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Philadelphia Miniaturia
This is nuts: a mini cape takes shape
The promise to make miniature feather capes for the mini-museum was hanging over me so I decided to tackle it while I was a prisoner in the back seat of a car for 8 hours while driving to Boston. I gathered tools and feathers and a board for my lap and this is what I […]
MoreLucky finds at the miniature show
One of the artifacts that I hoped to make for my Hawaiian Culture museum was a miniature replica of a feathered cloak that for years was displayed in the Penn Museum. Here is what the cape (called ‘ahu ‘ula) looked like when it was displayed (see the museum website). Sadly, the entire Polynesia display has […]
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The Wonder of Miniature Worlds 