Welcome
When I first started making miniature dolls, I learned from trial and error, and a wonderful (now defunct) online group named TINY TALK. This same group literally put me back into business after my 1998 house fire with donations, supplies and tag team - driving effort that delivered a kiln to my door step.
In appreciation and thankx, I have created a little *DANA* doll world, consisting of an online group (minidollLIST); college (minidollU), online ezine (Frills and Fancy) and more.
My goal is to provide anyone, anywhere, with ANY BUDGET the skills necessary to create miniature dolls. And through the kindness of our 1400+ members, we are passing along scholarships, supplies and RAK donations to people in many countries all over the world. I also want to thank Lesa G for her support and friendship through out the years.
HAPPY CREATING!!
DANA
NEW ...Solutions Classes
September 2010
Victorian SOLUTIONS
Week #1 up now - Crown and Necklace tutorial
This year we have started a new series of *SOLUTIONS* for dollmaking classes. Each month, we meet once a week on Mondays and discuss/learn a different topic. Upon registration ($10 each class to Dana@miniatureart.com) you will receive a web page with worksheets, examples, tutorials of all kinds, online class plus class notes.
(earlier Solution Class - Student Galleries 1, 2, 3)
Mother Listing of my tutorials
THANK YOU goes to Moonyeen Moller for putting over 20 years worth of my tutorials, with links, thumbnail photos and locations!!!!
Click to our minidollLIST.com website to view
Temprance
Temprance is our May/June tutorial for the 2010 Tutorial Membership on the minidollLIST.com.
DAME DANA
Want to keep up with new projects, classes, list events, orders and more? Bookmark our Dana's Daily web page.
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Victoria is dedicated to my young French friend, and doll students that love all things frilly and frothy!
Mold Credits: Parker-Levi Faery Lady, Dawn Adam hands. Both molds carried by Jackie of House of Caron.
Cost to view Victoria's directions and 5 others (including Tessa below) is $8.50. For more information, click here . All monies collected goe towards the minidollLIST.com treasury.
Original doll and all kits
are sold out.
Bonus Heiress Class
class has closed
* Young Tessa tutorial*
2009 Tutorial membership doll uploaded. Cost to view her directions and 5 others is only $8.50. For more information, click here
Credits: Abagail head/torso mold by Cynthia Howe Miniatures
Heiress Class Series
What a great time we had creating our Heiress class series this year! 3 regular dolls (Nathalie, Renetta and Marriane), one live European Class and one Bonus class, complete our series! To view the wonderful work of our students, simply click the Gallery listed below.
Nathalie Student Gallery
Renetta Student Gallery
Marianne Student Gallery
European Live Class Gallery
Christiane (Bonus Heiress class) Student Gallery
Endrina
Endrina is our new Video Membership tutorial doll. To view larger photos of her, click here.
(Our Video Tutorial Membership is a yearly paid site, which showcases 5 new videos every month. Cost of each video is under 50 cents. To join, simply paypal Dana@Miniatureart.com - $25, and put in notes VIDEO MEMBERSHIP)
The 5 videos uploaded for August were, Draping, Working with Stiffen, Making ruched silk decorations, Making a faux fur stole and wigging a silver screen lady. To find out more information about this membership, click here.
*NEW* Podcast Site
Gratis verbal instructions (with a photo guide) can be found by clicking to the AudioArtDoll.com website.
Newbie Hangout
Are you new and want to learn how to wig gorgeous dolls? Are you seasoned, but looking for more wigging tips and tricks? We offer a Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced online wigging class for free. This successful class has been offered for the last 5 years, and is held periodically throughout the year. Next round is being held in June.
To register - simply email Dana@Miniatureart.com
Dolls of Romance Blog
Many tips and tricks are included on our blog site. Our first article goes into the depth of the tutorials available here >>