William Maranville from Livermore, CA makes these handcrafted turnings and carvings from wood and stone. Bill shared a booth with his wife Barbara Stanton who does some amazing miniature oil paintings, her work is on her website barbarastanton.com. His contact info is (925) 373-9638 email microangelo (at) earthlink.net. There were a few husband/wife teams at the show, which I think is just incredible when couples share the miniatures passion together.
One of these days I hope to pick up one of Bill's sculptures, mini2b got his first one of these. Here are photos Bill sent me of another Steatite Sculpture he handcarved:Red Dragon Pottery Troy Schmidt from Santa Barbara, CA. My pictures don't do his miniatures justice, but check out his website to see more of his amazing pottery, reddragonpottery.com/mini.htm.
Paul and Susan Osze had my favorite exhibits on display: "Steve's Busted Knuckle Garage" and "Judy's Condo: Modern Style Living room with can lighting and separately lit yard"
Paulette Svec I love Paulette's knit sock monkeys, cats and dogs. Her mini animals were so cute, I was inspired to put a nursery in my next house. I won one of the door prizes - Paulette's green cat on the right.
I have more photos but misplaced some of the contact info, so I'll post more later when I find them.
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Miniature Shows are so much fun. I get all giggly like a little kid when I go. Lovely to see your photos and thanks for stopping by my blog. Amy
ReplyDeleteI just wish the modern movement was better represented. Some "classic" dollhouse types really turn their noses up at us. I asked one vendor if I could photograph some of her work for my blog on modern miniatures and she said "well I don't do modern" as if I completely insulted her. I tried to explain that some pieces can work in different styles, but she still gave off a cold shoulder vibe. Sigh. Can't we all just get along?
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