The write up of the Shopping Sherpa‘s dollhouse exhibition in Canberra got me theorising about dollhouses again: Across time and place we readily identify with domestic settings; from ancient Roman villas, to the round houses in the PNG highlands. We recognise domestic spaces used for sleeping, eating, washing etc. Like mini house museums, Anna Maria’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘theory’
Reflection or aspiration?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged dollhouse, theory on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Escape from New York?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged dollhouse, theory on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s too hot to sand, I need to buy balsa wood and fix some windows before I progress further and I have hit a roadblock in my layout planning. Plus I am recovering from the bounties of bombay basil and cosmopolitans I partook in last night. Fortunately it is not too hot to think. Well [...]
The missing link.
Posted in Random Thoughts, Restoration, tagged 31 Kings Farm, dad, dollhouse, granpa, the DIY gene, theory on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s have a little chat about my DIY skills…or lack thereof.
A journey into the centre of the 1:12 world
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged dollhouse, theory on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pondering the purpose of the dollhouse…or the way of the dollhouse… One thing that I am pondering on journey into the centre of the 1:12 world is the why of the dollhouse. Or should that be the why of the way of the dollshouse? Apart from their purpose as toys, one thing that interests me [...]
