Posts Tagged ‘miniatures’
Shoe Shop Miniatures, Japan
One of my favourite things in the kimonobox has been a miniature tea house I featured in a post in May. This miniature came in a kit and took an afternoon of glue and patience ( and nimble fingers) to assemble. It was a lot of fun to make and very rewarding. So many readers [Read More]
Kimono Armchair
Recycling to create furniture with the kimono fabric is a great idea. Kimono would typically have been taken apart for washing in the past and then re-sewn. It was a very expensive exercise. So it is interesting today that the kimono material is not always being re-worked [Read More]
Japanese Miniatures
This handmade miniature is a replica of an olden day Japanese sweet/okashi maker. The kids great-Grandad Sugiyama used to have a sweet shop in Hongo San Chome. Natsukashii! So little things like the dango placed on the mat out the front of the shop and the black cat with [Read More]