The Miniatures - AUGUST

A U G U S T

(the reading room)

Each box for August's edition will contain a collection of three beautiful reading themed portraits printed onto cotton pima lawn, even the reverse of the prints are lovely to use (see below).  Any other new printed imagery produced will be taken from items I have purchased here in the studio such as an old hand embroidered sample, old French printed Cretonnes, old hand written ephemera, an old photograph, the lid of an old lingerie box, old portraits and illustrations……  There will also be enclosed the odd interesting panel of antique fabric, lace, haberdashery, threads, hand painted papers and stickers, buttons and anything else that I think you will find of interest.  

Just a simple and wonderful collection of delicious details to help you construct interesting pages in a journal or sketchbook, create a miniature artwork to be framed, incorporate in general collage work, embroider into the surfaces or keep as a styling box to use within your own photography such as flatlays. Re-arranging these pieces in multiple ways, before using them to photograph interesting compositions, is just a fabulous way to engage with the ingredients to start.   

There is no project to work through, just a box of beautiful pieces, panels and fragments for you to use as a starting point to create something wonderful.    You may wish to start a new journal or sketchbook and use these Miniature boxes as a perfect way to spend an hour or two each month to create a series of pages as the weeks progress. 

I hope you love the idea of The Miniatures and enjoy the contents as much as I have enjoyed sourcing the details for you.  So, there is time for you to order that new sketchbook or start making the base to a new journal before your box of loveliness arrives.

The images here show a small example of some of the contents of this months box.  The collection arrives in an A4 presentation box.