Doll’s Houses: The Art of the Miniaturist by Tom Hickman

Main Gallery
Exhibition Run: 6 Dec – 14 Feb

An extraordinary installation of masterful dolls houses created by Tom Hickman.

In 2022 Tom’s little croft house in New Tolsta won BBC Scotland’s Home of the Year. During their visit the judges were equally captivated by his Harper Dolls house, finding within a minute dolls house. A house within a house, a home within a home. Like a Russian Matryoshka doll.

He says, ‘The human eye is fascinated by this miniature world and intrigued by the not quite perfect small scale; the teapot that in reality would hold a large watering-can full of tea. Peering in through the windows is irresistible. Strange that in order to get people to look closely at something one must make it smaller. I think of it as the Alice in Wonderland effect.’

The exhibition also features a ten meter long 80 room miniature hotel the rooms of which were lovingly created by individuals and groups from the community, including school groups.

Look through the interactive book below to view all of the rooms in the mystery hotel.

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