Miniatures at the museum

On the way to the airport on my final day in Wellington, the Parental Units and I visited Ngā Toi | Arts Te Papa (and a few other places but they're not relevant for this post).

My final miniature sighting of the trip was the Duchamp Box in a valise (Boîte-en-valise) in their collection:

 (Look! A miniature urinal.)

(If I hadn't happened across it I would have blogged this photo in desperation:

Poppets yarn balls at Knit World Lower Hutt. Not miniature, but teeny, at least...)

Unexpected miniature finds

Perusing the junk mail that arrived in my parental units' letterbox yesterday I discovered a range of tiny groceries being offered by one of the supermarket chains:

 Not much use to me as they're large scale, and you also have to spend $40 to get one. But mini, none the less...

Later in the day my (evil) Parental Units stopped off at Archway Books on our way up to visit one of my uncles. I warn you: this place is dangerous for your wallet.

The first book I pulled off the shelf opened to a section on Hundertwasser's architectural models. It was a sign that it needed to come home with me (thank goodness that Qantas doesn't count 'reading for the journey' into its baggage allowance...)

A Saturday with Sandra

1. Miniatures at the markets:

Our first stop of the morning was The Wellington Underground Markets, primarily to visit the Blue Star Kiwi stall (I was intrigued after receiving gifts purchased from there by travelling friends.)

On the way we found these miniature necklaces at Whirlwind's stall:

and I succumbed to temptation...

The Blue Star Kiwi stall was popular (a heartening sign)

and full of very reasonably-priced miniatures.

(and rabbits)

And I succumbed to temptation...

So what did I pick up?

Free fliers from various stalls that I can turn into posters:

(Plus cards and a magnet that I bought for the same reason).

A terrarium from Whirlwind:

Food from Blue Star Kiwi:

2. Afternoon adventures:

I was fortunate enough to be in Wellington for the Weta 20th anniversary celebrations and we managed to go to two talks on their history at Te Papa,

Which included mention of their miniature work (which made us quite excited),

but also mention that it's a dying art, as it's being replaced by digital work (which made us quite depressed).

Fashion houses

I attended the World of Wearable Art show last night and was surprised to see two miniature buildings in the lineup:

Flock Frock by Philippa Stichbury

Gothic Habit by Lynn Christiansen.