Mega Artesanal 2009
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For those who don't know, Mega Artesanal is a huge trade fair totally devoted to crafts, aiming both hobbyists and professionals. The main manufacturers in the area are there to showroom their products, launch new items and even provide demo classes on how to use them. It is so huge it's physically impossible to see everything in only one day.
In this edition miniatures were a solid presence. Even though there was a sector devoted to them, they could be seen everywhere in the event!
There were architectural mock-ups at display around the site, a huge one right at the entrance, miniatures made of recycled materials, and even manufacturers offering products dedicated to miniature settings.
Among them:
- Anynha Miniaturas. She was selling dollhouse miniatures in 1:12. Update 2024: closed down.
- Metalúrgica Antunes, they manufacture metal parts and had small files, screws, and hinges - for the dollhouse itself, or roombox, not for furniture in miniature.
- Du Látex were selling silicone molds that even though not meant for dollhouse miniatures, could work well in this scale, like gallon of water, kitchen gas canister, tea sets. And they also provide silicone and Plasticine so that you can make your own molds.
- Siquiplás introduced products to make silicone molds and resin pieces using them. Uptade 2024: their website has been deactivated, it seems the company closed down.
- Florbrás. They make miniature items that go well in dollhouse settings, even though they don't state their size scale. A fair warning: their products are subject to copies and those are not of good quality. Update: their website is no longer online, but it's still possible to find items they manufacture(d) at crafts stores.
- Fabrikota had several miniature furniture in the scale, in MDF, and structure for dioramas and settings, and even a full dollhouse. Update 2024: Unfortunately it seems they closed down.
- Art Náutica manufactures resin items in miniature. Update 2024: website deactivated, apparently they closed down.
Exhibits
There were architectural mock-ups by Adhemir Fogassa all around. By the entrance, a majestic Taj Mahal fascinated incoming visitors. At display there were also Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a Pantheon, Arch of Triumph and Pelourinho (a historical site in Salvador, Bahia).
"The Band", made of forks, by Samuel Silva Santos got an award. Also at display there was another music band "Miniatura de Banda Musical", by Diego Meira Rocha, and a rustic kitchen "Cozinha da Roça" by Sandra and José Eduardo de Araújo, both made of recycled materials.
In various stands you could find some interesting suggestions for settings. One made out of paper only, by Vlady, and another one using a technique called French Art (3D decoupage).
