Miniatures are small, colorful, composed of somewhat complex combinations of shapes (of course this varies, case-by-case), and are made from diverse materials.īeads are small, colorful, come in all sorts of shapes- from spheres to seahorses, and all display all sorts of faceting, some of which create very effective trompes d’œil and added depth, while others are carved meticulously, and others still are made from shapes fused together- and are certainly made from diverse materials.īeads made from various plastics, different types of glass, natural and synthesized crystals, clays ranging from polymer clay to natural Terra cotta from the ground, paper, string/yarn/twine, felt, wool*, porcelain, coconut shells*, yucca*, feathers*, seedpods*, seashells*, fossils, petrified woods and corals a.k.a. On the upside, upcyling is a fortunate trend in crafting (for multitudinous reasons), as is repurposing materials, and simply seeing potential craft use beyond an item’s original intended function can be very inspiring, particularly in the case of crafting miniatures. As someone on a university-student budget, this exclusion-via-disposable-income-levels can be a bit frustrating I really hope I’m not the only person who refuses to pay more for a 1:12 scale umbrella than it would cost to buy a regular, full-size, 1:1 scale, actually useful, umbrella!) is a craft which requires a little more-than-usual creative thinking in terms of finding materials to use. Miniature-making (very much a craft du jour- thanks to the Fairy Garden trend’s explosion of popularity in recent years this has caused demand for miniatures to spike, therefore allowing the astronomical inflation of prices for miniatures by vendors.
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