Cupcakes for Everyone!
“Come along my dears!” Mother called to the children who were squealing and laughing uproariously, lost amidst the joys and delights of their party games. “It’s time for tea! Cupcakes for everyone!”
The theme for "Looking Close… on Friday" for Friday 11th of April is "crazy cupcakes". Now I know you are going to say that this should be a macro shot, and it is. What might surprise you is that everything in this photograph, from the furnishings and wallpaper to the crockery and cupcakes are made up entirely of 1:12 size miniatures from my extensive collection which I use for photography purposes. Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. Every one of these dainty cupcakes topped by dainty flowers, Union Jacks, sprinkles and marzipan rabbits (it is the lead up to Easter after all) and covered cream icing is only five millimetres in diameter and between five and eight millimetres in height! Each one could sit comfortably on the pad of my little finger! Made in England by hand from clay by former chef turned miniature artisan, Frances Knight, her work, like these cupcakes, is incredibly detailed and realistic, and she says that she draws her inspiration from her years as a chef and her imagination. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, that the cupcakes are crazy enough, and that they make you smile!
Cupcakes for Everyone!
“Come along my dears!” Mother called to the children who were squealing and laughing uproariously, lost amidst the joys and delights of their party games. “It’s time for tea! Cupcakes for everyone!”
The theme for "Looking Close… on Friday" for Friday 11th of April is "crazy cupcakes". Now I know you are going to say that this should be a macro shot, and it is. What might surprise you is that everything in this photograph, from the furnishings and wallpaper to the crockery and cupcakes are made up entirely of 1:12 size miniatures from my extensive collection which I use for photography purposes. Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. Every one of these dainty cupcakes topped by dainty flowers, Union Jacks, sprinkles and marzipan rabbits (it is the lead up to Easter after all) and covered cream icing is only five millimetres in diameter and between five and eight millimetres in height! Each one could sit comfortably on the pad of my little finger! Made in England by hand from clay by former chef turned miniature artisan, Frances Knight, her work, like these cupcakes, is incredibly detailed and realistic, and she says that she draws her inspiration from her years as a chef and her imagination. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, that the cupcakes are crazy enough, and that they make you smile!