady Ornament. 2020. English. Glazed stoneware with underglaze and transparent glaze. Amy Victoria Marsh, ceramicist. yayvm.com. via thisiscolossal.com.

Cherry tree modeled in Legos. 2020. Legoland, Japan. via thisiscolossal.com.

Cat hand fan. ca. 1905. Made in Paris, France. Adolphe Thomasse, artist for la Maison Duvelleroy. via lecurieux.com and Facebook. Many thanks to Christian De Bor who sent me the link.

Three Friends Teapot with fish and an octopus. Contemporary. Ceramic. Lilia Venier, artist. liliavenierceramics.com. via artfulhome.com.

Colorful kitchen, part of an HGTV set. ca. 2013. American. Faux miniature. via HGTV.com, on Pinterest. Many thanks to Mycroft Masada Holmes who found it.

Grandstand. Fiber art. 2019. American, Crystal and plastic beads, found fabric, trim, ornaments, and polyester batting. Max Colby, artist. via maxcolby.com.

Abandoned artist’s studio. Miniature scene. Contemporary. Turkish. Vildan Hosbak, artist. via vildanhosbak on Instagram.

All seeming things shine with the light of pure knowledge. Paper sculpture. 2019. American. Paper. Michael Velliquette, sculptor. via velliquette.com.