Congratulations to CDHM artisans that were award IGMA Fellows and Artisans
       during the International Guild of Miniature Artisans November 2009 review.

Ho Ho Ho!!


Ho! Ho! Ho!

With that immortal phrase, children of all ages know who's coming down the chimney. But how did Santa become a Santa when he started out as a Nicholas?

The venerable Christian Saint Nicholas was a man noted for his kindness, charity and faith. Santa could have no better roots than in a saint who inspired early Europeans to leave gifts of nuts, apples and sweets...

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History of Miniatures, Part II

In Part I of our series, we learned that the word miniature had nothing to do with something small, but was instead derived from the Latin word minium, the name of the red lead commonly used to paint pictures. Eventually the word evolved to include anything small. But what's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. That which we call a miniature by any other name would be as small. (Thank you, Shakespeare.)

Though the word miniature derived....    Click here to read the complete article.

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