7. The mouse rug

This is a blog about my taxidermy. I have tried to keep it as gore-less as possible, but here you are, a little warning.
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6. The Derelict Room

One of the rooms in my house is completely derelict, abandoned, and haunted.
It's been a truly dreamy room to create and photograph....

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5. Kitchen

I'm obsessed with kitchen. Besotted. Shelves of deliciousness in jars and packets, hooks with sausages and rows of choppers... I want to make my dolls house kitchen feel lived in, messy, full of smells of spices and fresh cooking - like my kitchen looks before I quickly tidy up when we have visitors.

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4. Skull and the Dolls House Festival

Weeks since getting bit by the miniature bug, I had the beginners luck of scoring a few gorgeous items at the Dolls House Festival by the Tower Of London on February 1st.

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3. Name and exterior

Next I realised that my dolls house couldn't just be called "My Dolls House" forever. It needed an identity, and it needed it quickly.

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2. Plotting the interior...

My new dolls house came half-done, wallpaper and flooring laid out and lights hooked up (thank gods as I ain't no dab hand with electricity). It came with random bits of furniture, which I chucked inside haphazardly so that I could hold a conference with the future inhabitants. We needed to discuss the plans for interior.

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1. The origin story

“Without Obsession, Life Is Nothing” - John Waters

It all started quite innocently. Yes, I've been appreciating the work of artists working in sculpture and miniature for years - the exquisite detail of Alan Wolfson's nostalgic, tiny city environments; punkrock sculptures of Fernando Carpaneda, and the pretty Re-Ment packets of small food things I found in Japan. Chapman Brothers Fucking Hell exhibit at the White Cube had my head spinning with minuscule hellscapes for weeks.

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