AIM Mag Issue 27 October 2010

Contents…
October 2010: Issue No 27,
Cover Image: Oberon’s Wood
Regular Features…
5 Editor’s Note: Read Bea Broadwood’s
introduc on & welcome to this month’s fabulous
edi on of the FREE AIM magazine!
14 Through The Keyhole: This month we take a peek at
the work space of AIM ar san Janet Smith.
17 Show Report: Cheryl Clingen reports from
Johannesburg.
22 Smaller Scales: This month Jean Day and AIM’s smaller
102 scale ar sans focus their magnifiers on a Harvest &
Halloween theme.
35 Miniatura Preview: A preview of some of the new items that
will be on show by AIM Members at Autumn Miniatura.
48 Cross Over Cra s: Featuring AIM member Lydia Murphy.
56 New On The Web: This month we take a look at Dave and
Pauline Williams new website.
58 AIM Gallery Feature: Witch’s Spa & Salon ‐ Jean Day
presents a gallery of glamorous witches, complete with all
their spa and beauty salon needs.
66 The Kni ng Basket: Read the latest instalment of this popular
series in which Frances Powell tells the history of kni ng needles.
78 Aunt Anastasia: If you have a miniature dilemma, then why not
write to our very own agony aunt for her well considered advice?
18 80 NEW Fantasy Column: From the pen of Oberon’s Wood this new
regular feature begins with ‘Here, There be Dragons!’
82 Ge ng To Know You: Get to know more about AIM member
Ericka VanHorn.
102 In Season This Month: This month Vicky Guile and her fellow AIM
food ar sans present us with a mini gallery of both ghastly and
glorious goodies.
108 Blog of the Month: This month’s focus is on the blog of Dawn
M Schiller.
120 Show Report: Montse Vives reports from Barcelona and
Janet Smith reports from Denver.
123 The Miniature Grapevine: Catch up on all the latest
news and announcements from the interna onal world of
22 miniatures.
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Features… 52
6 Cover Story: An Interview with Oberon’s Wood: AIM has the
pleasure of interviewing fantasy ar san Oberon’s Wood.
18 Do You Believe in Faeries: Can AIM member Sara Scales
make you believe?
42 Where Did You Get That Hat: Calendula Gypsywort discovers
a myriad of very special pointy hats.
52 Po on‐ology, in Prac ce: Vicky Guile presents the seven P’s for
prac cally perfect po on prepara on. 110
70 Fairy Illustrators: Jean Day discovers more about the
representa on of fairy’s in literature.
88 Gnomes Rome Around the World: Jean Day takes us on a
journey with travelling gnomes Jules and Vern.
96 Mary Williams and her Dolls: Janet Smith presents and in‐depth
exposé of ar san Mary Williams and her unique dolls.
104 Old Mother Shipton: AIM member Eileen Sedgwick shares the
story behind the inspira on for her Old Mother Shipton doll.
110 Things that Go Bump in the Night: AIM member Grace Griffin finds
out why we like to be scared by those things that go bump in the night.
114 Trolineke Trolls & Goblins: A closer look at the life and work of Dutch
ar san Ineke Marinussen.
88
Free Projects…
12 Peeking Hat: A Halloween hat by AIM Member Kathi Mendenhall.
21 Halloween Cushions and Pillows: Chris ne Verstraete shares her
project for simple but effec ve ‘no‐sew’ cushions and pillows. 96
32 Crochet Cardigan: We know you will just love Lydia Murphy’s
project for a ny quarter scale crochet cardigan and cap.
34 Halloween Tree: A project for an easy Halloween tree, in three
smaller scales, from AIM Member Jennifer Ellio .
64 Dressing a Glamorous Witch: Step by step instruc ons for head
to toe dressing of witch dolls by AIM member Montse Vives.
68 Round Lace Table Cloth: AIM member Frances Powell brings us her
crochet pa ern for a lace tablecloth in
both 1:12 and 1:24 scale.
77 144th Scale Crystal Chandelier: Jennifer 21
Elliot shows us how she creates highly
effec ve 144th scale crystal chandeliers.
100 Sailor Blouse: Viola Williams brings us
her wonderful 1:12 scale sailor blouse.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
The AIM Magazine’s Dear Reader
Editorial Team: Welcome to the October edi on of the

AIM magazine!

Bea Broadwood It may seem like an obvious statement,
office@pe te‐proper es.com but I really can’t believe that October is

Celia actually here. Personally it takes no real
mail@sorceresshollow.com stretch of thought or memory to cast my

mind back to the beginning of the year…
Helen Woods and yet now, seemingly without fanfare
woods1@orcon.net.nz or formal announcement; autumn is
Janine Crocker knocking loudly (yet politely) on the door!
janine@missameliasminiatures.com As an editor it is my duty to work diligently behind the scenes, shepherding, coercing

or plain blackmailing each new issue into frui on. From the planning stages, to
Jean Day
global publica on; at this point every month, it is my honour to announce yet
jday1@shaw.ca
another ground breaking issue of the AIM magazine…
John Day However…
jdayminis@shaw.ca This edi on has (behind the scenes) been a li le bit different and I have to say that

this month, a very dear friend and editorial team colleague has, due to my current
Mary Williams
show commitments, been jaun ly wearing the infamous AIM magazine editor’s hat
marysdolls@gmail.com

and what a fantas c job she has done!
Vicky Guile I would therefore like to thank AIM’s assistant editor Vicky Guile for allowing me the
vicky@njdminiatures.com space to work on my own business and for edi ng such a fantas c issue of the AIM
magazine! Vicky, with the enthusias c support of AIM’s editorial team and AIM
Please note
members has forced this amazing October issue into existence!
AIM is an ac ve associa on
Historically our October issue has always ‘blazed a trail’ across the miniature world
to which all members
and in Vicky’s capable hands, this year’s issue is certainly no excep on!
contribute …
So, as the autumn nights draw in and with that much celebrated ‘all hallow’s eve’ is
Forma ed By just around the corner… why not se le back, light the fire and enjoy this new and
Bea Broadwood, very ‘mys cal’ edi on of the world famous AIM magazine!?

Janine Crocker,

Jean Day, John Day, Bea
& Vicky Guile Editor (& General whip cracker)
October 2010
www.pe te‐proper es.com

Chris ne Verstraete shares an easy method for crea ng miniature
cushions and pillows ‐ no sewing skills required!

Decora ng for Halloween can be as much fun in miniature as it is in real life. You
can start by simply adding a few special pillows to give a room a new look and holiday feel. These pillows can also
be used as unique 3D decora ons for gi boxes, papier‐mâché containers, scrapbook pages and other cra s.

Co on fabric printed with Halloween shapes to cut out. Contras ng fabric for
the reverse of the pillows. Small scissors. Tacky glue. Co on ba ng or thin co on make‐up remover pads.
Coloured fine gli er. Dollhouse furniture, or op onal scrapbook pages or gi boxes.

Choose a suitable fabric with designs in the size you want to cut out. As I
wanted to use this for a smaller scale Halloween dollhouse I chose a smaller print fabric, although
some of these shapes could also work for larger furnishings. Place the required design, on the
printed fabric, on top of a piece of contras ng fabric for the reverse of the pillow. Cut around the design and
through both layers of fabric leaving a small edge (we will later cover this edge with gli er). Cut a piece of co on
ba ng to the same shape as your cut out Halloween design minus approximately 1/16th of an inch around the
edge. Glue the cut ba ng, centrally, to the inside of your backing fabric piece.
Apply a fine line of glue around the inside edge of the backing piece. Posi on the Halloween cut out shape over
the ba ng and backing fabric, pressing down firmly around the edges making contact with the line of glue. Hold
in place for a few seconds un l the glue ‘grabs’. Once the glue has dried, add dots of tacky glue around front edge
of the pillow and sprinkle with fine gli er in a matching or contras ng color. Leave the pillow and glue to dry
before displaying.
Design, photos and project © 2010 C. Verstraete. Cannot be duplicated or reprinted without permission.
Chris ne Verstraete is a long me
miniaturist and author of Searching
for a Starry Night, A Miniature Art
Mystery involving the search for a
missing miniature replica of Van
Gogh's "Starry Night," and the
upcoming In Miniature Style II with
over 40 how‐to projects.
Learn more at www.cverstraete.com
& www.candidcanine.blogspot.com
Forma ed by Vicky Guile
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The way in which provide a global pla orm for professional min‐
AIM Associa on membership iature ar sans who wish to ac vely promote their
work and ac vely take part and support the op‐
is offered has changed! portuni es and promo onal facili es which AIM
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from July 31st the AIM Associa on now • AIM website
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selling quality handmade miniatures to the public.
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Dragon Skull and Scroll and Book Set by Nikki Rowe
www.nikkinikkinikki72.etsy.com
Toadstool Basket by Mags Cassidy IGMA ar san
www.mags‐nificent.co.uk
Po on Jars by Carol Smith IGMA Ar san
www.starsgemini3.etsy.com
52 Ar sans In Miniature Dragon Embryo and Scroll by Ericka VanHorn
www.evminiatures.com

Body Parts Ingredient Shelf by Nikki Rowe
Voodoo Cupboard by Ericka VanHorn www.evminiatures.com
Kitchen Utensils and Octopus Cauldron by Vicky Guile
www.njdminiatures.com Ar sans In Miniature 53
Spell Chest by Oberon’s Wood www.sorceresshollow.com
Trio of Pumpkin Candles by Melanie Navarro
www.melsminiatures.com
Drippy Candles by Mags Cassidy ‐ IGMA Ar san
Pumpkin Candelabra by Vicky Guile
www.njdminiatures.com
Po on Bo les on Table by Ericka VanHorn
Bleeding Candles by Nikki Rowe

Gold Swirl Po on Bo les by Mags Cassidy ‐ IGMA Ar san
‘Dirty’ Glass Po on Bo les and Po on Jars with Faces by
Nikki Rowe www.nikkinikkinikki72.etsy.com
Assorted Po ery Po on Bo les by Ericka VanHorn
This month’s New on the Web features Harvington Miniatures…
www.harvington.com
Dave and Pauline Williams have set up a new website he needed a decent range of frames, and a er trying
as their main online selling method from their base in almost every available frame eventually started
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK. The couple were producing his own. This then led to his a empts at
previously known for their miniature pictures and basic furniture and other
frames but are now producing all kinds of miniatures “bits and pieces” as he calls
including fireplaces, stoneware style kitchenware and his beau ful work. They
much, much more. have come a long way since
Dave started out with only pain ngs, but then decided then.
Dave and Pauline exhibited at some miniature fairs, Dave and Pauline have big plans to extend their range
including Miniatura in 2008. They did well at the larger and to exhibit at a lot more fairs over the coming years.
fairs, but not so well at the smaller fairs. It was the Their previous website was built for them, but they
smaller fairs that made them realise they needed more found the so ware difficult to use. In re‐launching their
than pain ngs on the table. website they used Homestead and have done since
2000, it is quick and easy to use but it is difficult to
es mate how much me has been spent on the re‐
vamp. The resultant over‐all layout was arrived at by
trial and error and the Williams are happy with the
result. They have chosen clear, simple images on a dark
background which is effec ve, they have included a
couple of links to a BBC programme showing Dave’s
pain ngs, one link is where a pop group used some
miniature frames which Dave made especially for their
video. Dave would like to improve his photography
skills in the future and has big plans for the
development of addi onal pages. A pre y good result
They love exhibi ng at the fairs which is why they have for someone without any experience of web design!
decided to move on and make a larger range. That is
when Pauline started ge ng involved, Dave carves and
makes, Pauline finishes and paints the miniatures ready
for sale.
Best wishes to Dave and Pauline at Harvington

Miniatures for their future business.

They are also proud to say that they make every single
item that they sell, apart from the base materials such
as pewter, wood and liquid plas c etc, they buy nothing
in ‐ this is the way they intend to carry on.
Visit www.harvington.com to find see
more of Dave and Pauline’s work.
Wri en by Sally Watson www.sallycatminiatures.com

Cris na Caballero.
Ericka VanHorn is an ar san who adds a magical flair to
her ny works of art. With an educa on in Archaeology
and Geology you would think she is a far distance from
being an ar st in miniature but she weaves her
background beau fully into each ny treasure. Ericka
owned and operated a gi shop while working her way
through school. It was at this me she discovered her
love of miniatures. Later she sold the gi shop so she
could focus on her minis full me.
As a young girl Ericka did enjoy the usual Barbie dolls
and played with those, but her a en on was drawn
more to Lego pieces, which could be manipulated and
built with. That crea vity seems to have taken over as
she started to assemble model kits, building ships and
other models filled her me and sa sfied her need to be
crea ve. Her keen eye for detail was developed along
the way.
Ericka had a babysi er whose

daughter owned a set of Pe te
Princess miniatures and this
wonderful set of ny items caught her
eye. Not being allowed to play with
the other child's collec on started her
obsession to have a collec on of her
very own. In her early years, Ericka’s
Grandmother had hung an old printers
box on the wall to display miniatures.
This box contained all kinds of ny
items that she had collected over the
years, each lovingly placed in its own
small cubby. All the grandchildren
were invited to help fill this shadow
box with addi onal ny knick knacks
82 Ar sans In Miniature and treasures.
When Ericka was a teenager her mother had built a dolls house for her younger sister. The house caught Ericka's
a en on more than that of her younger sister. Eventually Ericka's mother wanted to sell the dolls house and
asked Erika to help in lis ng the house for sale on the auc on site eBay. Erika listed the house and was soon
ge ng more ques ons about the lot of ny food on display inside than in the house itself; people were asking her
to make a set of the ny foods and treats for them.
Erika set up an ID of ‘minifood’ on eBay and this is where she started to sell her hand cra ed foods over 10 years
ago. Her favorite foods to create are mini fantasy sweets and cakes.
Also a collector of miniatures, Ericka started
with a ny handmade glass cake plate. I would
bet this ny plate has displayed its fair share of
her crea ons. Erika loves the items made by
other ar sts as she appreciates the hard work
that goes in to them and knows full well what
one of a kind art work each is. She has a hard
me picking a favorite among them, although,
sculptors who work on dolls and form beau ful
faces gain her respect the most. Looking over
Ericka's website you can see her love of fantasy
in the wee works of wizard essen als and daily
household items for a witch. You can find all
your Voodoo needs, magic po ons, wands, and
all the ingredients for a magical brew. The
accessories seem to be Ericka’s favorite subject
of sculpts, with books being a clear specialty as
you can see by the extreme detail she puts into
each one. Each ny open book, that reveals a
po on to be followed, is carefully book marked
with a draped ribbon or minute feather
between the pages.
Most of her works are placed ‘in use’ to add
that sense of ac on to the room. Each item had
been researched well and care has been taken
to add detail and reality, such as a Sherlock
Holmes disguise kit complete with doll sized
false teeth and rubber nose. And, while Ericka
may find it hard to describe her work and pin
point exactly what she makes, I think it's
obvious that she is a creator of all things fanciful
and magical, right along with every day food
items. Having no stand out favorite piece that
she has made, she prefers items that have an
old or historical look to them, such as books
with aged pages and cracked thick leather
bindings. Si ng on a table these books even
seem to have weigh ness to them. Currently
Ericka is working on a curiosity cabinet that
definitely has me curious as she says it is
becoming one of her favorite pieces yet.
Ericka also takes commissions, one of the most unusual, and fun to make, was for a Dracula coffin. Some items
she makes are so strange she worries people will be turned off and they won't sell but this was proven wrong
when she created a dragon embryo which turned out to be one of her biggest sellers. It's a safe bet that there is
no fantasy item Ericka could not make a reality as easily as she produces her wonderful treats and foods.
Photography and BJD (ball joint dolls) are also of
interest to Ericka. You can see her photography
talent in the very clear and well displayed
photos of her miniature work, but she also has a
gallery site…
h p://vanhorn.zenfolio.com/p384851290
...and here you can see Ericka’s breathtaking
infrared photos and other works. I am sure you
will enjoy taking an enchanted stroll through
her website.
Photos throughout ©2010 Ericka VanHorn
Text throughout ©2010 Sandy Calderon
www.sandycalderon.com
ike many miniaturists, Mary has always loved small
things, collec ng miniature cut glass salts and knife rests
and loads of bits and pieces of small cut glass from the
mes when she was visi ng an que fairs as o en as
possible while she was s ll working. One of those
trips took her to a dollshouse show with a friend
and she went from having no interest in
miniatures to being hooked. Mary has been a
professional miniaturist for the last ten
years. During six of those years, she was
s ll working as a police officer, but
when she had completed her 30
years service she re red. For
the last four years, she has
been focusing on miniatures.

er first shows were at the Alexandra
Palace Dollshouse fairs and she was
then “lucky enough to be invited to show
at Miniatura at the NEC Birmingham.”
Mary has always been interested in
historical costumes and loves the challenge
of reproducing those costumes in
miniature. What she does from week to
week varies as what mood takes her. One
week she may work on grand Georgian
ladies and the next week she may be
working on elegant
Edwardian gowns
based on
Worth’s
crea ons.
er favourite crea ons are usually her most recent
crea ons if they’ve turned out well. Right now that piece
is a Tissot Lady based on “The Bridesmaid.”

ary has two bookcases full of historical
costume books from which she draws
inspira on and she also gains
inspira on from historical pain ngs.
She believes that her ladies have real
character to them and she strives to make them
look as realis c as possible. Mary has o en
been complimented on her pain ng and
people o en remark upon looking at her
dolls, that, “She looks just like my mum”
or “She looks just like my aunt”.

o make her dolls, Mary is largely self
‐taught and has had to teach herself
how to make the dolls in their basic
form. This includes pouring the dolls from
moulds, firing them, cleaning them and pain ng
them before she even starts thinking about how to dress them. Now, much of that informa on is available on the
internet, but when she was star ng out there wasn’t a great deal of help out there, and it was a trial and error
process for her. While this process involves a lot of different skills and tools, she claims her “can’t live without”
tool is the “humble toothpick.” She goes through packs of them.
er business life has changed over the years, with the
biggest change of all being the use of the internet.
She sells her dolls all over the world now, through
her website.
www.dollshousedolls.co.uk
n fact, the internet business has been so good that
this October’s Miniatura will be her last show there. Mary
can sell dolls more or less straight away by pu ng them
straight onto her website. To do shows requires a large
inventory and she needs at least 40 dolls to take to the show.
But they sell so fast on the internet that she is lucky if she
has 12 available! Mary has to stop selling on the internet to
prepare for a show, which does not make much sense from
a business perspec ve. The other change in her business
life has to do with her personal life. Her husband is semi‐
re red and she would like to be able to take a day out or
book a holiday without having it in the back of her mind
that she needs to
make some dolls
for a show.
he does have plans for the future. She’s s ll planning
to a end Miniatura as a visitor. She knows it’s a great
show and there are always several items that
she’d like to buy there. So she is looking
forward to going as a visitor. Mary has
been invited to exhibit her dolls at the
Thame Dollshouse Fair on the 19th of
February, 2011, so will be a ending
that show for the first me. On the
crea ve front, she will have more me
to look into doing some sculp ng in
porcelain. Not doing the shows will
allow more me to hone this new skill
as well as others.
So con nue to look for lots of new
miniature treasures from Mary Williams!

www.dollshousedolls.co.uk

Text throughout ©2010 and wri en by AIM
Member Janet Smith www.desertminis.com

And, remember, if you are visi ng Miniatura, at
the NEC Exhibi on Centre in Birmingham on
either the 2nd or 3rd of October, be sure to visit
Mary’s stand to see what wonderful new dolls she
has on offer.

All photographs ©2010 by their respec ve ar sans. Layout by Vicky Guile.
Her story is shrouded in mystery; much of it appeared long
a er her death and has been embellished with the
retelling over the years. Ursula Southeil was probably born
about 1488, the illegi mate daughter of a 16 year old girl
called Agatha who died at her birth. Many places in
England have claimed Ursula as their own, but most accept
she was from Knaresborough in Yorkshire where there is a
dropping well by the river Nidd. This petrifying well or
cave has been a ‘visitor a rac on’ since the early 1600s.
Objects hung on threads in the cascades of mineral rich
waters of the well can be seen to slowly and rather
magically turn to stone.

Ursula married a local carpenter, Toby Shipton, in 1512.
Some claimed she had bewitched him with a love po on as
they could not conceive of how anyone so una rac ve
could find a husband. She was said to have a deformed
and twisted body, an overlarge head and goggling eyes,
hooked chin and large and warty nose. We see, perhaps in
this, the origin of the look of our archetypal ‘witch’ today.
She was also said to be clever, wise and
compassionate, so perhaps Toby
appreciated these quali es and was able
to overlook any flaws in her appearance.
Around the world thoughts shall fly,
quick as the twinkling of an eye.
In water iron then shall float,
as easy as a wooden boat.
Carriages without horses shall go
Men shall fly as birds do now.
The scep cal say her prophesies are so vague
and open to interpreta on, that they could
mean almost anything with the benefit of
hindsight. Some claim much was wri en
a er the ‘predicted’ events had already
happened, and so is all a hoax. Whatever the
truth may be she s ll remains a widely loved
character today. As well as the Old Mother
Shipton Cave, there are pubs named a er
her, a moth which has a pa ern on the wings
like a witch’s face also bears her name, and
some think she may also have been the
original inspira on for the pantomime dame.

When I decided to base a figure on the story
of Old Mother Shipton I was par cularly
a racted to the idea of the ‘old mother’ or
village wise woman; those once highly valued
Her reputa on as a soothsayer was widespread in her older women of the community, skilled in midwifery,
own me. Even King Henry VIII himself, concerned herbal medicine, se ng of bones and the laying out of
her predic ons were threatening the power of the the dead. They possessed skills and wisdom those
monarchy, sent nobles to try to keep her quiet and around them did not understand, they were
threatened to have her burnt at the stake as a witch. some mes thus feared and accused of witchcra . If
Today people claim she predicted future wars and there was any truth in the story of Ursula Southeil I
historical events and the arrival of some felt it was likely that her ‘power’
modern things like cars, planes, ocean liners, came from her ability to listen, to
and even the internet, all in a me when such think imagina vely, use her
things would have been u erly unbelievable. intelligence and experience and
offer sound advice.
I did allow myself some fun reveling quite a bit in
some of the many descrip ons of her ‘grotesque’
appearance though, giving her the ‘warts and all’
treatment. I felt it was important that her reputedly
‘enormous’ hands were very expressive, I made them
so they can be posed simply in her lap or she can rest
on her walking s ck, hold things or gesture as if
making a point.
I based her face on some of the illustra ons and
portraits which exist of her and also on pictures of
older women, who I have always found beau ful,
especially when they look intelligent and wise. Some
descrip ons suggest she had a sharp and penetra ng
gaze and so I used that idea rather than the ‘goggling’
eyes version, which could have made her appear too
comical, not what I had in mind. I wanted my Old
Mother Shipton to look like the kind of woman who
would have known what to do if someone was ill, if
your hens were off lay or if you were bereaved,
someone who understood the rhythms of life and
nourished the spirits of those about them.

All photographs, text and graphics
© 2010 Eileen Sedgwick
For more information please visit
www.eileensedgwick.com
and www.eileensedgwick.blogspot.com
Forma ed by Vicky Guile Ar sans In Miniature 107

Written by AIM Member Grace
Midnight Ghost! One of a kind scene by Cris na Caballero
www.cris na‐artdoll.com
And why do we like to be scared?
From ghost stories to horror films, we seek out
the thrill of fear. In the United States this
culminates at Halloween, when ghouls and
e Griffin ghos es abound and people flock to haunted

houses and other terrifying a rac ons.

Halloween has its roots in ancient holidays
celebra ng the harvest, observing the turning of
the year from light to dark, and honouring and
appeasing those who have passed on. It's a me
of year when the veil between this world and
the next is believed to be thin, allowing spirits
to pass through. While we may welcome those
of our ancestors, other, less benign, spirits are
also free to roam.

Many of our Halloween
tradi ons are based on
warding off those harmful Trapped in the Mirror! (above)
spirits. Jack‐o'‐lanterns with Collabora on piece by Marsha Mees
www.sassyminidolls.com
fearsome grins protect our with Broom by Nikki Rowe
doorsteps; costumes and masks www.nikkinikkinikki72.etsy.com
Vlad the Bat (le ) by Kristy Taylor
mislead and keep the wearer safe; www.miniaturemenagerie.com
mazes of corn or hay confuse and trap spirits
intent on harm. Images associated with death America in the mid‐1800s, they seem logical
and the occult ‐ ghosts, skeletons, witches, forerunners of our current prac ce. By the turn
vampires, black cats, bats ‐ adorn our homes as of the 20th century costume par es and
symbolic protec on against evil. pranking had become a well‐established part of
Halloween, and by the 1930s modern trick‐or‐
Trick‐or‐trea ng seems to be an amalgama on trea ng had
of tradi ons. Medieval "mumming" and, later, begun to take
Sco sh "guising" centered around costuming hold.
and mischief‐making. O en this escalated from
simple pranks to outright vandalism. "Souling"
was a medieval prac ce where the poor would
go door‐to‐door and offer prayers for the dead
in exchange for pennies or treats. Although
these tradi ons had largely died out by the
me Irish immigrants brought the
observance of All Hallow’s Eve to North
Gravestones in both 1:24 (right) and 1:12 (far right)
scale by Dave Williams www.harvington.com
and rituals involving apples centered on forecas ng
love and marriage (although the details varied).
Successfully catching an apple in a tub of water meant
that you would be married in the New Year ‐ or that
the first one to do so would be the next one married.
Alterna vely, if you caught an apple and peeled it in
one long strip and then threw the peel over your
shoulder, it would form the first le er of your true
love's name. In another version of the game apples
are hung on strings suspended from the ceiling rather
than floated in water. In any version such methods of
divina on were a way of seeing into the darkness and
bringing the diviner a sense of comfort and security in
the face of the unknown.

The Ghost of Anne Boleyn
available to order from Angelique Miniatures
www.angeliqueminiatures.co.uk e‐mail LBird77329@aol.com
Divina on was another important aspect of ancient

fes vals at this me of year when the lines between Hand Carved Limestone Gargoyles by Linda Master
www.miraclechickenurns.com
past, present and future were blurred. Bobbing for
apples dates back to pre‐Chris an Ireland and is said to Bonfires were another way of marking the passage
have been brought there by the Romans. Apples were from past into future and protec ng people and their
associated with the Roman fer lity goddess Pomona animals from evil spirits. In the Irish fes val of Samhain
‐ the direct precursor of Halloween ‐ home hearth fires
would be ex nguished and large fires would be lit on
hill tops. Offerings of animal bones would be burned
in the fires to bring good fortune (this is, in fact, the
origin of the word bonfire: bone fire). Crops and
personal items would be burned as well. Animals were
driven between bonfires to ensure their protec on and
people stayed close to the sacred fires throughout the
night. As the fires died
down people would take
a lucky ember home to
relight their hearth fire
for the coming year.
Etched Metal Web with Spider
and Haunted House Sign
by Carol Lester
Haunted Tree Corner by Jacqui Perrat www.ceynix.co.uk www.thedollshousemall.com
Skeleton Walking Cane by Kathi Mendenhall IGMA Ar san OOAK Glow in the Dark Ghost
www.minipa erns.com by Julie Campbell ‐ IGMA Ar san
www.bellabelledolls.co.uk
In modern mes we've found new ways of
dealing with our fright, such as the popular
Halloween tradi on of the Haunted House.
In this age of reason and science we may
try hard not to believe in ghosts ‐ but who
hasn't had that moment of dread when
home alone late at night (especially a er
watching a horror movie)? We turn on all
the lights and tell ourselves there's
nothing hiding in the dark. Haunted
houses unravel that thin assurance and
plunge us into our primal terror of
ghosts and ghouls and things that go
bump in the night. Safe in the
knowledge that it's all pretend, we can
jump and scream and laugh in the face
of our fears.
into fear with a joyous abandon. In this way we impose
Halloween is a me when we can confront some measure of control over our own mortality and
the darker aspects of life. Death and the unknown future. The Fes val of the Dead becomes
fear and the supernatural ‐ those a celebra on of life and fear is conquered for another
things that remain unspoken the rest year.
of the year ‐ can be faced and even
celebrated. Hidden depths
are revealed and we leap
Dressing Table
by Cris na Caballero
www.cris na‐artdoll.com
Written by and ©2010 Grace Griffin

www.TreeFeathers.com
Governess and her Ghostly Charge Photographs throughout ©2010 by their respec ve ar sans.
By Marsha Mees www.sassyminidolls.com
Dual Language Speci a l Feat u re
Trolls, goblins and kobolds, a mischievous elf that lives in your
home or a gnome that haunts underground places such as mines
in German folklore, are just some of Ineke’s favourite sculptures
to create, but out of all her sculptures her very favourite is a
caterpillar whose segments transform into kobolds. Each kobold
is approximately 10cm (or 3‐4 inches) in height and more
informa on on this piece can be found on Inekes’ website
www.trolineke.nl
Ineke Marinussen creëert magische sculpturen uit het rijk van de
fantasie en folklore. Trollen, kabouters en kobolden, een
ondeugende elf dat in uw huis
woont of een kabouter die in
ondergrondse plaatsen rondwaart,
zoals in de mijnen in de Duitse
folklore, zijn slechts enkele van
Ineke's favorieten. Maar haar
meest favoriete sculptuur is een
rups waarvan de segmenten
veranderen in kobolden. Elke
Kobold is ongeveer 10cm (of 3‐4
inch) in hoogte en meer
informa e over deze crea e is te
lezen op de website van Inekes’
www.trolineke.nl
Ineke’s transi on into the world of miniatures the muse strikes she wastes no me on
came as a natural progression, from working unleashing her crea ve flow, while the idea is
professionally between 1997 and 2000, to fresh she begins immediately. It’s not
teaching sculpture classes and then working unusual for Ineke to be working on ten
at sculp ng just for fun as a pure hobby. She crea ons simultaneously. There are some
had already begun working on smaller trolls combined who may find this chao c but for Ineke it’s a method
with large versions when she joined AIM, but being that obviously works. Some of Ineke’s current muse
part of AIM has steered Ineke towards reducing her directed crea ons ‘under construc on’ are Santa Claus
working scale to even smaller trolls and goblins. along with five elves, each elf being about 13cm in
height.
Ineke's overgang naar de wereld van de miniaturen
was een natuurlijke proces van professioneel werken Inspira e komt gemakkelijk voor Ineke, ze hee het
tussen 1997 en 2000, naar het geven van boetseer vermogen om trollen en kabouters te zien op de
klassen en vervolgens gewoon boetseren voor de lol vreemdste plaatsen, zoals in de wolken in de lucht, en
als een pure hobby. Ze was al begonnen met het natuurlijk in meer alledaagse dingen, zoals uit verhalen
werken op kleinere trollen in combina e met grote of zelfs in de gezichten van mensen die ze ontmoet .
versies toen ze zich bij AIM aansloot, maar haar Als de inspira e toeslaat verspilt ze geen jd aan het
deelname bij AIM hee geleid tot het op nog kleinere ontketenen haar crea eve stroom, als het idee fris is
schaal werken aan trollen en kabouters. begint ze onmiddellijk. Het is niet ongebruikelijk voor
Ineke om te werken aan een ental crea es
Inspira on comes easily to Ineke. She has an uncanny tegelijker jd, sommigen kunnen dit chao sch vinden,
ability to see trolls and goblins in the strangest of maar voor Ineke is het haar manier dat duidelijk werkt.
places, clouds in the sky for one, and of course Enkele van de huidige 'under construc on' crea es
inspira on from more everyday sources such as zijn Santa Claus samen met vijf elfen, elke elf is
stories or even the faces of people she meets. When ongeveer 13cm in hoogte.
With a style of her own which is truly dis nc ve and flat brush which gives Ineke perfect results every me.
which Ineke also describes as humorous, she loves the Of course you also have to add to this list Ineke’s own
fact that her crea ons quite o en make people smile. very talented fingers! Being self taught Ineke tries to
She is also very thorough in checking to see if the find her own way of crea ng and has invented a few
crea on she has in mind already exists, if it turns out processes along the way and this is what she finds so
that it does then Ineke won’t make it, instead moving great about the hobby… trying new things, such as her
on to her next idea. method of working a piece of tree trunk into what
turns out as an item of furniture.
Met een eigen s jl, die echt uniek is en die Ineke ook
omschrij als humoris sch, vindt ze het geweldig dat Op Ineke’s bureau vind je haar 'kan niet leven zonder'
haar crea es heel vaak mensen aan het lachen maken. gereedschap, een spatel, een pla e kwast en een klein
Ze is ook heel grondig om na te gaan of de crea e die fijn penseel. Favoriet is de pla e borstel die Ineke
ze in gedachten hee al bestaat, als blijkt dat het al perfecte resultaten gee elke keer weer. Natuurlijk
gemaakt is dan zal ze het niet maken en verder gaan moet je ook Ineke’s eigen talentvolle vingers aan deze
naar het volgende idee. lijst toevoegen! Als autodidact probeert Ineke haar
eigen manier van het creëren te vinden en hee ze zo
On Ineke’s desk you will find her ‘couldn’t live een paar processen uitgevonden. Dit is wat
without’ tools; a spatula, flat brush and a ze zo geweldig vindt van de hobby... nieuwe
small fine brush. The favourite of these is the dingen proberen, zoals haar werkwijze om
van een stuk boomstam een meubelstuk te
118 Ar sans In Miniature creeren.
Sadly over the years, as the doll business is now less in Helaas is de laatste jaren de poppenbusiness minder in
demand that it was ten years ago, Ineke no longer trek dan en jaar geleden, waardoor Ineke geen op‐
takes commissions. On the bright side however, this drachten meer aanneemt. Aan de andere kant echter,
does now mean that she can work on whatever she betekent dit dat ze kan werken aan wat ze wil, nog
chooses, drawing even more on her imagina on and meer ingaand op haar verbeeldingskracht en het ver‐
ability to see trolls and goblins in the everyday. Ineke’s mogen om trollen en goblins te zien in het alledaagse.
plans for the future include the refurbishing of an old Ineke's plannen voor de toekomst omva en onder an‐
dolls house in her possession. Not surprisingly, alt‐ dere de renova e van een oud poppenhuis dat ze be‐
hough this will be Ineke’s very first dolls house, she zit. Niet verrassend, hoewel dit haar eerste poppenhuis
wishes to work her magic and transform the dolls wordt, is dat ze het poppenhuis wil transformeren in
house into a trolls house, a very precious gi indeed een trollenhuis, als een zeer kostbaar geschenk voor
for her granddaughter. haar kleindochter.
You can see more of Ineke’s work at… Haar werk kan beworderd worden op:
The Interna onal Doll & Teddybear Show, Ahoy, Ro erdam on the 29‐30 October.
www.trolineke.nl and www.trolineke.blogspot.com
Photos throughout ©2010 Ineke Marinussen ‐ Trolineke
Wri en & Forma ed by Vicky Guile Translated by Annemarie Kwikkel www.byannemariedolls.com
This issue would not have been possible without the generous
contribu ons from the following AIM members…
Many thanks therefore go to...
Ann Neville Jane Laverick Naomi Machida

Anne Walden-Mills Janet Smith Nicky Cooper
Annemarie Kwikkel Janine Crocker Nikki Rowe
Bea (Fiona) Broadwood Jean Day Oberon's Wood
Beatrice Thierus Jennifer Elliott Pamela Junk
Carol Lester John Day Pat Carlson
Carol Smith Joy Cox Pauline Williams
Cheryl Clingen Julie Campbell Peiwen Petitgrand
Christa Chayata Julie Dewar Sally Watson
Christine Verstraete Julie Kendall Sandy Calderon
Courtney Strong Kat Hazelton Sara Scales
Cristina Caballero Kathi Mendenhall Sarah Maloney
Daisy Carpi Kristy Taylor Silvia Lane
Dave Williams Linda Master Soraya Merino
Dawn M Schiller Louise Goldsborough Teresa Thompson
Eileen Sedgwick Lydia Murphy Terry Neville
Ericka VanHorn Mags Cassidy Vicky Guile
Frances Powell Maia Bisson Viola Williams
Francesca Cavernuccio Marsha Mees Wendie Hurrell
Grace Griffin Mary Williams
Helen Woods Melanie Navarro
Ineke Marinussen Montse Vives
Jacqui Perrat Nancy Cronin
See you in November !!!
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e Griffin ghos es abound and people flock to haunted

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