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...It opens with Emma Woffenden’s 1990s artwork “Breath”, an anthropomorphic bell jar with an abstract glass lung suspended inside, to emphasise the point....
...Their newest partner is Soho Home, for which they are trialling a fresh idea: miniature buildings in a terrarium jar — starting with a farmhouse, with plans to allow customers to commission their own....
...A Delft tobacco jar depicts an indigenous man in Havana gifting tobacco barrels to a European merchant, veiling the subjugation involved....
...They are miniature adults, attired to show their rank and wealth, usually with only a dog (symbol of fidelity) for company....
...Her own bedroom and bathroom are full-on boudoir chic: soft blues and pinks, with every shelf and surface filled with the knick-knacks that feed her obsessions (mermaid figurines, miniature shoes, feline...
...(Kyria Irini sells jars of wild-flower honey to passing strangers from her blue-and-white farmhouse in the valley just below Ypseli.)...
...Nearby, the sculptor Alan Wolfson has fashioned a paean to Katz’s in the form of a realist miniature. Still, the main mood is gloomy, with a side of stewed regret....
...She sees her jewellery as wearable art; sculpture, inspired by nature, in miniature....
...“Black Box/Chambre Noire” is a miniature mechanised theatre, cranky and handmade, with marionettes and projections including a German colonial film of rhino-hunting set to music from The Magic Flute....
...In one instance, she pairs an 18th-century basket jar, woven from wetlands juncus grass by an unknown artist from the Chumash nation in California, with a pair of miniature carved whales (mother and calf...
...The lung game A clear jar filled with a miniature forest of lush lichen is gently whirring on the table next to me, exhaling Arctic-clean air and an air of calm....
...A clear jar filled with a miniature forest of lush lichen, its fan exhales Arctic-clean air from its reindeer moss, coconut-husk fibres and activated carbon interior....
...Contemporary jewellers such as Ana Katarina, the Australian-based twin brothers David and Michael Robinson and the enigmatic jeweller Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR) of Paris are all captivated by the lover’...
...In one room, the sour little batons — torshi, a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine (and, incidentally, good for your gut) — are preserved in rows of mason jars....
...Porchet is usually to be found in her large and airy studio in a hamlet about an hour out of Geneva, one wall stacked with jars of enamel collected over decades (some now impossible to replace), her desk...
...We ate pork from the pig they had slaughtered a few days before, already salted down in pottery jars....
...One even has a miniature cocktail bar – so you really can isolate in style. @alicelascelles...
...The tables, covered with brown paper tablecloths, were furnished with Aperol spritzes, jars of breadsticks and mismatched ceramics. So far, so Italian....
...“I can’t remember where there wasn’t a hot toy — I think the hottest toy this year was under $5, these miniature mayonnaise jars and ketchup bottles, which I still don’t completely understand.”...
...And stylish too, with lots of warm blond wood, reclaimed metal and handmade brick tiles — plus open kitchens framed by walls of spice jars....
...The resultant abundance is evident at Milawa, whose population of 600 somehow sustains a miniature gourmet paradise....
...Men such as Charles Fildes (Manchester: tinplate), who in winter took boiler and engine out of his private paddle steamer to use in his miniature railway....
...The third JAR jewel (pictured below) was made specially for the show, in response to the portrait miniatures....
...Pieces range from stoneware cups (from £65) and vases (from £300) to magnificent textured-clay Moon Jars (£650 to £3,800) that are generously round forms oozing glazes with volcanic energy....
...The glue must withstand solvents: some artists choose fine sable for tasks such as detailing miniature soldiers using chemically harsh paints. Hairy soldiers are frowned on....
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