Material Monday: Miniature Imagination

Though my blog posts took a long break, my studio practice has kept going steadily as creating is equal to circulating my blood in my life as an artist. 

So I'd like to share my experience experimenting and creating using the cheap materials from Tiger which sells very cheap art materials in price and in quality! I've been experimenting with the structure paste in my miniatures because I learned quite by accident that it creates a nice foamy water result: 

So this Structure paste cost less than a few pounds and was quick to dry too so now I'm curious what else they have to offer and how I can use their products to further enhance my ongoing progress on my miniature. 

The miniature in the above left photo is something I've been working on for over a year now and can't seem to stop as there's always an idea that changes it somehow. It started out as the container to some coconut sugar and then developed into a half timbered house with hidden glass bottles where light can be streamed to charge the phosphorescent interior while also revealing little hidden rooms that I feel give the impression of just recently being vacated by someone tiny hiding in the shadows. 
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Earlier on in the construction of this miniature, I added a hidden music box that plays the "Teddy Bears Picnic" and which I plan to incorporate into the narrative of the miniature itself. 

Here in the photo to the left you can see the little pointing finger to the handle to be turned to get the music box playing and beside it to the right is a mysterious round hole that is the mouth of a miniature glass bottle that is embedded in the wall and when you shine a light into the hole then you're given an illuminated glimpse into the rooms inside and the story that begs to be told......if only the inhabitants weren't hiding in the shadows!

To follow the progress of this miniature and other works, 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional please follow me on instagram: @Mirmarnia

Stay tuned for another Material Monday blog post in the next two weeks.