An Edmonton exhibit showcases everyday objects shrunk to dollhouse proportions
Canada is mad for all things micro. Carefully designed homes as small as shoeboxes are selling for thousands of dollars, and you can fill them with inch-wide kitchen pots and loonie-size charcuterie boards. Variations of the hashtag #miniature have amassed more than 830,000 videos on TikTok. The tiny-everything craze has even received thepremiered in December of 2023., a new exhibit on display at the Alberta Craft Council in Edmonton, plays on our newfound miniature mania.
The idea of featuring tiny art came to Alberta Craft Council’s exhibitions coordinator Jill Allan and her colleagues last spring, as they admired a co-worker’s necklace, decorated with a tiny silver chair. “Miniatures lure you in,” says Allan. “They bring a lot of joy that hearkens back to childhood.” In the fall of 2023, the Council put out a call for miniature art projects and received 120 submissions.
The exhibit, which runs until June 15, occupies the first floor of a century-old warehouse. Some pieces on display are whimsical: Stacy Burnett’sis a tiny take on the aesthetically pleasing but gustatorily questionable aspic salad. Others point to harsher realities, like Jenna Gal’s depiction of rodents finding shelter in a plastic bag. Some creations are even fully functional: Allan received a ready-to-assemble miniature pottery studio with a tiny wheel and clay chunks for throwing.
Artists from all disciplines were excited to work on a small scale. Tradespeople like potters and woodworkers minified their daily craft. Milt Fischbein, a metalsmith, made tiny candlesticks with silver wires typically used to create jewelry. Seasoned miniature makers also answered the call, like Indigenous artist Lance Cardinal, who built a stately, nine-by-five-foot residential school.
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