I like reading interviews of miniaturists but currently lack the time to do them regularly in this blog (I have asked if one of you would like to come to do the interviews here).
So this time I take the easy way: I interview all of you at the same time :). Answer to the questions either by commenting or by blogging (add the link to comments in that case). The poll is open to everyone.
1. Do you have roomboxes? How many? Link to pictures?
2. If you make roomboxes, why? what is the best thing for you in roomboxes?
3. Have you ever given a roombox as a gift? What was the reason and theme you chose?
4. What is your favorite roombox about? Share a link/picture.
5. Have you been inspired by someone's roombox? Who was it and can you share a link?
6. Any other sources for inspiration?
7. What kind of boxes or containers have you used for your projects?
8. Do you also have a dollhouse? What are the similarities and differences betweem them?
9. What kind of roombox you are planning to do next?
10. Anything else you would like to tell about roomboxes?
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1.Do you have roomboxes?How many? Link to pictures?
ReplyDelete-I have altogether 18 roomboxes but I don't have photos of all of them as yet. Here are the links to the ones I've photographed:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiinas/sets/72157624569735902/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiinas/sets/72157624424747183/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiinas/sets/72157617546017606/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiinas/sets/72157611413745552/
2.Why do I create roomboxes?
- Roomboxes are smaller and a bit quicker to make than a big doll's house. They take up less room in the house and they are fairly easy to take to an exhibition or to show to your friends. Roomboxes are also perfect for creating scenes around a specific theme.
3.What is the best thing for you in roomboxes?
- You can turn anything into a roombox, it doesn't have to be a wooden box with a glass but you can use candy boxes, watering cans, any cardboard or tin boxes, practically anything that you can think of!
4.Have you ever given a roombox as a gift? What was the reason and theme you chose?
- No, I haven't. I've planned to do this but I'm a bit slow in making my roomboxes; anniversaries come and go while my ideas are still brewing.
5.What is your favorite roombox about? Share a link/picture.
- This is a hard question. I like all of them and it's hard to choose a favorite one. Maybe Varma's Café at the moment is the one that I like best.
6.Have you been inspired by someone's roombox? Who was it and can you share a link?
- That's pretty difficult to say as I surf the web and like looking at other miniaturists' roomboxes but I have no idea how much any particular one would have influenced me. Most often I come up with story that turns into a roombox, and one way or another all of my roomboxes are linked to one another. The dolls in my doll's houses and roomboxes are also related to one another.
Sometimes, though, a single item can inspire me to make an entire roombox. That's how the Marine Biologist's roombox got started. I participated in a Christmas swap with a friend from whom I received a microscope and the idea hit me immediately. Please note that I'm not a biologist of any kind, none of my family or friends are either, so I have no idea why I thought of a marine biologist.
7.What kind of boxes or containers have you used for your projects?
- I use mostly wooden wine boxes but also cardboard gift boxes, a shoe box, Ikea boxes, a mini greenhouse, and picture frames. I've only recently learnt about the tea cup scenes and I've got plans to try and make a mini scene in a cup, too.
8.Do you also have a dollhouse? What are the similarities and differences betweem them?
- I've got three doll's houses. My first one, Aurinkoinen (literal meaning 'Sunny'), is a home for an elderly couple. It's like any ordinary home with a mismatch of furniture and other things that have accumulated over the years. There's no particular theme in this house.
My second house is an old Lundy turned into Pernilla's summer restaurant. The restaurant was easier to do in house [than in a roombox] as it needs lots of room. Here the similarity is a particular theme and a story.
The third house is a Mobilia decorated in the 1970's style. It's another family home but with a theme.
9.What kind of a roombox you are planning to do next?
- I have three roomboxes under work, the themes of which are a glider pilot landed on a field, a hot dog stand, and a Christmas café. I've also collected and made items for a combined dress and hat maker's shop with a story, of course.
10. Anything else you would like to tell about roomboxes?
- Creating mini scenes in roomboxes allows you to use your imagination in its full capacity and thus, it's a great way to express one's creativity. They also make lovely gifts as they are usually designed with especially the receiver in mind.
-Millimari-