Events, Links and News Susanne has been painting all her life and has had many exhibitions both here and abroad. Listed here are some of the most recent exhibitions and notice of future shows with venues and dates will appear on this page. Links to other interesting sites will be expanded when Stephen and Susanne find them. A Past Exhibition
The figure in the window is Magdalena, a modern PastMastery dummy board figure based on a c. 1623 portrait of the artist's daughter by Cornelis de Vos. The portrait is at Chatsworth House Derbyshire U.K (See This Quiet Life for details). Recent Past Exhibitions Oxfordshire Artweeks The Michael Heseltine Gallery Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Open Studios Banbury and District Art Society Exhibitions, St Mary's Church, Banbury. November 2004/ April and November 2005, 2006 and 2007. Owing to pressure of work for the miniature shows Susanne was not be able to exhibit in the Autumn show. Hopefully she will be showing in the Spring. PastMastery showed at The Kensington Dolls House Exhibition at the Town Hall Kensington, London. May 16th, 17th and 18th 2008. Some photographs from this show can be found on the new Kensington Dollshouse Festival 2008 page. An article on Susanne and Stephen and their tiny creations was featured in the Dollshouse magazine ( Guild of Master Craftsmen publication ) May 2008. Susanne also gave an illustrated lecture - THE DUMMY BOARD FIGURE AND ITS PLACE IN THE HISTORIC INTERIOR AND GARDEN, 1600 TO THE PRESENT DAY- on the Saturday 17th May at the festival. Please contact Susanne should you like her to come and talk to your dollshouse or miniature society. Please e mail Susanne to obtain the password for 'This Quiet Life' should you wish to know more about the historic folk art form of the dummy board figure. This Quiet Life... Susanne and Stephen were at Miniatura at the N.E.C. Birmingham on October 4th and 5th 2008, for the first time. Some photographs of the stand appear on a link on the Miniatura page. Forthcoming and Current Articles The Dollshouse Magazine are running a special KDF advert page. Look out for our new St. Nicholas figure there! The Dollshouse and Miniature Scene Magazine has a retrospective on the Autumn Miniatura Fair held at the N.E.C. last October in the January issue. Go and have a look at PastMastery's contribution. Our advert also appears on the following page- another 19th century St. Nicholas! An article will appear in the German magazine Das Magazin ( Die Zeitschrift fur Miniaturen und Puppenhauser) in December. Forthcoming Exhibitions PastMastery will be showing at The Kensington Dolls House Exhibition the one day Dolls House Festival at the Town Hall Kensington London on December 6th 2008. FIND US IN VERY CENTRE of the GROUND FLOOR HALL.
Sue and Stephen will also be at the Thame Dollshouse and Miniatures Fair Other Interesting Sites If you appreciate PastMastery's interpretation of times gone by, you'll also like these purveyors of goods and services and for the discriminating lover of historically inspired merchandise or the miniature enthusiast. Thame Dollshouse and Miniatures Fair
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Woodstock Art and Antiques
Artisans in Miniature
Kay Stahler crafts, in one twelfth scale, the most exquisite tiny dogs and other animals from felted wool fitted over a wire frame.They are incredibly characterful and some of the proceeds from sales goes to various animal charities.