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creating

creating a man’sa man’s cardigan. The gauge cardigan. The gauge  was smallish

 was smallish (about(about 17 stitches to the 17 stitches to the inch) and although I inch) and although I knew it was not right, knew it was not right, I was in love with the I was in love with the process! I continued to process! I continued to

seek out more thin yarn and tried my seek out more thin yarn and tried my hardest to find small needles. I used hardest to find small needles. I used everything f

everything from toothpicks to sewingrom toothpicks to sewing needles. I made a cigar box full of needles. I made a cigar box full of little clothes and took the whole lot little clothes and took the whole lot to the nearest miniatures shop (about to the nearest miniatures shop (about 2½ hours away). The woman who 2½ hours away). The woman who owned the shop gave me some good owned the shop gave me some good input and a 1:12-scale dress form and input and a 1:12-scale dress form and encouraged me to take my inventive encouraged me to take my inventive designs and try to make them finer.

designs and try to make them finer.

I realized I needed to be working I realized I needed to be working  with thread, not yarn

 with thread, not yarn, and I also knew, and I also knew I needed smaller needles. I joined an I needed smaller needles. I joined an online knitting and crochet group online knitting and crochet group and got great advice from that group.

and got great advice from that group.

Eventually I started making my own Eventually I started making my own needles (and still do to this day) and needles (and still do to this day) and have now gotten to the point where have now gotten to the point where I can work with extremely fine silk I can work with extremely fine silk threads. Some of my finest knits have threads. Some of my finest knits have a gauge of 80 stitches to the inch.

a gauge of 80 stitches to the inch.

 ABOVE:

 ABOVE: Greek Amphora Greek Amphora art knitted into a 

art knitted into a 

scale sweater.

scale sweater. ABOVE ABOVE RIGHT:

RIGHT: A cardigan with A cardigan with

gytian art deict

gytian art deict

ing King Tut.

ing King Tut.LEFT:LEFT: The The smallest of gloves with smallest of gloves with

reek designs.

reek designs.BELOW:BELOW:

Knitted nglish cottage Knitted nglish cottage tea cozies.

tea cozies.

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inspiration. Also, looking through inspiration. Also, looking through art books from the medieval ages to art books from the medieval ages to contemporary art also makes me contemporary art also makes me feelfeel connected to the art world in

connected to the art world in generalgeneral and often sparks ideas.

and often sparks ideas.

I have a small collection of antique I have a small collection of antique portrait miniatures, some of them portrait miniatures, some of them are on tiny compacts—others are on are on tiny compacts—others are on buttons or brooches, but most are buttons or brooches, but most are  just small o

 just small oval paintival paintings on ivorngs on ivoryy..  They fa

 They fascinate, intrigue, and delighscinate, intrigue, and delightt me. One of my favorites is almost me. One of my favorites is almost 300 years old. These marvelous little 300 years old. These marvelous little paintings have inspired me to make paintings have inspired me to make some of the most challenging knits some of the most challenging knits so far.

so far.

Have you made anything that you Have you made anything that you can’t bear to part with?

can’t bear to part with?

 When

 When I first starI first started making ted making min- min-iature knits, I was obsessed with a iature knits, I was obsessed with a design from Alice Starmore’s book design from Alice Starmore’s book called

called Tudor Roses Tudor Roses  and I worked at and I worked at that design for a while until I had that design for a while until I had made a satisfactory 1:12-scale made a satisfactory 1:12-scale ver-sion. I then contacted a doll maker sion. I then contacted a doll maker named Marcia Backstrom and she named Marcia Backstrom and she made a figure for me who would made a figure for me who would model the sweater (the figure she model the sweater (the figure she made was based on pictures I sent made was based on pictures I sent her of me). That piece will stay in my her of me). That piece will stay in my collection.

collection.

 There ha

 There have been ove been other verther very speciay speciall pieces that I have made such as my pieces that I have made such as my scuba sweater, which tells a story of scuba sweater, which tells a story of a day scuba diving when I lost my a day scuba diving when I lost my

 What d

 What do you do fo you do for your careeor your career?r?

Up until March of 2014 I was the Up until March of 2014 I was the supervisor of a respiratory therapy supervisor of a respiratory therapy department at a small hospital in department at a small hospital in Bloomington, Indiana. After a Bloomington, Indiana. After a hospital-wide downsizing, I lost my hospital-wide downsizing, I lost my  job and ove

 job and over the par the past severast several monthsl months I have decided to have a go at being I have decided to have a go at being a full-time artist. I have been a single a full-time artist. I have been a single mom to four children for ten years mom to four children for ten years and having had a

and having had a salaried job and now salaried job and now being self employed, being self employed, I can say that the I can say that the self-employment self-employment route is much more route is much more conducive to a happy conducive to a happy home life.

home life.

 What d

 What does youroes your family think of your family think of your interest?

interest?

My kids think it’s My kids think it’s really cool because I really cool because I am home with them am home with them now and much now and much

hap-pier than I was when I was going to pier than I was when I was going to  work ever

 work every day and y day and coming homecoming home  worn out an

 worn out and grumpy. d grumpy. There is There is noth- noth-ing better than benoth-ing able

ing better than being able to spendto spend  your days do

 your days doing what ing what you love. It is ayou love. It is a lesson I am constantly reinforcing to lesson I am constantly reinforcing to my children.

my children.

 Who is your biggest fan?

 Who is your biggest fan?

My parents and my kids are incredibly My parents and my kids are incredibly supportive and encouraging

supportive and encouraging and I’dand I’d have to say they are

have to say they are my biggest fans. Imy biggest fans. I occasionally hear from people within occasionally hear from people within the knitting and the miniatures the knitting and the miniatures com-munity who have contacted me to tell munity who have contacted me to tell me that I have inspired them

me that I have inspired them and thatand that is always a

is always a wonderful feeling! Thenwonderful feeling! Then there are brand new fans that love the there are brand new fans that love the  work I did for the movie

 work I did for the movieCoraline Coraline ..

 Where d

 Where do you find o you find inspiratinspiration?ion?

As a knitter there are

As a knitter there are several design-several design-ers I love, including Alice Starmore ers I love, including Alice Starmore and Kaffe Fassett. Leafing through and Kaffe Fassett. Leafing through their books has given me a lot of their books has given me a lot of

LEFT AND ABOVE:

LEFT AND ABOVE: The sweater and gloves The sweater and gloves used in the

used in the animated film oraline.animated film oraline.

BELOW:

BELOW: A colorful Kaffe Fassett insired A colorful Kaffe Fassett insired cardigan knitted in oneinch scale.

cardigan knitted in oneinch scale.

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 weight be

 weight belt. lt. That was That was an imporan importanttant piece to me because it marked a piece to me because it marked a special time in my life when I was special time in my life when I was re-discovering who I was after a re-discovering who I was after a life-changing event brought me to life-changing event brought me to a very low place. It was hard to sell a very low place. It was hard to sell that piece but it is now displayed in a that piece but it is now displayed in a permanent museum collection at the permanent museum collection at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center Kentucky Gateway Museum Center in Maysville, Kentucky, so I feel good in Maysville, Kentucky, so I feel good that many people can see it for years.

that many people can see it for years.

Have you made any special items Have you made any special items (i.e. something for a

(i.e. something for a celebritycelebrity, a, a piece on display

piece on display at a museum, etc.)?at a museum, etc.)?

 The large

 The largest collectiost collection of my work n of my work isis at the Kentucky Gateway Museum at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center i

Center in Maysviln Maysville, Kentucky.le, Kentucky.

I have a couple I have a couple of pieces at the of pieces at the Kansas

Kansas City ToyCity Toy and Miniature and Miniature Museum, as Museum, as  well. I also made  well. I also made the star sweater the star sweater and gloves for and gloves for the stop-motion the stop-motion animated movie animated movie

Coraline 

Coraline , directed by Henry Selick., directed by Henry Selick.

My work has also been featured in My work has also been featured in two of the

two of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not Ripley’s Believe it or Not 

books and had a very small books and had a very small appear-ance on the

ance on the Marth Martha Stewara Stewart Showt Show.. Several of my pieces were also part Several of my pieces were also part of a show c

of a show called “Radical Lace andalled “Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting” at the MAD Subversive Knitting” at the MAD (Museum of Art and Design) in (Museum of Art and Design) in NYC. My work was the only NYC. My work was the only minia-ture work in the show.

ture work in the show.

 What

 What do you lodo you love most aboutve most about miniatures?

miniatures?

I love the magical, I love the magical, Alice-in- W

 Wonderland onderland quality quality of miniatureof miniatures.s.

 There is

 There is nothing more nothing more fun than tofun than to see a picture of

see a picture of a beautifully madea beautifully made

piece of furniture or object and piece of furniture or object and thenthen to be amazed that what you thought to be amazed that what you thought  was a

full- was a full-scale obscale object was acject was actuallytually 1:12 scale. Well-made miniatures 1:12 scale. Well-made miniatures can stand up to a great deal of can stand up to a great deal of magnification without revealing the magnification without revealing the fact that it is a miniature. I also love fact that it is a miniature. I also love the fact that they are so portable … the fact that they are so portable … pocket-sized works of art that you pocket-sized works of art that you can work on on-the go by popping it can work on on-the go by popping it in your purse.

in your purse.

 What

 What’s the biggest dif’s the biggest difficulty ficulty in- in- volved wi

 volved with working th working in miniin miniature?ature?

Finding the patience to work at it Finding the patience to work at it until it is right. I am an insanely until it is right. I am an insanely impatient person and when I have impatient person and when I have an idea I am overly eager

an idea I am overly eager to see itto see it through to completion, which can through to completion, which can make me get sloppy. I need to remind make me get sloppy. I need to remind myself to take my time and make it myself to take my time and make it right.

right.

 What d

 What do you think o you think about theabout the future of miniatures?

future of miniatures?

I believe that

I believe that with organizationswith organizations like IGMA that are committed like IGMA that are committed to promoting miniatures as a fine to promoting miniatures as a fine art form, we continue to elevate art form, we continue to elevate miniatures from a hobby to an art miniatures from a hobby to an art form. I also believe that new online form. I also believe that new online communities like the Fine Miniatures communities like the Fine Miniatures Forum help reinforce high standards Forum help reinforce high standards for the art. In addition, galleries and for the art. In addition, galleries and art museums are beginning to include art museums are beginning to include miniatures in their shows and this is miniatures in their shows and this is

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LEFT: This one This one

inch scale sweater inch scale sweater deicts a scuba deicts a scuba diving tri Althea diving tri Althea took. The detail is took. The detail is remarkable at such remarkable at such a small scale.

a small scale.

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a museum show I am co-curating a museum show I am co-curating here in Bloomington, Indiana. I am here in Bloomington, Indiana. I am helping to create a show of

helping to create a show of minia- minia-tures (including 10-15 artists) for tures (including 10-15 artists) for the Grunewald Gallery of

the Grunewald Gallery of Art, whichArt, which  we hope t

 we hope to open in o open in the fall the fall of 2015.of 2015.

I will also be teaching a class in I will also be teaching a class in Castine, Maine, in June 2015. It is Castine, Maine, in June 2015. It is a fisherman’s vest class. I would also a fisherman’s vest class. I would also like to offer smaller private

like to offer smaller private classesclasses and workshops in the future.

and workshops in the future.

a great sign that the general art world a great sign that the general art world is beginning to see what we do as is beginning to see what we do as legitimate art.

legitimate art.

I do believe that for many of us in I do believe that for many of us in the field there is a learning curve as the field there is a learning curve as far as how

far as how to be good business peopleto be good business people as well as artists, and I would like to as well as artists, and I would like to see more workshops that focus on the see more workshops that focus on the business side of miniature art. I’d like business side of miniature art. I’d like

to see miniature artists learn to to see miniature artists learn to mar-ket themselves as artists much the ket themselves as artists much the same way full-scale artists do … with same way full-scale artists do … with artist statements and a résumé that artist statements and a résumé that includes museum and gallery shows.

includes museum and gallery shows.

 What

 What’s next for you an’s next for you and yourd your creations?

creations?

I have lots of ideas and designs I I have lots of ideas and designs I hope to make in the next year or hope to make in the next year or so. I am in the midst of designing so. I am in the midst of designing a very

a very complicated medieval nativ-complicated medieval nativ-ity sweater. I am also excited about ity sweater. I am also excited about

 ABOVE:

 ABOVE: This miniature cardigan was This miniature cardigan was insired by a icasso ainting.

insired by a icasso ainting.

 ABOVE:

 ABOVE: Althea had a little fun creating a Althea had a little fun creating a miniature sock monkey family

miniature sock monkey family

BELOW:

BELOW: A scale cardigan set insired A scale cardigan set insired by the King and ueen of

by the King and ueen of earts.earts. ^DHMDHM

Beth Freeman-Kane Beth Freeman-Kane

“I love fresh green growth and flowers, along with

“I love fresh green growth and flowers, along with plenty of baby birds and animals! Where I live in plenty of baby birds and animals! Where I live in South Africa that means lots of baby Vervet South Africa that means lots of baby Vervet mon-keys, as well as Paradise Flycatcher birds nesting keys, as well as Paradise Flycatcher birds nesting outside my studio—pleasures that I look forward outside my studio—pleasures that I look forward to every year. The only downside is the weather in to every year. The only downside is the weather in the area where I live has lots of rain, mist, and grey the area where I live has lots of rain, mist, and grey drizzle for three months, but then I also get to visit drizzle for three months, but then I also get to visit the USA each April and see the start of spring in the the USA each April and see the start of spring in the Northern hemisphere as well! I love seeing the mass Northern hemisphere as well! I love seeing the mass plantings of daffodils!”

plantings of daffodils!”

Jill Peters Jill Peters

“For me, spring is nature’s renaissance,

“For me, spring is nature’s renaissance, a nudging out of a nudging out of slumberslumber

and new arrivals. Its decorations are newly blooming buds, early butterflies, bird nests, fresh and new arrivals. Its decorations are newly blooming buds, early butterflies, bird nests, fresh scents, and dramatic rainstorms. It is anthropomorphic rabbits and chicks, colorfully foiled scents, and dramatic rainstorms. It is anthropomorphic rabbits and chicks, colorfully foiled chocolate eggs, peeps and that Easter grass that keeps appearing throughout the house until chocolate eggs, peeps and that Easter grass that keeps appearing throughout the house until it’s time to be replaced by the ever-appearing Christmas tree needles. Spring is renewal of it’s time to be replaced by the ever-appearing Christmas tree needles. Spring is renewal of life, a refreshed internal awakening in harmony with Nature’s new song.”

life, a refreshed internal awakening in harmony with Nature’s new song.”

life, a refreshed internal awakening in harmony with Nature’s new song.”

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