Craft-based Miniatures

Primary Mediums

• Paper/Cardboard
• Air dry clay
• Acrylic paint
• Gouache

Overview
This project features five handcrafted miniatures, each created as a personalized gift and housed in custom-made boxes designed to protect them from dust and simplify storage. I’m always mindful of being sustainable by using upcycled materials wherever possible.

Projects Included:

Tiny Book
A miniature book (3.5cm by 4.3cm by 8cm), featuring 14 leaves. It’s crafted from paper and cardboard, with a green cover adorned with gold accents. Each page is personalized with quotes and gouache illustrations that reflect the recipient’s hobbies and interests.

Small Foods
A set of four smiling veggies, each under 2cm, sculpted from air-dry clay and painted with acrylics. The veggies, are presented in a handmade box (5.5cm by 5.5cm by 2.5cm) with a transparent display window. An additional tiny vegetable stew is also shown.

Dark Souls II – Carvings
Four small carvings inspired by the game “Dark Souls II.” Each carving, similar in size to the veggies, is also made of air-dry clay and painted with acrylics. They are housed in a box identical to the one used for the small veggies, ensuring a consistent presentation.

Birthday Ankylosaurus
A miniature ankylosaurus (roughly 2cm by 1cm) wearing a red party hat, looking at his tiny birthday cake (about 5mm in diameter). The entire scene is enclosed in a custom box (≈4cm³) featuring a clear plastic dome and cork base. The box lid doubles as a platform for display.

Folded Stars
Colourful stars, folded from ribbons and arranged inside small glass bottles. Each bottle is housed in a custom paper and cardboard box, sealed with a wax seal featuring gold accents. The wax seal also encases a small strip of paper with the recipient’s initial and three pine leaves.