CDHM The Miniature Way iMag, Dollhouse Tourism, March 2011, Issue 14

CDHM The Miniature Way
March 2011, Issue 14
Dollhouse Tourism, Ireland
Page 60

Dollhouse Tourism, Ireland

CDHM dollhouse tourism feature of dollhouse miniatures in Ireland, CDHM The Miniature Way, March 2011 Something William Shakespeare made full use of in the comedy 'A Midsummer's Night Dream,' where faerie royalty King Oberon and Queen Titania argue and mortals are trapped in the middle.

CDHM dollhouse tourism feature of dollhouse miniatures in Ireland, CDHM The Miniature Way, March 2011 Leprechaun by CDHM Artisan Tricia Lancia

Green men carvings, found in everything from architecture to garden adornments, offer glimpses of faery faces. These unique carvings, showing partial faces hidden within leaves and vines, were first discovered in artifacts from the La Tene period of Celtic Art, beginning roughly in 450BC featuring swirling spirals and cleverly hidden faces and animals. This era strongly influenced the Art Nouveau movement.