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Art in the Wilds is a juried Fine Art and Fine Craft Show located in Kane, a vibrant small town in northern Pennsylvania. We bring together our region’s finest artists and artisans every year since 2007 for a grand weekend in June. Happy customers appreciate the artwork and the beautiful park setting—it’s Art in the Wilds!

Mini Me-Diums

4/12/2021

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While I did pitch this month's blogtastic offerings as 'weird', I'm willing to bet a majority out there wouldn't think of the art of miniatures as such. Allow me to venture on with the understanding that for the population that happens to have Pediophobia, a specific phobia that is an irrational fear of something that poses no threat - often times tied to a fear of dolls, miniatures can be VERY weird.


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Regardless of how you view this particular subject, weird can always be admired!

Miniatures covers a wide variety of subjects. Whether they are dolls, figurines, furniture, scene settings, or full blown structures, the artists that work on the tiny scale have a supernatural eye for detail. Think the head of a pin or the tip of a pencil as a work surface. Some mediums that I've seen at Art in the Wilds are also created in miniature by some tenacious artists in the world from fiber arts little clothing to tiny pottery to woodworking.

If you've ever watched a movie, I guarantee you've seen plenty of miniatures! Miniature effect has been used in Hollywood films since the Silent Era, most notably in 'A Trip To The Moon' from 1902. Titanic (1997) couldn't have been made without a miniature scale ship to sink. The Lord of the Rings trilogy wouldn't have had such a detailed Middle Earth without miniatures. Same goes for the Harry Potter series and any film that destroys your favorite city, especially if there's a nuclear irradiated sea monster stomping through.

Movie miniatures are practical in their use. On the Fine Arts side of things, there are amazing works that would fit right in anywhere in your home; or anywhere at all! My personal favorite miniature artist is New York based Matthew Albanese. Not only does he create mindboggling landscapes but they're pieces depicting nature!

Whether viewed up-close or from a safe phobia-determined distance, miniatures are wonderous to behold. Art in the Wilds would be a grand venue to showcase a miniature artist in the future! Perhaps, one day, we'll see them there.

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