3ª Art Mundi 2008
Minis Brasil > Shows & Events
Ana Dalgisa a miniature artisan from Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, had 7 roomboxes at display, and also a full Victorian style dollhouse as if it was a hospital from that time.
Her roomboxes are full of captivating details, everywhere you look. And it was also possible to buy each and every item inside the rooms, to complete or build our own.
This artist from Embu, SP - a small town know for its arts & crafts products - had some of her work exhibited at a dedicated space in the fair. Each piece depicts a small village in miniature. The scale used is a little bigger than 1:144 (something between 1:120 and 1:87), but they are so rich in details that visitors fell in love with them!
Two sisters, Japanese descendant, created Art Oriente. They make miniature origamis, so perfect they are irresistible! They don't use any standard scale, but their dolls, roses or tsurus (a bird), which come inside a dome or a transparent box, would fit perfectly as ornaments in any 1:12 dollhouse or roombox. And they are very affordable.
The "Smallest Books in the World" - Menores Livros do Mundo - are 100% readable.They have over 300 books on their list, in Spanish, in Portuguese and in English. . Most of them are about 6 cm (2in 1/4), and about 1 cm (3/8in) thick. Not necessarely meant for dollhouse scales, but still pretty small. Update 2024: they have books in sizes that range from 1 x 1.5 cm to 5 x 6 cm. And they also sell full bookshelves specially designed for their books.
They also had a stand at Bienal do livro.
I also found some small perfume bottles from Eastern countries, mini-scupltures at the stands of our neighbor countries in Latin America: Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, and also Murano crystals from Italy.
27 countries were represented in this fair, plus Brazilian States that also came, plus some Indian groups from the Amazon Forest it was worth visiting. Even not being all about miniatures. It was about crafts and we love crafts, right?
It was a one in a lifetime chance to check first hand and, why not, buy some wonderful and delicate crafts work coming from literally - every corner of the world!!
And at very affordable prices.
