Friday, May 3, 2019

Why Make Minis?


Painter Georgia O'Keeffe said, ‘I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty’. For me, the opposite is true; there’s an enchantment in taking things from real life and making them so small that people really must concentrate to notice the details. It's as though the essence of everyday things intensifies when you reduce the scale.

These images are from a workshop I taught in 2011. I haven't made many dollhouse plants since. Soon going to change that!

9 comments:

  1. I love how happy and bright the flowers look. I hope you have fun making more!

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  2. Que bonitas flores, en espera de ver como comienzas de nuevo con ellas:-)

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  3. oooh... I can't wait to see your flowers. I have an obsession with mini flowers but so far haven't been able to create any of my own I'm happy with. Your pot of sunny flowers looks great!

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  4. Lovely flowers/plamt, Megan, I can't wait for more!

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  5. I suppose I'm not the only one sharing your feelings about the enchantment of smaller things. Your flower pot looks gorgeous, it would be fun to see more of this.

    Hugs
    Birgit

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  6. I agree, the smaller the better, more beautiful and more eye catching! Your flower pot is stunning.
    Hugs,
    Drora

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  7. The flowers are so lovely and would be perfect in a flower shop display! I can't wait to see more of what you come up with!

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  8. Mini plants are far more captivating than HUGE ones, because you have to zoom in to look closely at them and then it's the sheer Wonder of them which takes hold of your heart.

    elizabeth

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