CasaBijoux: March 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Alice Villa - Curiouser and Curiouser!

Alice Villa - as featured in IDHN 2002-
photo ©Nick Forder

"Alice! a childish story take,

And with a gentle hand,

Lay it where childhood's dreams are twined,

In memory's mystic band."

Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass

Alice Villa (left) the little Edwardian dolls' house which was once part of Jill Shapiro's well-documented private collection in England now finds itself a new and suitably sensitive and appreciative owner in the US.

CasaBijoux made miniatures of many of Jill's houses over the years, with Alice Villa replicas proving very popular. The actual house has been much admired since its appearance in International Dolls' House News in 2002, so much so that one enthusiast crafted her own version based on Nick Forder's wonderful photographs.

With just two rooms (a classic one-up, one-down situation) Alice Villa has a charm all its own and our 2 ¾ inch tall miniatures of the house are designed to evoke the very loved and much played with essence of the original.

Curiouser and curiouser - 2 handpainted miniature CasaBijoux Alice Villas

For enquiries and commissions contact us here - casabijouxminiatures@gmail.com

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* Please feel free to link to images and content on this site - however, it must be pointed out that the original hand-painted artwork on the façades of our houses is copyright protected and is the intellectual property of the artist/s. It is not permissible to copy or reproduce our original artwork for commercial purposes. © CasaBijoux 2012

* Nick Forder (IDHN) images are copyright protected and are the intellectual property of the copyright holder. It is not permissible to copy or reproduce our original artwork for commercial purposes.

Mini Triangs! The Gosh of Small Things

"It's a small world,

but I wouldn't want to paint it."

Steven Wright - US Comedian and Actor

Miniature Triang style houses in the leafy suburbs of production -
some have yet to be adorned with chimney pots

Triang dolls' houses are viewed fondly by collectors and those with happy memories from childhood.With their unmistakable bright red roofs and homely charm, these houses are very much the nation's favourites.

CasaBijoux's miniature Triang style dolls' houses, which measure approximately 6 cms tall, pay homage to the much loved brand although the versions shown here in the pictures are not replicas of a particular house, more a little delight made in the spirit of Triang.

We do have plans to recreate, in miniature, some of Triang's original designs: requests for the Stockbroker are regular and also the diminutive Number 24 with those wonderful grass green shutters proves popular. But these things take time. Each house is hand-crafted and each one is individually hand-painted. Some of the larger houses, like the formidable Stockbroker, are many many weeks in production.

*Update - Here it is! See below.