Sulwen Arts

11/02/2025

Happy to see one of my miniature welsh cake making scenes off to a new home today 🙂

26/10/2024

As I'm working on a few miniatures of these I decided to make a pair of earrings too! Available on folksy now...

https://folksy.com/items/8405418-Penny-Bun-earrings

The popular Boletus edulis fungus (also known as Cep, Porcini or Penny Bun) appear in woodlands between August and November. The Boletus family are distinct due to having pores that look like sponge, rather than the usual mushroom gills, and the Cep i...

05/10/2024

Rosehip syrup in 1/12 scale...glass bottle from "my tiny world", pan and spoon made by me.
I'm not sure why but I imagined it would be simple to make a little bottle stopper for the bottle...but an hour later and carefully bent and shaped lever wire number 3 (because I kept dropping them and they then immediately ceased to exist) I did finally manage to achieve a nice looking stopper!
In the process I learned that this type of bottle closure is called the lightning closure, due to the fast sealing mechanism. It was invented in 1870 and was such a good design that it is still widely used today.

04/10/2024

I got these lovely fat quarters and a whole bag of scraps from Funkee Moon Fabrics in Cardigan the other week. He was very helpful hunting down the smallest prints and even cracked out his own stash of scraps to find more for me! I love the mushroomy ones especially, but not entirely sure what to make with them 🤔...lining fabric for miniature baskets? A little kitchen apron? Any ideas much appreciated!

02/10/2024

Did you know that up until the 1880's sugar mostly came in cone form? People had dedicated sugar boxes they would keep them in and special tools called sugar nippers to crack off lumps of it for use. The smaller the cone the better quality and therefor more expensive it was. Some of the biggest cones were 3 feet tall! This miniature reproduction is just 15mm tall, so must be of the finest quality possible 😉

30/09/2024

Rosehip Jam preparation in 1:12 scale....I now feel more strongly than ever that I "need" a little kitchen table and an entire little rustic kitchen as a backdrop for my miniatures 🤔

28/09/2024

Tiny halves of rosehips in 1:12 scale...Rosehips are a wonderful wild medicinal as they contain such high levels of vitamin C, perfect for boosting our immune system for the changing seasons. As long as the irritant hairs around the seeds are removed they can be eaten any way you like, though the most popular recipe is to make a syrup to keep through the winter months.

27/09/2024

As my latest commission is for a Victorian era Dollhouse my lovely new metallic copper paint has come in very useful! I knew it would be a good investment 😎

25/09/2024

I'm trying a new thing to see if I can boost my productivity...I've set up a work space at my parents home out of town where its a lot more peaceful. I'm very lucky that they can do this for me, and as a bonus it means I get to enjoy this wonderful view of the sunsets again 🌅

23/09/2024

The last couple of weeks has been all about miniature rosehips for me, as I'm working on a rosehip jam commission - so its a good thing its the perfect time of year to be able to just walk outside and have a close look at them!

08/09/2024

It was very inspiring today to see all the talented crafts people at our Cardigan Castle for Craft Festival Wales this weekend! I even found some mini's amongst them 😍 Wonderful music, food and storytelling as well. Here's hoping it comes back next year!