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Showing posts with label miniatures. Show all posts

Salon Int. de la Maison de Poupee

Are you obsessed with dollshouse things?
Then you should have been at Espace Champeret today for the 1-day only Salon International de la Maison Poupee.
Bear was quite insistent we go. After all there were 100 dealers from all over the world present. Including PBer Marie-Paule who made these exquisite woven straw bits and pieces.
Isn't it fun pretending Summer has arrived? Miam miam
So many miniature-smitten, obsessed visitors.
One obsessed visitor couldn't take her eyes off this jam jar cupboard.
Look! French cheese-making was going on onsite.
Brit craftswoman, Angie Scarr gives classes in Andalucia (where Summer has arrived by the way, a very good reason to go).
And a perfect miniature of a patisserie tradionnelle with glass paintings to boot!
Many amazingly detailed miniatures like I've never seen before...
Teeny, tiny hand-cut silhouette pictures to hang behind your spinet while you pound out the Mozart.
I fell head over heels for these little puppet theatres.
Don't they look just like this real one in the Butte Chaumont park?
These were brought to the Salon by Argentinian Reina Mab.
Bear fell head over paws for these handsome mini bear musicians...
You could so easily break the bank at a miniature salon like this. At least there are no calories to count...
Wouldn't it be nice to pack up all your things in these mini Vuitton trunks?
Guess who will be packing pretty soon?
Guess who finally found another apartment to move to?
Guess who will be having A Watercolor MOVING SALE on Tuesday on Etsy? 3 guesses? Stay tuned.
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Frederic Desessard of Giverny

I used to be quite obsessed with miniatures...
So in the massive gift shop at Monet's Giverny
When I came upon a miniature version of his atelier...
I was quite smitten...
Never mind. As I headed back to the bus for Vernon
The very road I'd been in such a tear to get to Monet's maison looked completely different.
Well I hadn't noticed it at all...
Or the enticing signs for B and Bs along the way...
Sometimes taking the road less traveled leads you right past the bus without realizing and you make some wonderful discoveries...
Like this little shop of Frederic Desessard, full of miniature tableaux.
Each more charming than the next!
Lots of little greenhouses and conservatories of course...
All very Victorian of course.
Full of British bits and bobs...
And of course an Eiffel Tower is required.
Mini painting sets anyone can afford if you can't spring for the full room.
Every single item is made from found objects.
In M. Desessard's own words:
The miniature life scenes that you are going to discover in this gallery are made from waste-materials such as cork, plastic, metal fragments, wood, cloth, paper and cardboard.
I hope you will be surprised to see what we can accomplish with these every day objects.
My work is usually concentrated in the years 1940s and 50s.
During that period there was a multitude of original objects found in houses, barns, garages and on verandas unique in their style.
Please enjoy you visit and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me.
Bonne visite a tous
F. Desessard, Giverny
Sometimes it works out for the best to wander a little off the beaten path. Of course I found the bus eventually ahem...
Frederic Desessard
L'Universe Miniature
81 rue Claude Monet
27620 Giverny
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